MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ANALYST, CYBER DEFENSE ACTIVITY SIXTY FOUR FROM MAY 2020 TO MAY 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, AS SENSOR OPERATIONS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, PETTY OFFICER CHRIS MANNIX SERVED AS THE COURSE MANAGER FOR INTRUSION DETECTION ANALYSIS BOOTCAMP. HE SELFLESSLY DEDICATED MORE THAN 260 HOURS TOWARD DEVELOPING AND FACILITATING DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS TRAINING FOR 70 SAILORS FROM NCDOC, NIOC SAN DIEGO, NIOC MARYLAND, NIOC GEORGIA, AND NIOC NORFOLK. HIS AUTHORITATIVE INSTRUCTION GREATLY INCREASED OPERATIONAL READINESS AND IMPROVED OVERALL TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY ACROSS ALL OF COMMANDER TASK FORCE 1020 AND DISTRIBUTED DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR AND DEPLOYED TO REPLACE A FAULTY IDS SENSOR ON THE USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) DURING A CRITICAL RED TEAM EXERCISE, RESTORING OPERATIONS IN LESS THAN 60 MINUTES. FURTHER, AS A COMMAND TRAINING TEAM MEMBER, HE DEDICATED OVER 40 HOURS TO THE FACILITATION OF NAVY PRIDE AND PROFESSIONALISM TOPICS FOR 88 SAILORS DURING COMMAND INDOCTRINATION. PETTY OFFICER MANNIX'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, U.S. TENTH FLEET, AND THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES AS A DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT CYBER DEFENSE ACTIVITY SIXTY FOUR FROM MARCH 2020 TO APRIL 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER DAISY DOMERGUE WAS SELECTED TO ATTEND THE JOINT CYBER OPERATIONS PLANNER COURSE TO FULFILL A CRITICAL MISSION REQUIREMENT AND ENABLE THE ACCREDITATION OF SEVEN CYBER PROTECTION TEAMS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE ESTABLISHED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL CRYPTOLOGIC SCHOOL, CREATING AN INNOVATIVE "OUTSIDE THE WIRE" INITIATIVE AT ADELPHI TRAINING COMMAND FOR JOINT SERVICE PERSONNEL WHICH RESULTED IN ADLEPHI'S FIRST ACE ACCREDITED COURSE, SIGC1501 LINUX. MOREOVER, AS PART OF A JOINT CYBER EXERCISE, SHE IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN AND UNDETECTABLE THREATS AND PROVIDED OVER 40 HOURS OF CRITICAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TO THE ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY (ARL) WEB ASSESSMENT TEAM, STREAMLINING THE TEAM'S TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND IMPROVING ITS SECURITY POSTURE. FINALLY, SHE DEVELOPED AND OVERSAW MORE THAN 200 HOURS OF TRAINING TO INCLUDE TECHNICAL TRAINING AND INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION TRAINING AS ASSISTANT DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM ADVISOR, RESULTING IN THE QUALIFICATION OF 30 SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER DOMERGUE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE FIRST DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS DEPLOYER FOR NAVY CYBER DEFENSE OPERATIONS COMMAND, SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA FROM JUNE 2016 TO JULY 2019. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SANFORD SMITHERS PROVIDED A HARDENED CYBER SECURITY POSTURE FOR 23 UNITS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE ARDUOUS DEPLOYMENTS. HE RESPONDED TO AND MITIGATED OVER 123 NCDS, ANALYZED MORE THAN A MILLION SECURITY ONION ALERTS, PARTICIPATED IN 44 DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS TRAINING DRILLS, AND TRAINED 77 INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIANS. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE PERFORMING DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS WATCH, HE AUTHORED 57 CYBER EVENT REPORTS AND SUBMITTED 26 NAVY CERT DATABASE TICKETS. PETTY OFFICER SMITHERS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS 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 AT JOINT CYBERSPACE CENTER CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS INTEGRATED PLANNING ELEMENT (CO-IPE) IN SUPPORT OF A REGIONAL INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENT FROM JULY 2020 TO DECEMBER 2020. PETTY OFFICER PETER HOLLANDER DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP WHILE SERVING AS ACTING CO-IPE ALL-SOURCE ANALYST, A POSITION NORMALLY HELD BY A SENIOR NCO OR OFFICER. WITH NO PREVIOUS CYBER EXPERIENCE, HE INTEGRATED WITH THE UNIT IN A DIRECT OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CAPACITY AND PRODUCED 23 COMPREHENSIVE REAL WORLD THREAT BRIEFINGS TO U.S. FORCES KOREA J2 AND JCC LEADERSHIP INCREASING AOR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND STABILITY IN THE REGION. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER HOLLANDER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.