PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, CENTRALIZED WORK CONTROL TEAM (CWCT), USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) FROM APRIL 2016 TO AUGUST 2017. PETTY OFFICER LAKE PERFORMED IN AN EXEMPLARY MANNER ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS DUTIES WHILE LEADING 43 SENIOR SAILORS IN THE PRODUCTION AND EXECUTION OF 16,100 CRITICAL AND COMPLEX SHIPYARD WORK PACKAGES. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER LAKE QUICKLY IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED CWCT ORGANIZATIONAL DEFICIENCIES WHICH RESULTED IN CHANGING A THREE WEEK DELAY INTO A CONTINUOUS TWO WEEK LEAD IN WORK PACKAGE DELIVERY. HIS PROVEN MANAGERIAL SKILLS LED TO THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMPROVED CWCT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PROCEDURES BY PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD CARRIER TEAM ONE, AND HAS BEEN STANDARDIZED FOR ALL FUTURE NIMITZ CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER AVAILABILITIES. PETTY OFFICER LAKE'S EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, CENTRALIZED WORK CONTROL TEAM DIVISION, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) FROM JUNE 2012 TO JULY 2017. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER HERBERT JONES CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN, HE LED 39 SAILORS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OVER 14,000 WORK CONTROL PACKAGES FOR MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT DURING NIMITZ'S EXTENDED PLANNED INCREMENTAL AVAILABILITY (EPIA). HIS EXPERIENCE, COMPETENCE, AND RELENTLESS EFFORTS GUARANTEED ON TIME AND INCIDENT FREE JOB COMPLETION FOR 3,220 SAILORS, SHIPYARD WORKERS, AND CONTRACTORS. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JONES' SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY HIGHLIGHTS THE CULMINATION OF 21 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING ON BOARD USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) AS ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IN CENTRALIZED WORK CONTROL TEAM FROM 22 JANUARY 2013 TO 12 MARCH 2014. AS AIR DEPARTMENT V-2 REPRESENTATIVE, PETTY OFFICER POKEY A. GUMBY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING AND MONITORING THE APPROVAL, PACKAGING AND RELEASE OF NAVAL SHIPYARD COMPONENT UNIT PHASES IN THE ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. HIS CONSISTENT ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH CUSTOMER MAINTENANCE MANAGERS TO DEVELOP WORK PACKAGES AND THE CERTIFICATION OF RESULTS, IMPROVED THE PROCESS AND ENSURED MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY. ADDITIONALLY, HIS MANAGEMENT OF 170 CATAPULT AND ARRESTING GEAR WORK AUTHORIZATION FORMS FACILITATED THE TIMELY UPGRADES TO ALRE EQUIPMENT FOR AN IMPROVED AND MORE EFFECTIVE AVAILABILITY. FINALLY, HIS EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF 124 BERTHING HABITABILITY WORK AUTHORIZATION FORMS ENABLED THE REHABILITATION OF 28 BERTHING COMPARTMENTS TOTALING 904 ACCOMMODATIONS. PETTY OFFICER GUMBY'S EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CENTRALIZED WORK CONTROL TEAM (CWCT) LIAISON ONBOARD USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) FROM JUNE 2020 TO AUGUST 2022. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL DILIGENCE AND INITIATIVE, PETTY OFFICER RANDY D. PACKER'S AGGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP AND CAN DO ATTITUDE WAS A KEY FACTOR IN THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF OVER 900 JOBS THROUGH ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (AIM). IN ADDITION, HE ORCHESTRATED THE COMPLETION OF OVER 12,200 WORK AUTHORIZATION FORMS (WAF) IN ESOMS FOR SHIP'S FORCE AND CONTRACTORS, ACCOUNTING FOR MORE THAN 300,000 MAN HOURS. MOREOVER, PETTY OFFICER PACKER WAS A KEY MEMBER IN PROCESSING OVER 200 TASK GROUP INSTRUCTIONS (TGI) FROM INITIAL STATUS TO FINAL CLOSE OUT, KEEPING CONTRACTORS, SHIP'S FORCE AND ZONE MANAGERS ON TRACK AND UNDER BUDGET FOR USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PLANNED INCREMENTAL AVAILABILITY (PIA). PETTY OFFICER PACKER'S EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF AUXILLIARY DIVISION AND CWCT DIVISION ON USS LOUISIANA (SSBN 743) FROM OCTOBER 2018 TO SEPTEMBER 2022. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER COOPER SERVED THROUGH THREE STRATEGIC DETERRENT PATROLS, THREE TRIDENT REFIT PERIODS, AND ONE ENGINEERED REFUELING OVERHAUL. HE DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND AN IN DEPTH KNOWLEGDE OF WORK INTEGRATION PROGRAMS. HIS TEAM COMPLETED ARRIVAL PREPARATIONS, COORDINATED INTIAL SWITCHBOARD DE-ENERGIZATION, PERFORMED SHIP WIDE SYSTEM TAKEDOWNS, REACTOR PLANT ALTERATION, PROVIDED WORK CONTROLS FOR NUMEROUS REPAIR ACTIVITIES, AND ENSURED THE SAFE RESTORATION OF SWITCHBOARDS. AS THE AUXILLIARY DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE, HE MANAGED THE FULL TURNOVER AND TURN BACK OF ALL MAJOR NON-NUCLEAR MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ONBOARD LOUISIANA. THIS INCLUDED GENERATING OVER 1300 TAGOUTS AND 1000 WAFS WITH ZERO DISCREPENCIES, ALLOWING SAILORS AND CIVILIANS TO WORK SAFELY TO RETURN LOUISIANA TO SERVICE. PETTY OFFICER COOPER'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.