USMC MOS 65 Aviation Ordnance
6541 AVIATION ORDNANCE SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AVIATION ORDNANCE SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN FOR MARINE CORPS INSTALLATION, CAMP MUJUK, REPUBLIC OF KOREA FROM JULY 2024 TO AUGUST 2026. CORPORAL ROBINSON DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO MISSION SUCCESS BY TEAM LEADING THE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT OF 3,695 TONS OF EXPLOSIVE ASSETS, TOTALING AT 1,189,292 POUNDS OF NET EXPLOSIVE WEIGHT, VALUED AT OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS, ACROSS THE KOREAN PENINSULA. IN ADDITION, HE ASSISTED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE KEY AND LOCK CONTROL PROGRAM, OVERSEEING PHYSICAL SECURITY OF 65 LOCATIONS ACROSS TWO SEPARATE ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVE STORAGE SITES. FURTHER, CORPORAL ROBINSON GUIDED AND MENTORED 16 MARINES THROUGH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHILE FOSTERING LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY AND MISSION READINESS. BY HIS TIRELESS DEVOTION, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, AND REMARKABLE INITIATIVE, CORPORAL ROBINSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
6591 Aviation Ordnance Chief
FOR OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS ORDNANCE CHIEF, MARINE LIGHT ATTACK HELICOPTER SQUADRON 167, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 29, 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING FROM AUGUST 2019 TO DECEMBER 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, MASTER SERGEANT URZUA DIRECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF NINE QUALITY ASSURANCE SAFETY OBSERVERS, NINE TEAM LEADERS, 14 COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTORS, AND SIX COLLATERAL DUTY QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES. THESE QUALIFICATIONS ALLOWED THE ORDNANCE DIVISION TO SUPPORT THE SQUADRON DURING TWO WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTOR COURSES, TWO DEPLOYMENTS FOR TRAINING, TWO FORWARD ARMING AND REFUELING POINTS, AND A DEPLOYMENT WITH THE 26TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT. MASTER SERGEANT URZUA'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL HELPED IDENTIFY A SIGNIFICANT FLEET-WIDE DEFICIENCY IN THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT OF GAU-21 .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUNS THAT PUSHED BARRELS PAST THEIR 10,000 ROUNDS INSPECTION. THE CONTROL MEASURES HE IMPLEMENTED ENSURED THE ACCURATE TRACKING OF ROUNDS AND PREVENTED ANY SIGNIFICANT INJURY TO MARINES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. UNDER HIS SUPERVISION, THE ORDNANCE DIVISION PERFORMED 8,190 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS TOTALING 7,565 MAN-HOURS WHICH SUPPORTED OVER 3,300 H-1 FLIGHT HOURS AND OVER 2,000 SORTIES. AS MANAGER OF THE SQUADRON'S NON-COMBAT EXPENDITURE ALLOWANCE, MASTER SERGEANT URZUA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACCOUNTING FOR THE ACCURATE EXPENDITURE OF OVER 600,000 ITEMS OF CLASS V(A) MUNITIONS, VALUED AT OVER 7.2 MILLION DOLLARS. MASTER SERGEANT URZUA'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES CULMINATED HIS 26 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED MILITARY SERVICE. MASTER SERGEANT URZUA'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE
6591 Aviation Ordnance Chief
For outstanding meritorious service while serving as Aviation Ordnance Chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, from July 2019 to November 2022 and Aviation Ordnance Chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing from December 2022 to May 2023. During this period, Master Sergeant Sansoucie executed multiple deployments for training, transfers, and operational tasking along with the rigorous predeployment maintenance inspection cycle as the manager of the Aircraft Armament Systems Program. His managerial skills directly led to the safe expenditure of over 15 million dollars' worth of class V ammunition. His efforts resulted in the successful completion of two deployments to Japan in support of the Unit Deployment Program, four Weapons and Tactics Instructor courses, Service-Level Training Exercise 1-22, and four Deployments for Training. Master Sergeant Sansoucie's professional standards, commitment to excellence, and combat leadership had a profound impact on his Marines' performance while deployed and in garrison. His technical acumen and initiative proved to be a critical enabler of the squadron's assigned mission and the Marine Corps, where he passed on his skills to the next generation of Ordnance Marines. Master Sergeant Sansoucie's superior performance of duties culminated his 20 years of honorable and dedicated military service. Master Sergeant Sansoucie's exceptional professionalism, personal initiative, and loyal dedication to duty reflected great credit upon him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.