US Navy Captain McCrerey was born in
Hiawatha,
Brown County, Kansas. During 1941 he graduated from
Baker University in
Baldwin City, Kansas with a
mathematics degree. Homer was commissioned at the
US Naval Academy in 1942. He completed
Naval Postgraduate School in 1952. For over 20 years, he advanced both the art and science of computer-aided
mathematical modeling that improved global
weather forecasting. He served in the Navy during
World War II as ship's engineer on
USS Strive and later as a meteorologist in the
Naval Weather Service. He served as commanding officer of Fleet Weather Central at several posts. He was decorated nine times during his 31-year career and received a
United Nations Service Medal and a
National Defense Service Medal. During his tour with
CINCPACFLT while based at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, McCrerey collaborated with Mid-
Pacific Ocean near-peer mentors to help ensure effective
NASA Apollo Program Command Capsule Recoveries coordinated by Pacific Recovery Forces (CTF 130). == References ==