Samuel G. Tooma worked for the Navy as a civilian physical oceanographer for over 36 years. In that time, he worked on submarines; Navy aircraft; Navy, Coast Guard, and civilian ships; and spent time in scientific camps on the Arctic Ocean ice pack. He spent 2 years as the environmental science advisor on the staff of the Commander of the submarine forces in the Pacific (COMSUBPAC), after which he was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service medal by Admiral Austin Scott. He is also a graduate from the Navy War College located in Newport, Rhode Island. Samuel also worked as an editor for technical publications for the Naval Oceanographic Office for over 2 years and has published 6 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, 9 papers in other scientific publications, 1 trade magazine article, and numerous papers printed in the proceedings of technical symposia.
