MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS REACH BACK CENTER (RBC) DIVO, CURRENT OPERATIONS OFFICER, AND ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEAD AT NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY OPERATIONS COMMAND FROM AUGUST 2020 TO APRIL 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, LTJG SOCRATES LED 23 SAILORS, 7 OFFICERS, AND 16 CIVILIANS IN THE PRODUCTION OF MORE THAN 3,000 PRODUCTS INCLUDING 2,000 OCEANOGRAPHY AND ACOUSTICS PRODUCTS, 700 ELECTROMAGNETIC PRODUCTS, AND 200 SUBWEAX FORECASTS. IN ADDITION, HE WAS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE COMPLETION OF TWO JOB QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT (JQR) REVISIONS RESULTING IN IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND A FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN WATCH HOURS. MOREOVER, AS SAFETY OFFICER, HE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED SIX SEASONAL SAFETY BRIEFINGS, RAISING SAFETY COMPLIANCE TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. BY HIS SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, EXCEPTIONAL PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY, LTJG SOCRATES REFLECTED GREAT 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 HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CURRENT OPERATIONS OFFICER AND ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEAD AT NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY OPERATIONS COMMAND FROM OCTOBER 2018 TO MARCH 2021. DURING THIS PERIOD, LIEUTENANT NANCY TILMAN PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE FLAWLESSLY LED NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY OPERATIONS COMMAND THROUGH A DYNAMIC REORGANIZATION AND A CULTURAL SHIFT DURING ONE OF THE COMMAND'S AND THE COMMUNITY'S MOST AUSTERE MANNING PERIODS WHILE MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST PRODUCTION AND SUPPORT OPTEMPO. ADDITIONALLY, LIEUTENANT TILMAN'S INSPIRING LEADERSHIP, VISION, AND COMMITMENT TO THE NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY OPERATIONS COMMAND MISSION EARNED RECOGNITION BY THE OCEANOGRAPHER OF THE NAVY AND THE AWARD OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CAPTAIN RICHARD C. STEERE AWARD. LIEUTENANT TILMAN'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE, INSPIRING DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND DEDICATED SERVICE REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.