MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) NAVIGATOR, ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT FIVE FROM APRIL 2012 TO JUNE 2016. DEMONSTRATING SUPERB LEADERSHIP AND VISION AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF DETACHMENT ECHO, PETTY OFFICER HUTTON LED AND MENTORED 82 MULTI-RATED SAILORS ACROSS TWO DETACHMENTS THROUGH 2,400 PREVENTIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS, 14 CORROSION CONTROL INSPECTIONS, FOUR LCAC FLEET MODERNIZATION PROGRAM AVAILABILITIES, AND AN ARDUOUS PELARG WESTERN PACFIC DEPLOYMENT. HIS FORESIGHT, GUIDANCE AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE CONTRIBUTED TO 100 PERCENT MISHAP-FREE OPERATING HOURS SUPPORTING 149 TACTICAL AMPHIBIOUS MISSIONS, OVER 300 BEACH LANDINGS, AND THE MOVEMENT OF OVER 1,300 TONS OF UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CARGO, ROLLING STOCK AND PERSONNEL. PETTY OFFICER HUTTON'S INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE MOST STALWART TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LANDING CRAFT, AIR CUSHION (LCAC) NAVIGATOR INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT FOUR FROM 10 AUGUST 2013 TO 20 SEPTEMBER 2015. AS SENIOR NAVIGATOR INSTRUCTOR, CHIEF SIMPSON'S LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE WERE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE 99% LCAC NAVIGATOR GRADUATION RATE. HIS EXPERIENCE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN QUALIFYING 66 LCAC STUDENTS IN LITTORAL AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE OPERATIONS IN ONE OF THE NAVY'S MOST CHALLENGING COURSES. AS THE AQT COURSE SUPERVISOR, HIS OVERSIGHT OF FIVE CPO AND 11 JUNIOR INSTRUCTORS WAS KEY IN RE-QUALIFYING AND CERTIFICATION OF 15 LCAC CREW MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, HE LED THREE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE REVISION AND LAUNCH OF THE LCAC DETACHMENT OFFICER IN CHARGE COURSE. HIS DEDICATION OF OVER 100 HOURS REVISING 28 LESSONS FOR THE 40 HOUR COURSE, ENSURED THE SUCCESSFUL DELIVERY OF ENHANCED CURRICULUM PREPARING SIX DETACHMENT OICS FOR GLOBAL AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS. BY HIS UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGEMENT, AND COMPLETE DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SIMPSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD 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 AN LCAC OPERATOR ON THE LCVP-55 OMAHA FROM FEBRUARY 2022 TO AUGUST 2022. PETTY OFFICER KENNEDY CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS STEADFAST DETERMINATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SAFETY OF THE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT BEING TRANSPORTED AND THE SUCCESS OF AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS ON OMAHA BEACH. HE WAS ALSO ESSENTIAL TO THE OUTFITTING, EMBARKATION, AND DEBARKATION OF 70 SAILORS AND MARINES DURING THE ASSAULT. PETTY OFFICER KENNEDY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC) ENGINEER AND NAVAL SUPPORT ELEMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS SAN DIEGO (LPD 22) FROM MARCH 2018 TO JULY 2019. PETTY OFFICER TOMASETTI'S CRAFT KNOWLEDGE RESULTED IN TWO CRAFT COMPLETING 23 MISSIONS TRANSPORTING MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND TONS OF ROLLING STOCK IN SUPPORT OF USS AMERICA ARG AND 15TH MEU DEPLOYMENT TO THE 3RD, 5TH, 6TH, AND 7TH FLEET AORS. HE WAS INTEGRAL IN ENSURING 12 LCAC CREW MEMBERS WERE 100% QUALIFIED AND PROFICIENT IN THEIR POSITONS. MOREOVER, HE MENTORED 34 SAILORS AND WAS A KEY FACTOR IN SIX ESWS REQUALIFICATIONS, 14 ESWS QUALIFICATIONS, AND SIX EIWS QUALIFICATIONS. FURTHER, HIS STERLING EXAMPLE LED TO ONE SOQ, TWO JSOQ, AND ONE USS SAN DIEGO SAILOR OF THE WEEK RECOGNITION. PETTY OFFICER TOMASETTI'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.