Contemplating McCarthy’s profession as UNSO’s former Director of the Directorate of Time from 1996 to 2005 and a listing of stellar, skilled feats; his induction comes with open arms awaiting his arrival.
“For the final half century, Dennis has quietly served because the internationally acknowledged material skilled (SME) for Exact Time and Earth Orientation, guaranteeing the accuracy of navigation merchandise used globally.” mentioned CAPT H. F. “Rip” Coke, USNO Superintendent/Commanding Officer. “Mainly, anybody who has ever used GPS to precisely arrive at their goal vacation spot ought to thank him.”
Together with being a founding member of the Worldwide Earth Rotation and Reference System Service (IERS), McCarthy achieved milestones throughout his profession at USNO that formed global-society and altered world.
“It’s no shock Dr. McCarthy is being honored as the primary USNO worker to be inducted into the Naval Oceanography Corridor of Fame,” mentioned Coke.
Within the early Eighties, U.S. Division of Protection and Navy scientists and engineers expressed concern for the necessity of Earth Orientation prediction to enhance maritime navigation of world commerce and naval vessels, McCarthy was the SME referred to as upon to ship that want.
McCarthy’s work throughout that point interval resulted in creation of the Earth Orientation Division at USNO, after he decided strategies to offer Time and earth Orientation Parameters (EOP).
Notable skilled awards obtained by McCarthy embody: the Newcomb Award 1993; the Superintendent’s Award 2006, Navy Superior Civilian Service Award 2006, and the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Service Senior Skilled 2006.
Initially established because the U.S. Navy Depot of Charts & Devices 192 years in the past, USNO continues to carry out an important operational position for the USA, the Navy, and the Division of Protection. Its mission consists of figuring out the positions and motions of the Earth, Solar, and Moon, planets, stars and different celestial objects, offering astronomical knowledge; figuring out exact time; measuring the Earth’s rotation; and sustaining the Grasp Clock for the USA.
Naval Oceanography has roughly 2,500 globally distributed navy and civilian personnel, who gather, course of and exploit environmental data to help Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to ensure the U.S. Navy’s freedom of motion within the bodily battlespace from the depths of the ocean to the celebrities.
