Spring Native Serves with Navy’s Weather Command Headquarters at Stennis Space Center

STENNIS, MS – Most Americans rely on weather forecasts to plan their daily routine. The U.S. Navy is no different. With numerous ships, submarines and airplanes deployed around the world, sailors and civilians serving with the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, advise Navy leaders about the impact of ocean and atmospheric conditions on future operations.

Marine Corps Capt. Christopher Kaiser, a 1983 Klein High School graduate and native of Spring, Texas, is one of those responsible for providing timely, comprehensive and tactically relevant information for ships, submarines, aircraft and other commands operating throughout the globe.

As a requirements officer for his weather community, Kaiser is responsible for coordinating with the Navy for the resources required for Marine Corps weather operations worldwide.

Kaiser credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in Spring.

“Growing up in Spring, Texas, I learned the value of multi-tasking,” said Kaiser.

A key element of the Navy the nation needs is tied to the fact that America is a maritime nation, according to Navy officials, and that the nation’s prosperity is tied to the ability to operate freely on the world’s oceans. More than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water; 80 percent of the world’s population lives close to a coast; and 90 percent of all global trade by volume travels by sea.

“Naval Oceanography defines and applies the physical environment for the entire Navy fleet from the bottom of the ocean to the stars,” said Rear Adm. John Okon, Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. “There isn't a plane that flies, a ship or a submarine that gets underway without the sailors and civilians of Naval Oceanography.”

Kaiser is playing an important part in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“Our priorities center on people, capabilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer. “Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities.”

Though there are many ways to earn distinction in a command, community and career, Kaiser is most proud of coordinating support for the response efforts following Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 near the Philippines.

“I was in the Philippines for approximately six weeks to ensure there was weather support for the disaster relief efforts,” said Kaiser. 'We worked with other military services as well as other government agencies and foreign nations.'

Serving in the military is a continuing tradition of military service for Kaiser, who has military ties with family members who have previously served. Kaiser is honored to carry on that family tradition.

“My uncle was in the Army, my brother-in-law and two nephews are also Marines,” said Kaiser.

As a member of one of the U.S. Navy’s most relied upon assets, Kaiser and other servicemembers know they are part of a legacy that will last beyond their lifetimes providing the Navy the nation needs.

'Serving in the Marine Corps means that I can contribute to making the world a safer place,” added Kaiser.