0602 DETACHMENT A REAR COMMANDER

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS THE DETACHMENT A REAR COMMANDER, MARINE WING COMMUNICATION SQUADRON 48, FROM OCTOBER 2015 TO JANUARY 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, CAPTAIN MATZKE PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS INNOVATIVE TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARED HIS MARINES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF NATO EXERCISE COLD RESPONSE 16 AND ENABLED MWCS-48 TO BE THE FIRST MARINE FORCES RESERVE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT TO IMPLEMENT BLACK CORE ROUTING PROTOCOLS. THIS INCREASED NETWORK SECURITY AND RELIABILITY WHICH INCREASED MISSION CAPABILITY IN NON-PERMISSIVE CYBER OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS. CAPTAIN MATZKE'S MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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0619 OUTSIDE PLANT CHIEF

MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OUTSIDE PLANT CHIEF, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, G6, HEADQUARTERS AND SUPPORT BATTALION, MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS WEST-MARINE CORP BASE, CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, FROM JANUARY 2022 TO MAY 2023. GUNNERY SERGEANT JACKSON'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SUPERIOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL ABILITIES ENSURED MISSION SUCCESS IN UNPREDICTABLE AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS. SHE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S SUPERIOR READINESS BY INITIATING AND DEVELOPING NEW METHODS, PROCEDURES, AND APPROACHES THAT ENABLED HER MARINES TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. GUNNERY SERGEANT JACKSON'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCES OF DUTIES CULMINATED HER 22 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED MILITARY SERVICE. BY HER DYNAMIC DIRECTION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO DUTY, GUNNERY SERGEANT JACKSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.