PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNIT (PMU) LEADING PETTY OFFICER ON THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN-75) FROM AUGUST 20 2012 TO JULY 11 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS GASTON B. MILLER PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING UNMATCHED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, HE LED A TEAM OF EIGHT PERSONNEL IN THE ACQUISITION OF 13,456 MISSION ESSENTIAL AVIATION REPAIR PART REQUIREMENTS AND EXPEDITED 2,345 NMCS/PMCS REQUISITIONS, DIRECTLY ENABLING CARRIER AIR WING THREE TO EXECUTE 11,456 COMBAT SORTIES DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. PETTY OFFICER MILLER'S INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING 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 AS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT UNIT LEAD EXPEDITOR, AVIATION SUPPORT DETACHMENT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA FROM NOVEMBER 2011 TO JULY 2014. DISPLAYING SUPERB LEADERSHIP, PETTY OFFICER LITTLE DILIGENTLY RESEARCHED AND EXPEDITED OVER 4500 NMCS/PMCS MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FOUR HELICOPTER SQUADRONS. HIS EFFORTS GREATLEY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMAND ACHIEVING A SUCCESSFUL 2013 COMMANDER, NAVAL AIR FORCES SUPPLY MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT AND ALSO AWARDED COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES SUPPLY ASHORE BLUE "E" FOR SUPPLY EXCELLENCE IN 2012 AND 2013. IN ADDITION, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING 40 JUNIOR PERSONNEL DURING THE FIELDING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING SYSTEM. PETTY OFFICER LITTLE'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RELENTLESS EFFORTS, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.