Depot Level Repairable (DLR) Manager Awards
For MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS C500 LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND DLR MANAGER AT FLEET LOGISTIC CENTER YOKOSUKA FROM AUGUST 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER LUCAS E. MOORE OVERSAW DAILY WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS LEADING THREE U.S. NAVY AND SIX DOD CONTRACTORS. ADDITIONALLY, HE OVERCAME LANGUAGE BARRIERS BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO 28 FOREIGN NATIONALS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAREHOUSING, MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF OVER 30,000 LINE ITEMS IN SUPPORT OF SHIP REPAIR FACILITY - JAPAN REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (SRF-JRMC) AND 12 FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL FORCE (FDNF) SHIPS IN THE AOR UNDERGOING SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY (SRA) OR DOCKING SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY (DSRA). FURTHER, AS DLR MANAGER, PETTY OFFICER MOORE STREAMLINED THE PROCESSING AND TRACKING OF OVER 320 DEPOT LEVEL REPAIR ITEMS VALUED AT 3.2 MILLION DOLLARS AND PROVIDED TRAINING TO TWO FOREIGN NATIONALS IN DLR PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE. HIS HARD WORK AND CONSISTENT PROFESSIONALISM ENABLED HIS DEPARTMENT AND SRF-JRMC TO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE DEPARTMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS GRADE OF "EFFECTIVE" DURING SRF-JRMC FLEET MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT. PETTY OFFICER MOORE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CUSTODIAN OF POSTAL EFFECTS (COPE) AND DEPOT LEVEL REPAIR (DLR) MANAGER ONBOARD USS FITZGERALD FROM JULY 2011 TO JUNE 2014. AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR POSTAL, PETTY OFFICER GRAVES' OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT ABILITY RESULTED IN THE METICULOUS PROCESSING AND TRACKING OF OVER 8,000 POUNDS OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE CREW. AS DLR MANAGER, SHE SPEARHEADED A COMPLETE REORGANIZATION OF DLR MANAGEMENT, RESULTING IN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCOUNTABILITY, TIMELY DELIVERY, AND ZERO CARCASS CHARGES FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE FISCAL YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE PROCESSED MORE THAN 700 DLR REQUIREMENTS WORTH SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS AND MANAGED BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PACK-UP KIT ASSETS, ENSURING AN SMC SCORE OF "OUTSTANDING" AND TWO CONSECUTIVE BLUE "E" AWARDS. FURTHER, PETTY OFFICER GRAVES LED SUPPLY PERSONNEL IN REVITALIZING A STRUGGLING 3M PROGRAM AND TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 20 SAILORS ON MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES, ENSURING A DEPARTMENTAL SCORE OF 89 PERCENT DURING 3M CERTIFICATION. FINALLY, AS STRETCHER BEARER IN AFT BDS, SHE TRAINED NEW STRETCHER BEARERS AND PARTICIPATED IN OVER 200 DRILLS AND FOUR MASS CASUALTIES, FACILITATING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT READINESS FOR AFT BDS. PETTY OFFICER GRAVES' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.