David A. Score
{{Short description|Former NOAA Corps Director}}
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|image = RADM David Score, NOAA.jpg
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|allegiance = {{flagu|United States|1960}}
|branch = {{Nowrap|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.svg}} NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps}}
|serviceyears = 1990–2017
|rank = 25px Rear admiral
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- NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
- NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
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|awards = Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (2)
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/michael-silah-to-lead-noaa-corps-and-office-of-marine-and-aviation-operations|title=Michael Silah to lead NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|website=www.noaa.gov}}
Early life and education
Score graduated in 1990 from Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida.
Career
Score was commissioned as an officer in the NOAA Commissioned Officers Corps in 1990. He served aboard six NOAA vessels, among them {{ship|NOAAS|Ferrell|R 492|6}}, {{ship|NOAAS|Miller Freeman|R 223|6}}, and {{ship|NOAAS|Nancy Foster|R 352|6}}. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.omao.noaa.gov/pdffiles/RDML%20Score%20Bio.pdf|title=Rear Admiral David A. Score Deputy Director, NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps Deputy Director for Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=9 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215063532/http://www.omao.noaa.gov/pdffiles/RDML%20Score%20Bio.pdf|archive-date=15 February 2013|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|title=Rear Adm. David A. Score to lead NOAA Corps and Office of Marine and Aviation Operations|url=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2014/20140102_score.html|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=10 January 2014}} 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 {{ship|NOAAS|Gordon Gunter|R 336|6}}.{{cite web|title=Capt. David A. Score Takes Command of NOAA's Atlantic Fleet|url=http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20101203_captainscore.html|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=10 January 2014}}
Awards and decorations
Score received the following awards:
140px NOAA Deck Officer Badge
65px NOAA Command at Sea Badge
| {{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=US Department of Commerce Bronze Medal ribbon.png|width=106}}
|Department of Commerce Bronze Medal with one 5/16 inch star |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Commendation.JPG|width=106}}
|NOAA Corps Commendation Medal with one {{frac|5|16}}" gold star |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Special Achievement Ribbon.JPG|width=106}}22px21px22px
|NOAA Corps Achievement Medal with one {{frac|5|16}}" silver star and two {{frac|5|16}}" gold stars |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Directios Aw.JPG|width=106}}
|NOAA Corps Director's Ribbon with one {{frac|5|16}}" gold star |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Unit Citation ribbon.png|width=106}}18px18px
|NOAA Unit Citation Award with two service stars |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Association of Commissioned Officers Awards ribbon.png|width=106}}
|NOAA ACO Junior Officer of the Year Award Medal |
| {{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}} |
| {{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with one {{frac|3|16}}" bronze star |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Atlantic Sea Svc.JPG|width=106}}18px18px18px18px
|NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon with four {{frac|3|16}}" bronze stars |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Pacific Sea Svc R.JPG|width=106}}
|NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon |
| {{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps International Svc R.JPG|width=106}}
|NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon with one {{frac|3|16}}" bronze star |
References
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{{succession box |before=Michael S. Devany|title=Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps |years=2014–2017 |after=Michael J. Silah}}
{{succession box |before=Michael S. Devany|title=Commander, NOAA Marine Operations Center–Atlantic |years=2011–2012 |after=Anita L. Lopez}}
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Category:Florida Institute of Technology alumni
Category:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps admirals
Category:Recipients of the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal