6672 Aviation Supply Officer

Over a span of three weeks, 380 hours were dedicated to translating crucial communications, which significantly enhanced interoperability and readiness between the U.S. and Armenian forces during peacekeeping and stability operations. This effort facilitated effective joint communication among key leaders, enabling them to address logistical challenges, coordinate firing range setup and execution, manage transportation requirements, and oversee base facilities for over 300 military and civilian personnel.

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MOS 6672 - Aviation Supply Specialist

Lance Corporal Walter Melo is enthusiastically recommended for the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for professional achievement in the superior performance of his duties while serving as an Aviation Supply Specialist, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 (MALS-49), Supply Management Division (SMD), Audit Branch from 14 March 2022 to 20 August 2022.
While serving in the MALS-49 SMD Audit Branch, Lance Corporal Melo was an integral part of the overall Aviation Supply Department's (ASD) readiness. Due to his outstanding work ethic, attention to detail, and technical skill, he quickly qualified himself on the Aviation Supply Desktop Internal Audit Processes. While conducting the internal SMD Appendix G audits, he identified and corrected a variety of serious discrepancies inside the divisions which directly enabled the ASD to improve the overall score from 60 percent to an unprecedented 88 percent during the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) Functional Area Re-Inspection (FAI).

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS A MARINE AVIATION SUPPLY SPECIALIST COURSE INSTRUCTOR AT MARINE AVIATION TRAINING SUPPORT SQUADRON ONE, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI FROM JULY 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 2015. SERGEANT MOORE'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE CULMINATION OF SIX YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE. IN 2010, SERGEANT MOORE SERVED AS THE NCOIC OF THE SUPPLY SHIPPING BRANCH WHERE HE HANDLED OVER 600 REPAIRABLE RETROGRADES FOR TEN SQUADRONS. IN 2011, HE DEPLOYED WITH HMH 366 TO DJIBOUTI, AFRICA WHERE HE PROCESSED OVER 700 REQUISITIONS AND MAINTAINED AN INVENTORY OF OVER 1600 LINE ITEMS. HE DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES AND OUTSTANDING CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHICH WAS EVIDENCED BY GRADUATING NINE COURSES SERVING OVER 130 STUDENTS, WITH AN OVERALL GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 96 PERCENT. SERGEANT MOORE SPENT COUNTLESS ON AND OFF DUTY HOURS INVESTING IN STUDENTS' SCHOOL WORK, AND ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE MINI MALS EFFICIENCY AND HELPED TO STREAMLINE THE CURRICULUM. HIS INITIATVE HELPED TO CREATE A MOCK NALCOMIS DATABASE TO REDUCE STRESS ON INSTRUCTORS WHILE ALLOWING STUDENTS TO LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE WITH A SIMULATED SYSTEM. SERGEANT MOORE'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN AVIATION SUPPLY SPECIALIST, AVIATION SUPPLY DEPARTMENT, MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON ONE, QUANTICO, VIRGINIA, FROM APRIL 2010 TO JUNE 2013. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS COULTER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS DILIGENCE MADE POSSIBLE THE COMPLETION OF THE AVIATION SUPPLY DEPARTMENT'S COMMANDING GENERAL'S INSPECTION WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. HE METICULOUSLY MANAGED THE REPAIRABLES WAREHOUSE, MAINTAINING STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR AN INVENTORY OF IN EXCESS OF ONE THOUSAND LINE ITEMS VALUED AT MORE THAN THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS WHILE MAINTAINING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INVENTORY VALIDITY. ADDITIONALLY, HE CLOSELY MONITORED THE ACCURATE AND TIMELY PROCESSING OF 1,234 RETROGRADE COMPONENTS DEEMED BEYOND CAPABLE MAINTENANCE. HIS ACTIONS ENSURED THE RECEIPT OF FINANCIAL CREDIT, PREVENTING TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN POTENTIAL CARCASS BILLS, AND ENSURED CRITICAL COMPONENTS WERE READILY AVAILABLE FOR THE FLYING SQUADRON. PETTY OFFICER COULTER'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.