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Briefing the Admiral

During a recent visit, Vice Admiral Tom Rowden USN is briefed by senior engineer Peter Brickley about glider and Ocean Observatory Initiative (OOI) operations in the Coleman and Susan Burke Ocean Observing Operations Room in the LOSOS Building. Vadm Rowden, Commander of US Naval Surface Forces headquartered in San Diego, had heard about Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and visited WHOI to learn about WHOI observing systems and marine robotics.(Photo by Dick Pittenger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)