MOS 3536 Vehicle Recovery Operator
3536 Assistant Recovery Chief
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING WITH MAINTENANCE SUPPORT PLATOON, COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 7, COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 1, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FROM JANRUARY 2014 TO MAY 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL GEESAMAN PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS THE ASSISTANT RECOVERY CHIEF, HE COORDINATED AND PERFORMED OVER TWENTY-THREE VEHICLE RECOVERIES UNDER A VARIETY OF DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES. AS A VEHICLE RECOVERY OPERATOR, HE COORDINATED THE SAFE AND FLAWLESS RECOVERY OF OVER $2,500,000 OF CARGO AND TRAVERSED IN EXCESS OF 2,500 SQUARE MILES IN SUPPORT OF MORE THAN EIGHT BATTALIONS. CORPORAL GEESAMAN'S ENTHUSIASM, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
3536 WRECKER OPERATOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS WRECKER OPERATOR, COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 23, FROM 10 MAY 2025 THROUGH 23 MAY 2025. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT NORRISSILVA PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEPLOYED AS THE BATTALION'S SOLE CERTIFIED WRECKER OPERATOR DURING EXERCISE BAYONET FOCUS AT YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, WASHINGTON, HE PROVIDED UNINTERRUPTED RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR 11 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN AUSTERE TERRAIN. HE RECOVERED TWO HIGH-MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLES AND A 593 TRAILER FOR THE BATTALION, TRAINED OVER 20 MARINES ON VEHICLE LOADING PROCEDURES, AND CONDUCTED COMPLEX LOADOUTS OF MISSION-ESSENTIAL VEHICLES ONTO CIVILIAN TRANSPORT FOR BOTH DEPLOYMENT AND RETROGRADE OPERATIONS. IN SUPPORT OF ARMY UNITS, HE RECOVERED A STRANDED JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE AND TRAILER FROM A CREEK BED AND FREED A STALLED HEMTT THAT WAS BLOCKING A CRITICAL MAIN SUPPLY ROUTE, RESTORING MOBILITY AND ENABLING CONTINUED JOINT OPERATIONS. SERGEANT NORRISSILVA'S INITIATIVE, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.