About NMAO

• Employment Opportunities
  (Civilian & Wage Marine)
• For Teachers and Students
• Directions to NMAO
• Phone Directory
• Directors' biographies

NOAA Fleet

• Aircraft, Ship and Charter Forms
• Aircraft Allocation Plans
• Ship Allocation Plans
• Customer Satisfaction Surveys

NMAO Forms

NMAO Publications

The NOAA Flag

NMAO Center Web Sites

Aircraft Operations

Marine Operations

• Ship Schedules (links to contact list to call for schedules)

NOAA Commissioned Corps

• NOAA Corps Recruiting

NOAA Dive Center

For NMAO Employees*

Info.NMAO*

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The NOAA Service Flag

The NOAA flag flies over all NOAA ships and is the official flag of NOAA. Its origins can be traced to the Coast and Geodetic Survey ships. The symbol of a triangle repeated on the flag and throughout the NOAA Corps uniform insignia represents the triangulation methodology of geodetic survey. The NOAA logo was added to the flag in 1970 when NOAA was formed. The seagull symbolizes the mission of NOAA. It represents life that exists and interacts within the areas of NOAA's primary concern: the sea, the land, the air and, more specifically, life's dependence on the interface of these elements.

For more information about NOAA and its history, please visit the NOAA Library, where there are links to sites such as:
NOAA's History
NOAA's Photo Library
NOAA's Historical Map and Chart Collection; and
Treasures of the Library