David A. Score

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David A. Score
Score in 2014
Allegiance United States
Service / branch NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Years of service1990–2017
Rank Rear admiral
Commands
  • NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
  • NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
AwardsDepartment of Commerce Bronze Medal (2)

David A. Score is a former rear admiral in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps who last served as the 17th Director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. He retired from the NOAA Corps on September 6, 2017, after over 27 years of service.[1]

Early life and education

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Score graduated in 1990 from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.

Career

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Score was commissioned as an officer in the NOAA Commissioned Officers Corps in 1990. He served aboard six NOAA vessels, among them NOAAS Ferrell, NOAAS Miller Freeman, and NOAAS Nancy Foster. During his sea service Score served from the Caribbean Sea to the Bering Sea. Score is an accomplished diver and dive master, having supervised more than 2,000 dives. Score also served in a variety of management and operational roles at Channel Islands, Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. He served as the superintendent of Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.[2] In 1999, Score was the NOAA Association of Commissioned Officers' Junior Officer of the Year.

Score served as deputy director prior to his appointment as Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations beginning January 2, 2014.[3] Prior to that assignment, he oversaw all NOAA ship fleet operations as the Director of the Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Operations Center. Score has also commanded the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia and NOAAS Gordon Gunter.[4][2]

Awards and decorations

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Score received the following awards:

NOAA Deck Officer Badge
NOAA Command at Sea Badge

Gold star
Department of Commerce Bronze Medal with one 516" gold star
Gold star
NOAA Corps Commendation Medal with one 516" gold star
NOAA Corps Achievement Medal with one 516" silver star and two 516" gold stars
Gold star
NOAA Corps Director's Ribbon with one 516" gold star
NOAA Unit Citation Award with two 316" bronze stars
NOAA ACO Junior Officer of the Year Award Medal
NOAA Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Bronze star
Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one 316" bronze star
NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon with four 316" bronze stars
NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon
Bronze star
NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon with one 316" bronze star

References

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  1. ^ "Michael Silah to lead NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". www.noaa.gov.
  2. ^ a b "Rear Admiral David A. Score Deputy Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Deputy Director for Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations" (PDF). NOAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Rear Adm. David A. Score to lead NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". NOAA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Capt. David A. Score Takes Command of NOAA's Atlantic Fleet". NOAA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps
2014–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander, NOAA Marine Operations Center–Atlantic
2011–2012
Succeeded by

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