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{{Short description|Former NOAA Corps Director}}
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|serviceyears= 1986–1990 (U.S. Navy)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.noaa.gov/devany.html |title=NOAA Leadership – VADM Michael S. Devany |access-date=2014-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227193231/http://www.noaa.gov/devany.html |archive-date=2014-12-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br/>1990–2016 (NOAA Corps)
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|commands=[[NOAAS John N. Cobb (R 552)|NOAAS ''John N. Cobb'' (R 552)]]<br/>[[NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335)|NOAAS ''Oscar Elton Sette'' (R 335)]]<br/>Director, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Centers<br/>Director, [[NOAA Commissioned Corps]]<br/>Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, NOAA
|awards=NOAA Commendation Medal (2)<br/>NOAA Achievement Medal (4)<br/>[[Achievement Medal|Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal]]
|awards=[[NOAA Corps Meritorious Service Medal]] (2)<br/>[[NOAA Administrator's Award]]<br/>NOAA Commendation Medal (3)<br/>NOAA Achievement Medal (5)<br/>[[Achievement Medal|Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]]
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[[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|RADM]] '''Michael S. Devany''', [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps|NOAA]] is the current director of the NOAA Commissioned Corps since August 13, 2012, succeeding RADM [[Jonathan W. Bailey]]. He was formerly Director of the Marine and Aviation Operations Centers (MAOC), the operational arm of NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO). RADM Devany is an officer in the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps|NOAA Corps]], one of the nation’s seven [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]]. He is a graduate of the NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program and the Harvard Senior Managers in Government program.
'''Michael S. Devany''' is a former [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] in the [[NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps]] who last served as the deputy under secretary for operations at the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] from January 2, 2014 to April 2016. He previously served as director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps from August 13, 2012 to January 1, 2014, succeeding RADM [[Jonathan W. Bailey]]. As deputy under secretary for operations, he was NOAA’s [[chief operating officer]]. VADM Devany was responsible for the day-to-day management of NOAA’s national and international operations for oceanic and atmospheric services, research, and coastal and marine stewardship. He is a key advisor to the under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere/NOAA administrator on NOAA program and policy issues. Devany was the first NOAA Corps officer to achieve the rank of vice admiral since VADM [[Henry Arnold Karo|Henry A. Karo]] in 1965, and the second [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps|NOAA Corps]] officer overall.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adams|first=Amilynn E.|date=2016-12-09|title=NOAA Corps Commissioned Personnel Center|url=https://www.corpscpc.noaa.gov/cyberflash/cyberflash2016/cyb20161209.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=NOAA Commissioned Personnel Center Cyberflash|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|language=EN-US}}</ref> Devany retired from NOAA in April 2016 after over 30 years of combined uniformed service.


==Career==
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As Director, MAOC, RDML Devany was responsible for the safe, efficient and effective operation of the NOAA ship and aircraft fleet. He oversaw NOAA’s multi-purpose oceanographic, fisheries, and hydrographic survey vessels and aircraft that operate across the globe in support of the program requirements of NOAA.
VADM Devany was an officer in the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps]] (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight [[Uniformed services of the United States|uniformed services]]. He is a graduate of the NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program and the Harvard Senior Managers in Government program.


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As Director, MAOC, RDML Devany was responsible for the safe, efficient and effective operation of the NOAA ship and aircraft fleet. He oversaw NOAA’s multi-purpose [[Oceanography|oceanographic]], [[Fisheries science|fisheries]], and [[hydrographic survey]] vessels and aircraft that operate across the globe in support of the program requirements of NOAA.
An officer of the NOAA Commissioned Corps since January 1990, RADM Devany has served aboard six NOAA ships; Chapman, Discoverer, Miller Freeman, and Hi’ialakai in various capacities, and as Commanding Officer of NOAA Ships Oscar Elton Sette and John N. Cobb. These vessels were involved in fisheries and oceanographic research operations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico. Prior to transferring to NOAA, RDML Devany served as a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[Surface Warfare Officer]] aboard the destroyer {{USS|John Young|DD-973}} in the Pacific and the [[Persian Gulf]].


VADM Devany received his commission in the [[United States Navy]] via the [[Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps|Navy ROTC]] in 1986 and has been an officer of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps since January 1990, when he transferred uniformed services. While in the Navy, Devany served as a [[surface warfare officer]] aboard the [[destroyer]] {{USS|John Young|DD-973}} in the Pacific and the [[Persian Gulf]]. VADM Devany received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Washington]] in [[biology]], and a master's degree from the [[University of South Florida]] in [[environmental health]]. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (navy)|lieutenant]] in April 1994, [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] in September 1999, [[Commander (United States)|commander]] in September 2004, and [[Captain (United States O-6)|captain]] in May 2008.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?r103:./temp/~r103Y6X6pd Congressional Record April 1994]{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6xBB7KLQP-AC&pg=PA21043 Congressional Record: September 1999]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IxQjiH6EeOIC&pg=PA18698 Congressional Record: September 2004]</ref><ref>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2008-05-22/pdf/CREC-2008-05-22-pt1-PgS4849-4.pdf#page=1 Congressional Record May 2008]</ref>
Ashore, RADM Devany has served in a variety of staff, scientific, and management positions in the NOAA line offices National Marine Fisheries Service, Oceans and Atmospheric Research, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and National Ocean Service. He has spent a majority of his career working in assignments that directly interfaced with state and other federal agencies, using his project management and consensus building skills to achieve program objectives. RADM Devany has spent the last several years in senior Fleet operational positions, most recently as Commanding Officer, Marine Operations Center – Atlantic, and Director, Marine Operations Center.


VADM Devany has served aboard six NOAA ships: [[NOAAS Chapman (R 446)|NOAAS ''Chapman'' (R 446)]], [[NOAAS Discoverer (R 102)|NOAAS ''Discoverer'' (R 102)]], [[NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223)|NOAAS ''Miller Freeman'' (R 223)]], and [[NOAAS Hi'ialakai (R 334)|NOAAS ''Hi’ialakai'' (R 334)]] in various capacities, and as [[commanding officer]] of [[NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335)|NOAAS ''Oscar Elton Sette'' (R 335)]] and [[NOAAS John N. Cobb (R 552)|NOAAS ''John N. Cobb'' (R 552)]]. These vessels were involved in fisheries and oceanographic research operations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico. Ashore, VADM Devany has served in a variety of staff, scientific, and management positions in the NOAA line offices National Marine Fisheries Service, Oceans and Atmospheric Research, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and National Ocean Service. He has spent a majority of his career working in assignments that directly interfaced with state and other federal agencies, using his project management and consensus building skills to achieve program objectives. VADM Devany has spent the last several years in senior Fleet operational positions, most recently as Commanding Officer, Marine Operations Center&nbsp;– Atlantic. He was promoted to [[rear admiral (lower half)]] in June 2011 and appointed Director, Marine and Aviation Operations Centers (MAOC), the operational arm of NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO).<ref>[http://beta.congress.gov/congressional-record/2011/6/30/senate-section/article/S4306-5 Congressional Record June 30, 2011, 112th Congress, 1st Session, Issue: Vol. 157, No. 96 — Daily Edition]</ref> He was promoted to [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] in February 2012 and assumed command of the NOAA Commissioned Corps in August 2012. He was promoted to [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]] on 2 January 2014 upon assuming duty as deputy undersecretary for operations, only the second officer to reach this rank in the combined history of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and its predecessors, and the first since [[H. Arnold Karo]] in 1965.
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RADM Devany has been recognized for his outstanding performance of duties, receiving multiple NOAA Special Achievement Awards and the NOAA Corps Commendation Medals. Additionally, while serving in the U.S. Navy he received the Navy Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in the Persian Gulf. RADM Devany is a NOAA Diver, and holds a USCG 1,600 gross ton Master, Oceans license.


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VADM Devany has been recognized for his outstanding performance of duties, receiving multiple NOAA Special Achievement Awards and the NOAA Corps Commendation Medals. Additionally, while serving in the U.S. Navy he received the [[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]] and the [[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]] for service in the Persian Gulf. VADM Devany is a NOAA [[Underwater diving|diver]], and holds a [[United States Coast Guard]] 1,600-gross-ton Master, Oceans license.
RADM Devany received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Washington]] in Biology, a masters degree from the [[University of South Florida]] in Environmental Health, and a graduate certificate from City University in Project Management.


==Personal life==
RADM Devany is from Washington State, and he and his wife Tracy Bishop currently reside in Virginia with their three boys: Brendan, Kieran and Colin.
VADM Devany is from the [[Washington (U.S. state)|State of Washington]], and he and his wife Tracy Bishop reside in [[Virginia]] with their three boys: Brendan, Kieran and Colin.

==NOAA Corps dates of rank==
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!rowspan="1"| Rank || [[Ensign (rank)#United States|Ensign]] || [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]] || [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] || [[Lieutenant commander (United States)|Lieutenant commander]] || [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] || [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] || [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral (lower half)|Rear admiral (lower half)]] || [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral|Rear admiral]] || [[Vice admiral (United States)|Vice admiral]]
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!rowspan="1"| Date of promotion || 1990 || 1992 || April 1994 || September 1999 || September 2004 || May 2008 || July 15, 2011 || August 15, 2012 || January 2, 2014
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!colspan="1"| Reference || || || || || || || <ref>[http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110718_fleetoperations.html NOAA News; July 18, 2011]</ref> || <ref>{{Cite web |last=Blenkey |first=Nick |date=2012-08-15 |title=Devany appointed director of NOAA Corps and OMAO |url=https://www.marinelog.com/news/devany-appointed-director-of-noaa-corps-and-omao/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Marine Log |language=en-US}}</ref>|| <ref>{{Cite web|last=Clayton|first=Ciaran|date=2014-01-02|title=Vice Adm. Devany named NOAA Deputy Under Secretary {{!}} National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|url=https://www.noaa.gov/vice-adm-devany-named-noaa-deputy-under-secretary|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.noaa.gov}}</ref>
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==Awards and decorations==
==Awards and decorations==
[[File:USN - Surface Warfare Officer.jpg|140px]] Navy [[Surface Warfare Officer]] badge<br/>
[[File:Surface Warfare Officer Insignia.png|212px]] Navy [[Surface Warfare Officer]] badge<br/>
[[File:Noaa deck officer.png|140px]] NOAA Deck Officer<br/>
[[File:Noaa deck officer.png|212px]] NOAA Deck Officer<br/>
[[File:Noaa small-craft-command.jpg|65px]] NOAA Small Craft Command<br/>
[[File:Noaa diver.png|65px]] NOAA Diver insignia<br/>
[[File:Noaa diver.png|65px]] NOAA Diver
[[File:Noaa small-craft-command.jpg|65px]] NOAA Small Craft Command Badge
{|
{|
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Meritorious Service Medal.png|width=106}}
|[[NOAA Corps Meritorious Service Medal]] with one gold [[award star]]<ref>{{cite web|title=CYBERFLASH|url=http://www.corpscpc.noaa.gov/cyberflash/cyberflash2014/cyb20140207.pdf|publisher=Commissioned Personnel Center|accessdate=26 January 2015|date=7 February 2014}}</ref>
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|[[File:NOAA Administrator's Award ribbon.png|106px]]
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Commendation.JPG|width=80}}
|[[NOAA Administrator's Award]]
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|NOAA Commendation Medal with 1 gold [[award star]]
|-
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Commendation.JPG|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -53px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -75px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span>
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=3|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Special Achievement Ribbon.JPG|width=80}}
|NOAA Achievement Medal with 3 award stars
|[[NOAA Corps Commendation Medal]] with 2 award stars
|-
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=NOAA Special Achievement Ribbon.JPG|width=106}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -97px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -75px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -53px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -31px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">[[File:1 golden star.svg|22px]]</span>
|{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg|width=80}}
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|[[NOAA Corps Achievement Medal]] with 4 award stars
|-
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|{{Ribbon devices|ribbon=Navy and Marine Corps Achievement ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]]
|[[Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal]]
|-
|-
|[[File:NOAA Citation.JPG|80px]]
|[[File:NOAA Unit Citation ribbon.png|106px]]
|NOAA Units Citation Award
|NOAA Unit Citation Award
|-
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Battle-e-ribbon.png|width=80}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Battle Effectiveness Award ribbon, 1st award.svg|width=106}}
|[[Navy "E" Ribbon]]
|[[Navy "E" Ribbon]]
|-
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=AFEMRib.svg|width=80}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
|[[Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal]]
|-
|-
|{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=80}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=3|type=service-star|ribbon=Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.svg|width=106}}
|[[Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] with 3 bronze [[service star]]s
|[[Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon]] with 3 bronze [[service star]]s
|-
|-
|[[File:NOAA Corps Atlantic Sea Svc.JPG|80px]]
|[[File:NOAA Corps Atlantic Sea Svc.JPG|106px]]
|NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon
|NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon
|-
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Pacific Sea Svc R.JPG|width=80}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NOAA Corps Pacific Sea Svc R.JPG|width=106}}
|NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon with 1 service star
|NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon
|-
|-
|[[File:NOAA Corps International Svc R.JPG|80px]]
|[[File:NOAA Corps International Svc R.JPG|106px]]
|NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon
|NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon
|-
|-
|[[File:USN Expert Rifle Ribbon.png|80px]]
|[[File:United States Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon with expert device.svg|106px]]
|[[Marksmanship Medal|Navy Expert Rifleman Medal]]
|[[Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==External links==
==External links==
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*''This article incorporates material taken from the [[public domain]] website of the [http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/ NOAA Corps.]''
{{reflist}}
* [http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/ NOAA Corps]
* [http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/ NOAA Corps]
* [http://www.omao.noaa.gov/bio_devany.html RDML Michael S. Devany's OMAO Bio]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930045731/http://www.omao.noaa.gov/bio_devany.html RDML Michael S. Devany's OMAO Bio]
* [http://www.noaa.gov/ NOAA's Website]
* [http://www.noaa.gov/ NOAA's Website]
* [http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/ NOAA Corp's Website]
* [http://www.noaacorps.noaa.gov/ NOAA Corp's Website]
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Michael S. Devany
Vice Admiral Michael S. Devany, NOAA
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Navy
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Years of service1986–1990 (U.S. Navy)[1]
1990–2016 (NOAA Corps)
Rank Vice admiral
CommandsNOAAS John N. Cobb (R 552)
NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335)
Director, NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations Centers
Director, NOAA Commissioned Corps
Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, NOAA
AwardsNOAA Corps Meritorious Service Medal (2)
NOAA Administrator's Award
NOAA Commendation Medal (3)
NOAA Achievement Medal (5)
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

Michael S. Devany is a former vice admiral in the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps who last served as the deputy under secretary for operations at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from January 2, 2014 to April 2016. He previously served as director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps from August 13, 2012 to January 1, 2014, succeeding RADM Jonathan W. Bailey. As deputy under secretary for operations, he was NOAA’s chief operating officer. VADM Devany was responsible for the day-to-day management of NOAA’s national and international operations for oceanic and atmospheric services, research, and coastal and marine stewardship. He is a key advisor to the under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere/NOAA administrator on NOAA program and policy issues. Devany was the first NOAA Corps officer to achieve the rank of vice admiral since VADM Henry A. Karo in 1965, and the second NOAA Corps officer overall.[2] Devany retired from NOAA in April 2016 after over 30 years of combined uniformed service.

Career

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VADM Devany was an officer in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps), one of the nation’s eight uniformed services. He is a graduate of the NOAA Leadership Competencies Development Program and the Harvard Senior Managers in Government program.

As Director, MAOC, RDML Devany was responsible for the safe, efficient and effective operation of the NOAA ship and aircraft fleet. He oversaw NOAA’s multi-purpose oceanographic, fisheries, and hydrographic survey vessels and aircraft that operate across the globe in support of the program requirements of NOAA.

VADM Devany received his commission in the United States Navy via the Navy ROTC in 1986 and has been an officer of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps since January 1990, when he transferred uniformed services. While in the Navy, Devany served as a surface warfare officer aboard the destroyer USS John Young (DD-973) in the Pacific and the Persian Gulf. VADM Devany received a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in biology, and a master's degree from the University of South Florida in environmental health. He was promoted to lieutenant in April 1994, lieutenant commander in September 1999, commander in September 2004, and captain in May 2008.[3][4][5][6]

VADM Devany has served aboard six NOAA ships: NOAAS Chapman (R 446), NOAAS Discoverer (R 102), NOAAS Miller Freeman (R 223), and NOAAS Hi’ialakai (R 334) in various capacities, and as commanding officer of NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette (R 335) and NOAAS John N. Cobb (R 552). These vessels were involved in fisheries and oceanographic research operations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico. Ashore, VADM Devany has served in a variety of staff, scientific, and management positions in the NOAA line offices National Marine Fisheries Service, Oceans and Atmospheric Research, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, and National Ocean Service. He has spent a majority of his career working in assignments that directly interfaced with state and other federal agencies, using his project management and consensus building skills to achieve program objectives. VADM Devany has spent the last several years in senior Fleet operational positions, most recently as Commanding Officer, Marine Operations Center – Atlantic. He was promoted to rear admiral (lower half) in June 2011 and appointed Director, Marine and Aviation Operations Centers (MAOC), the operational arm of NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO).[7] He was promoted to rear admiral in February 2012 and assumed command of the NOAA Commissioned Corps in August 2012. He was promoted to vice admiral on 2 January 2014 upon assuming duty as deputy undersecretary for operations, only the second officer to reach this rank in the combined history of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and its predecessors, and the first since H. Arnold Karo in 1965.

VADM Devany has been recognized for his outstanding performance of duties, receiving multiple NOAA Special Achievement Awards and the NOAA Corps Commendation Medals. Additionally, while serving in the U.S. Navy he received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for service in the Persian Gulf. VADM Devany is a NOAA diver, and holds a United States Coast Guard 1,600-gross-ton Master, Oceans license.

Personal life

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VADM Devany is from the State of Washington, and he and his wife Tracy Bishop reside in Virginia with their three boys: Brendan, Kieran and Colin.

NOAA Corps dates of rank

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Insignia
Rank Ensign Lieutenant (junior grade) Lieutenant Lieutenant commander Commander Captain Rear admiral (lower half) Rear admiral Vice admiral
Date of promotion 1990 1992 April 1994 September 1999 September 2004 May 2008 July 15, 2011 August 15, 2012 January 2, 2014
Reference [8] [9] [10]

Awards and decorations

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Navy Surface Warfare Officer badge
NOAA Deck Officer
NOAA Diver insignia
NOAA Small Craft Command Badge

Gold star
 NOAA Corps Meritorious Service Medal with one gold award star[11]
NOAA Administrator's Award
NOAA Corps Commendation Medal with 2 award stars
NOAA Corps Achievement Medal with 4 award stars
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
NOAA Unit Citation Award
Navy "E" Ribbon
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
 Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with 3 bronze service stars
NOAA Corps Atlantic Service Ribbon
NOAA Corps Pacific Service Ribbon
NOAA Corps International Service Ribbon
Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal
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  1. ^ "NOAA Leadership – VADM Michael S. Devany". Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
  2. ^ Adams, Amilynn E. (2016-12-09). "NOAA Corps Commissioned Personnel Center". NOAA Commissioned Personnel Center Cyberflash. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. ^ Congressional Record April 1994[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Congressional Record: September 1999
  5. ^ Congressional Record: September 2004
  6. ^ Congressional Record May 2008
  7. ^ Congressional Record June 30, 2011, 112th Congress, 1st Session, Issue: Vol. 157, No. 96 — Daily Edition
  8. ^ NOAA News; July 18, 2011
  9. ^ Blenkey, Nick (2012-08-15). "Devany appointed director of NOAA Corps and OMAO". Marine Log. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  10. ^ Clayton, Ciaran (2014-01-02). "Vice Adm. Devany named NOAA Deputy Under Secretary | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". www.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  11. ^ "CYBERFLASH" (PDF). Commissioned Personnel Center. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps
August 13, 2012 – 2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Director, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
2011–2012 		Succeeded by
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