NOAA Corps

[@paulcook3275]

Still do not understand why these guys and gals are commissioned officers.

[@bradenmcintire6984]

Makes it easier to assimilate with the Armed Forces during times of war. Also it brings a variety of benefits similar to how DoD officers can bring unique perspectives and versatility to their billets versus civilians.

[@isaacthacker6572]

They go through the exact same training and serve their country as other commissioned officers.

[@Lupinthe3rd.]

The NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps traces its roots to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The Coast and Geodetic Survey's predecessor, the United States Survey of the Coast - renamed the United States Coast Survey in 1836 - was founded in 1807 under President Thomas Jefferson. Until the American Civil War, the Coast Survey was staffed by civilian personnel working with United States Army and United States Navy officers. During the Civil War (1861-1865), Army officers were withdrawn from Coast Survey duty, never to return, while all but two Navy officers also were withdrawn from Coast Survey service for the duration of the war. To avoid the dangers that Coast Survey personnel had faced during the Civil War of being executed as spies if captured by the enemy, the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps was established on 22 May 1917, giving Coast and Geodetic Survey officers a commissioned status so that under the laws of war, they could not be executed as spies if they were captured while serving as surveyors on a battlefield during World War I. The creation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps also ensured that in wartime a set of officers with technical skills in surveying could be assimilated rapidly into the United States armed forces so that their skills could be employed in military and naval work essential to the war effort.

[@michaeldaniels8021]

Makes it easier to assimilate during times of war, but the main reason is so they can't be executed for being spies.