Navy conducts Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale 2024 training [Video]

NORFOLK, Va. — The Navy is preparing its sailors for what they should do in the event of a hurricane.

It’s an annual two-week hurricane preparedness, disaster response, and recovery effort sponsored by U.S. Fleet Forces Command and Commander, Navy Installations Command called “Hurricane Exercise/Citadel Gale 2024.”

The idea is to prepare for weather threats to U.S. coastal regions and to maintain the ability to deploy forces under adverse weather conditions.

Fleet Weather Center Norfolk serves as the exercise hub. The center’s 280 meteorologists and aerographer mates go through the exact same steps they would if this were the real thing.

“The big takeaway is practice makes better,” said Lieutenant Jesse Suggs, Fleet Weather Center Norfolk Tropical Operations Officer.

Personnel work around the clock, in shifts, 24 hours …