Missile Technician Submarine (MT/SS) Evals
- TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL EXPERT. She expertly developed and maintained all search plans for operations in 5th and 7th Fleet AORs, including high-risk sectors characterized by imminent threats. Her meticulous execution of over 1,600 hours of diligent watch standing ensured constant situational awareness, successful mitigation of adversary detection, system readiness, and directly contributed to the ship's mission success.
- DYNAMIC OPERATOR. She played a pivotal role in the successful execution of five high-tempo weapons handling evolutions with compressed execution timelines. Additionally, she participated in two towed array evolutions, providing over 50 hours of critical troubleshooting and technical expertise. Her efforts restored system degradations and ensured 100% mission readiness for long-range detection sensors.
- OUTSTANDING PERFORMER. Recognized for her superior watchstanding and attention to detail, she was hand-selected as the Battle Stations Strike Missile Rover over all peers. Actively participated in 31 drills and training evolutions, providing essential support to Missile Technicians and ensuring the physical security and safety of the crew and weapons system during high-intensity strike operations.
MT1 Doyle managed 33 missile technicians during the installation of new Fire Control Software for three fiscal year Strategic and Targeting Databases, SSI Increment 2, and SVAMP, for the first time onboard an operational SSBN, resulting in zero discrepancies and a no exception acceptance. His deckplate leadership resulted in 13 new Fire Control qualifications, nine new launcher qualifications, and 12 newly qualified submariners.
As a charter member of the Missile Technician Round Table, MTCS Skipper provided solutions to a myriad of complex technical and procedural issues that proved to be invaluable to the submarine fleet. He led the planning and execution of three highly successful Strategic Weapons System Week Seminars, two Missile Technician Round Tables, and over twenty conferences involving numerous commands from across the United States and Great Britain. Senior Chief Skipper provided inspirational leadership, sound guidance, and expert mentorship to 35 Missile Technician LCPOs and over 200 Missile Technicians in the Pacific Northwest.
MT1 Lambert's involvement was crucial to the preparation and accomplishment of five Strategic Deterrent Patrols, five Pre-Deployment Strategic Weapons System Certifications, two Nuclear Technical Proficiency Inspections, two Tactical Readiness Evaluations, one Combat Readiness Evaluation, three Operation Reactor Safeguard Examinations, one Strategic "S", one Afloat Safety Occupational Health Assessment, and numerous high profile tours.
During the conduct of WP XXX, Inertial Measurement Unit Transfer, a mechanical failure caused the portable crane's outriggers to fail, resulting in a possible catastrophic accident. During the failure, Petty Officer Taylor, serving as the tag line holder, prevented the Inertial Measurement Unit from slamming into a bollard, saving the Navy over $1 million in lost equipment.
As the Weapons Department Senior Enlisted Advisor, he provided mentorship and leadership to over 60 Sailors consisting of Sonar Technicians, Torpedomen, Fire Control Technicians, and Missile Technicians. Under his mentorship, he skillfully groomed the next generation of leaders which resulted in the successful completion of Sea Trials, In-Service, one Strategic Deterrent patrol, Strategic Weapons Onload, Demonstration and Shakedown Operations, Nuclear Weapons Acceptance Inspection, Nuclear Weapons Proficiency Inspection, and a Submarine Explosive Safety Inspection.
Provided Subject Matter Expertise and supervision of the Strategic Weapons System requests for the Command. This oversight ensured that all Command Training, maintenance, and unit personnel had all needed equipment to ensure the mission readiness of the ship and crew, the ship met all operational commitments, and complied with all Strategic and Naval requirements.
MT2 Fernandez served as the shop PMMP program manager, leading to zero overlooked preventative maintenance jobs. She improved the shop training program from an almost non-existant program to a program that is used as an example for other shops. She flawlessly executed over 30 AN/BST-1 Bouy Onloads and Offloads with zero incidents. Performed multiple launch tube upper seal replacements on time, leading to ships getting underway on time. Performed two cooling chamber replacements. Assisted with MOD 6 installations on five SSBNs leading to greater ships at sea readiness.