FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE LEADING PETTY OFFICER ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN FROM XXXXXXX TO XXXXXXX. PETTY OFFICER COLE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AM1 COLE LED 35 SAILORS IN THE COLLECTION AND RECORDING OF 11,545 FOREIGN OBJECTS AND OVERSAW 154 SCRUBEX EVOLUTIONS ENABLING 13,524 SORTIES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PROVIDING 289 CRITICAL FOD TRENDS AND ANALYSIS REPORTS TO CTF-70 REDUCING ALL FOD RELATED INCIDENTS BY 60%. PETTY OFFICER COLE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AND EXTRAORDINARY PROFESSIONALISM WHILE SERVING AS PLANE CAPTAIN FOR COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON THREE FROM JULY 2016 THROUGH AUGUST 2017. DEMONSTRATING SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP DURING FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS, PETTY OFFICER HARRIS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR OF A POTENTIAL FOD HAZARD WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIR BOSS WAVING OFF THE AIRCRAFT, POTENTIALY SAVING THE NAVY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. HE IS A SELF-DISCIPLINED INDIVIDUAL THAT DEMONSTRATES A STRONG SENSE OF PRIDE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS JOB ON A DAILY BASIS. PETTY OFFICER HARRIS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES AS PLANE CAPTAIN ONBOARD USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) DURING THE 2012 DEPLOYMENT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. DURING ROUTINE FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS PETTY OFFICER PARKER'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF FOREIGN OBJECTS ON THE FLIGHT LINE DIRECTLY SUSTAINING THE SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL READINESS OF MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT. PETTY OFFICER PARKER'S CONSISTENT EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE WAS A DIRECT CAUSE OF HER NOMINATION AS THE JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE QUARTER FOR 2012. PETTY OFFICER PARKER'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTS CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND IS KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.