Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) Citations
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LEAD AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN ONBOARD USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) FROM OCTOBER 2023 TO AUGUST 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER DONATO PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE OVERSAW THE SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION OF GERMANTOWN'S ONLY SURFACE SEARCH RADAR, THE AN/SPS-49(V)1, RETURNING IT TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS. IN ADDITION, HE OVERSAW THE PERFORMANCE OF OVER 137 MAN HOURS OF CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONAL TESTING OF THE COOLING SKID AND THE RADAR, ALLOWING THE USS GERMANTOWN TO DEPLOY ON SUCCESSFUL UNDERWAYS AT MAXIMUM RADARS AND IMPROVING THE SHIP'S DEFENSIVE CAPABILITY. PETTY OFFICER DONATO'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CONSOLIDATED AUTOMATED SUPPORT SYSTEM (CASS) TECHNICIAN AT FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHEAST, JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA FROM OCTOBER 2014 TO AUGUST 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER BROCKWAY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN A HIGHLY EXEMPLARY MANNER, COMPLETING 735 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS DIRECTLY RESULTING IN A 98 PERCENT READY-FOR-ISSUE RATE AND A COST SAVINGS OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN REWORK. IN ADDITION, HE COORDINATED THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF V-22 FORWARD LOOKING INFRA RED (FLIR) MAINTENANCE FROM EOTS TO CASS. MOREOVER, HE INDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED 39 TESTING DEFICIENCIES IN THE FLIR OPTICAL TEST PROGRAM SET DURING ON SITE VERIFICATION, WHILE TRAINING SIX TECHNICIANS ON CASS, ENSURING THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF V-22 FLIR MAINTENANCE. FINALLY, HE MANAGED 230 ITEMS AS THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENT REPAIR PROGRAM MANAGER, RESULTING IN A GRADE OF ON TRACK DURING THE 2016 COMMANDER, NAVAL AIR FORCES AVIATION MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. PETTY OFFICER BROCKWAY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS AN F/A-18E/F RELEASE AND CONTROL CHECK TEAM LEADER AT AIR TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON NINE FROM MAY 2018 TO JUNE 2018. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE LED A VIGOROUS TRAINING PROGRAM PREPARING THE COMMAND FOR THE 2018 CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY INSPECTION. HER LEADERSHIP RESULTED IN THE SQUADRON RECEIVING A NEAR PERFECT SCORE OF 1,480 OF 1,500 POINTS ACROSS 5 TYPE MODEL SERIES AIRCRAFT. HER EFFORTS HONED THE AVIONICS WORK CENTER'S SKILLS ENSURING THEY WERE READY TO PREPARE AIRCRAFT FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS AN INSTRUCTOR, AVIONICS TRAINING DEPARTMENT AT NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FROM APRIL 2012 TO AUGUST 2014. AT2 GLEASON DEMONSTRATED SUPERB INSTRUCTIONAL ABILITY, GRADUATING 188 NAVY AND MARINE CORPS STUDENTS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 93 PERCENT GRADE POINT AVERAGE. HE PREPARED AND PROCESSED 135 TOPS TRANSACTIONS, INCLUDING PAGE 2 UPDATES, GAINS, FAMILY SEPARATION PAY, AND TRAVEL ADVANCES. HE ALSO COORDINATED AND ARRANGED THE TRANSFER OF 229 STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO FLEET COMMANDS. AN AMBASSADOR TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, HE VOLUNTEERED 120 HOURS TO THE PENSACOLA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND RAISED $5,500 FOR THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION. PETTY OFFICER GLEASON'S MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
WORKCENTER 210 ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER FROM APRIL XXXX TO JULY XXXX. AVIATION ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN SECOND CLASS SENISE HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. BEING NEW TO H-60'S, HE QUICKLY EARNED MULTIPLE CDI'S, PLANE CAPTAIN, APU, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER QUALIFICATIONS, KEEPING HSC-9 MISSION READY AT ALL TIMES. PETTY OFFICER SENISE WAS HANDPICKED TO SERVE ON THE PIRATE DET AND THE HAITI DET WHERE HE SERVED AS DAY CHECK SUPERVISOR OVER 12 MILITARY PERSONELL. HE ALSO SERVED AS LEAD 'AT' ON FIVE SEPARATE CQ DETS WHERE HE CORRECTED THE LINK 16 AND A LONGSTANDING BUT INTERMITENT SECURE VOICE PROBLEM, RESULTING IN CLEAR AND SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CVN-77 AND HSC-9. PETTY OFFICER SENISE'S TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, INITIATIVE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL EFFORT AND SUPERIOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE WHILE SERVING AS A TEST PROGRAM SET (TPS) VALIDATOR, HE SKILLFULLY COMPLETED TEN TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS COMPOSED OF OVER 50 INSERTED FAULTS, DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE IPT DELIVERING 5 TPSs AND OVER 10 SOFTWARE BUILDS TO THE FLEET. AS THE AIRSPEED CORE TEAM BLACK BELT, HE PROACTIVELY ANALYZED NIIN, ELAT, JST AND FCAP PROGRAMS AND LED THOSE PROJECT IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES, RESULTING IN A 3 MILLION DOLLAR COST AVOIDANCE. AN INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF FRCSE, HE CREATED AN AIRSPEED CULTURE BY TRAINING OVER 100 NEW SAILORS ON THE AIRSPEED THEORIES. AS CALIBRATION PETTY OFFICER, HIS METICULOUS EFFORTS LED TO 100% ACCOUNTABILITY OF 1 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CALIBRATION ASSETS AT FIVE SEPARATE SITES, GREATLY ENHANCING WORK CENTER READINESS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S DILIGENT EFFORTS, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE AVIONICS DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER, QUALITY ASSURANCE LEADING PETTY OFFICER, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AUGUST 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 2012. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND SUPERB MANAGERIAL ABILITIES LED TO ZERO DISCREPANCIES IN ALL MANAGED AND MONITORED PROGRAMS DURING THREE CNAF AND CHSCWL MAINTENANCE INSPECTIONS. HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE AVIONICS WORK CENTER LED TO 100% SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL TORPEDO LAUNCHES DURING HIS TENURE RESULTING IN 100% QUALIFICAITON AND READINESS OF ALL AIRCREW AND AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS DURING THE USS ENTERPRISE 2011 WORK UP CYCLE AND 2012 DEPLOYMENT IN SUPPORT OF OEF/OND AND COUNTERPIRACY OPERATIONS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S DILIGENT EFFORTS, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS AVIONICS TECHICIAN SECOND CLASS AND MAINTENANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AUGUST 2006 TO AUGUST 2012. DURING THIS PERIOD, AT2 MAYBERRY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING SUPERB LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS, HE MANAGED AND EXECUTED 40 PREAPPROVED AIRCRAFT CHANGES AND 12 EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES, IMPROVING MISSION CAPABILITY AND DELIVERING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO THE COMBAT ZONE. A SKILLED TECHNICIAN, HE LEAD 50 TECHNICIANS IN THE REPAIR OF OVER 40 MISSION SYSTEMS RESULTING IN THE ELIMINATION AND CAPTURE OF NUMEROUS HIGH VALUE INDIVIDUALS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THE HORN OF AFRICA. ADDITIONALLY, HIS MANAGEMENT OF A 4.5 MILLION DOLLAR SPECIAL MISSION EQUIPMENT POOL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AIRCRAFT READINESS AND RESULTED IN 600 COMBAT MISSION SORTIES AND OVER 1400 COMBAT FLIGHT HOURS. AS MAINTENANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE, HIS METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL ENSURED AN OVERALL GRADE OF "ON TRACK" AND ZERO SAFETY INFRACTIONS DURING THE COMMAND'S 2010 CNAF AVIATION MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. PETTY OFFICER MAYBERRY'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHTEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.