Retiree Commemorates NEMOC

A small group gathered on a sunny afternoon in front of Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Air Operations building to dedicate an anchor and plaque in honor of Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NEMOC) at Rota, Spain, August 18, 2021. NAVSTA Rota’s NEMOC closed its doors in 2006 as part of the Navy’s realignment of duties and consolidation of weather services to Sembach, Germany. The anchor used to be on the front lawn of the NEMOC building – now the U.S. Air Force 521st Air Mobility Operations Group building – when Michael Gilroy noticed that it had been relocated and served no significance to the Air Force.