international hydrographic organization 2003 - IHO

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APPOINTMENTS
1977 Watch Keeping Officer, NNS;
1982 Jebba Watch Keeping Officer, NNS;
1983 Aradu Instructor, B&D School;
1984 Staff Officer Personnel Admin (SOPA), CSC, Jaji;
1989 Commanding Officer, Hydro School, Port-Harcourt;
1991 Executive Officer NNS LANA Staff Officer Admin.
1992 National War College, Lagos ;
1992 - 1994 Commanding Officer, Dalet Bn, NDA, Kaduna;
1994 – 1995 Commanding Officer, NNS AGU;
1995 - 1997 Executive Officer NNS OLOKUN;
1998 - 2000 Commanding Officer NNS LANA;
2000 - 2001 Chief Instructor (Joint Warfare) CSC, Jaji;
2002 ­ 2003 Commanding Officer NNS QUORRA.
BRAZIL AND SYRIA
Vice Admiral Lucio Franco DE SA FERNANDES took over from Admiral Julio SOARES DE MOURA
NETO on 8 April 2003.
Rear Admiral Mohsen HASSAN took over from Adm. Hassan SULEIMAN as General Director of Syrian
Ports in March 2003.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NOAA)
Capt. Roger PARSONS assumed the position of Director of the Office of Coast Survey on 1 September
2003 following the retirement of Capt. Dave MACFARLAND.
Captain Roger L. PARSONS is the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Office of Coast Survey and is responsible for all aspects of nautical charting and
hydrographic surveying in U.S. waters.
Captain PARSONS has served as an officer in the NOAA Commissioned Corps since May 1975 and has
more than 28 years of operational and managerial experience with a variety of programs throughout
NOAA. He has served aboard six NOAA hydrographic survey and research vessels, including
command tours aboard NOAA Ships CHAPMAN, MT. MITCHELL and RONALD H. BROWN. He has
conducted hydrographic survey operations along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, the
Caribbean, and in Central America. His tour aboard RONALD H. BROWN included a year-long
around-the-world oceanographic and climate research cruise.
He has served as:
- the Commanding Officer, NOAA Officer Training Center, responsible for the initial training
of newly commissioned officers and refresher training for senior officers returning to sea
duty;
- Chief of Operations, Atlantic Marine Center, responsible for operational and logistic support
to NOAA‟s East and Gulf Coast fleet;
- NOAA Liaison to the U.S. Naval Oceanography Command, responsible for Navy
hydrographic, survey platform, and mine warfare issues; and
- acting Chief of NOAA‟s Hazardous Materials Response Division, responsible for an
interdisciplinary scientific team that responds to oil and chemical spills in U.S. coastal and
navigable waters.