AIRCREW SURVIVAL EQUIPMENTMAN IN HELICOPTER MARITIME STRIKE SQUADRON FIVE ONE FROM SEPTEMBER 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2013. AS AIRCREW SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN AND AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (ALSS) COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR, HIS KEEN ATTENTION TO DETAIL WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINING ALL ALSS EQUIPMENT FOR 45 PILOTS, 28 NAVAL AIRCREWMAN AND SEVEN MH-60R AIRCRAFT WHILE ENSURING FOUR READILY DEPLOYABLE DETACHMENTS WERE AT 100 PERCENT READINESS IN AN EXTREMELY FAST PACE FORWARD DEPLOYED SEVENTH FLEET AOR. HIS EXTRAORDINARY FORESIGHT AND DEDICATION TO THE MISSION PROVED TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE IN THE COMPLETION OF OVER 2,900 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AND AN IMPRESSIVE GRADE OF ON TRACK DURING THE LAST FOUR COMHSMWINGPAC INSPECTIONS. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER GUSTAV REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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WORKCENTER 110 COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON 83 FROM XXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, PETTY OFFICER WEBLO'S COMMITMENT TO "BY-THE-BOOK" MAINTENANCE FACILITATED THE EXPEDITIOUS REPAIR OF MORE THAN 2,000 COMPLEX POWER PLANT DISCREPANCIES DURING TWO FLEET READINESS TRAINING PLANS AND TWO COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS TO THE ARABIAN GULF. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS FORESIGHT AND PLANNING COUPLED WITH A RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE, THE SQUADRON ACHIEVED AN IMPRESSIVE 93 PERCENT MISSION COMPLETION RATE WHILE EXECUTING MORE THAN 10,000 MISHAP-FREE FLIGHT HOURS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM AND NEW DAWN. ADDITIONALLY, HE TRAINED AND DEVELOPED THE NEXT GENERATION OF "RAMPAGER" MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONALS, HELPING 30 SAILORS EARN ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE QUALIFICATIONS. PETTY OFFICER WEBLO'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.

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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN AVIONICS COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR (CDI), MARINE HEAVY HELICOPTER SQUADRON 462, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, FROM -------- TO -------. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT FUENTES EXHIBITED A VIGOROUS WORK ETHIC THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE SUCCESS OF THE AVIONICS DIVISION BY COMPLETING OVER ### MAINTENANCE ACTIONS ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN #### MAN HOURS. HE ROUTINELY SERVED AS A STRONG EXAMPLE OF A WELL-ROUNDED NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE. SERGEANT FUENTES WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE BREAK-DOWN, BUILD-UP, AND TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY OF TWO CH-53ES TO OKINAWA, JAPAN. IN ADDITION, SERGEANT FUENTES SAVED THE SQUADRON OVER 40 MAINTENANCE MAN-HOURS AND POSSIBLE EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BY IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING THE WRONG MAIN GEAR BOX FROM BEING INSTALLED ON THE WRONG AIRCRAFT. SERGEANT FUENTES' OUTSTANDING MOTIVATION AND 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.