Capt. Nathaniel Sharkey stands in front of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s satellite operations facility Sept. 26, 2014, in Suitland, Md. Sharkey is the director of operations for Detachment 1, 50th Space Operations Group. The geographically separated unit manages the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program – the only weather satellite system in the DOD – in cooperation with NOAA engineers and satellite operators. The seven-satellite constellation supplies weather data and imagery to the Air Force Weather agency as well as military and civilian organizations around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alexander W. Riedel)
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