David A. Score

David A. Score
Rear Admiral David A. Score, NOAA
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Years of service	1990–present
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Awards	Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2)

David A. Score is a rear admiral in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps and the current Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and Director, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.

Education

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

NOAA career

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.^[1]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.^[2] 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.^[3][1]

Awards and decorations

Score received the following awards:

NOAA Deck Officer Badge
NOAA Command at Sea Badge

	Department of Commerce Bronze Medal with one  ^5⁄16" gold star
	NOAA Commendation Medal with one  ^5⁄16" gold star
	NOAA Achievement Medal with one  ^5⁄16" silver star and two  ^5⁄16" gold stars
	NOAA Corps Director's Ribbon with one  ^5⁄16" gold star
	NOAA Units Citation Award with two  ^3⁄16" bronze stars
	NOAA ACO Junior Officer of the Year
	NOAA Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
	Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one  ^3⁄16" bronze star
	NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon with four  ^3⁄16" bronze stars
	NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon
	NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon with one  ^3⁄16" bronze star

References

1. "Rear Admiral David A. Score Deputy Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Deputy Director for Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations" (PDF). NOAA. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
2. "Rear Adm. David A. Score to lead NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". NOAA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. "Capt. David A. Score Takes Command of NOAA's Atlantic Fleet". NOAA. Retrieved 10 January 2014.