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The Noaa Corps A Participant Action Research Of A Uniformed Service Facing Termination, Richard Eugene Marriner Ii Jul 1996

The Noaa Corps A Participant Action Research Of A Uniformed Service Facing Termination, Richard Eugene Marriner Ii

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The NOAA Corps is a uniformed service of the Federal Government. It is composed of officers commissioned by the President of the United States as are the officers of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, and Public Health Service. "NOAA" is the acronym for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce.

On January 24, 1996 the Clinton administration formally proposed that the NOAA Corps be terminated on October 1, 1996. If this were to become reality it would be the first time in U.S. History that a uniformed service has been …