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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER AT U.S. NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION, SICILY, ITALY FROM 12 AUGUST 2015 TO 24 JULY 2016. PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS LAWRENCE LONGPOLE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE LEAD FOUR SAILORS AND MANAGED 15 CRITICAL COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS SUPPORTING OPERATIONS ACROSS THE 6TH FLEET AOR. ADDITIONALLY, HE SPEARHEADED HIS TEAM'S ACTIVATION OF A HF BROADCAST RELAY SYSTEM EXTENDING COMMUNICATIONS FROM CANADIAN NAVAL HEADQUARTERS VIA TSCOMM TO AN ALLIED UNIT SUPPORTING A NATO MISSION OPERATING WITHIN THE AOR. MOREOVER, HE WAS A VITAL COMPONENT OF THE LNSC WINDOWS 7 MIGRATION, MIGRATING 1600 NIPR AND 250 SIPR WORKSTATIONS THROUGHOUT NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA WHILE MAINTAINING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATE. PETTY OFFICER LONGPOLE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHILE SERVING ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AS COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER FROM APRIL 2014 TO JUNE 2014. PETTY OFFICER BISHOP CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO QUALIFY CHIEF OF THE WATCH, A WATCH NORMALLY ASSIGNED TO A FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER OR ABOVE AND LED HIS WATCH SECTION CONSISTING OF EIGHT PERSONNEL THAT ACCURATELY PROCESSED OVER 50,000 CRITICAL AND SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL MESSAGES AND PROCESSED OVER 400 EMERGENCY ACTION MESSAGES VITAL TO STRATEGIC DETERRENCE. HIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE WAS INVALUABLE DURING THE FLAWLESS BROADCAST CONTROL AUTHORITY (BCA) SHIFT TO COMSUBLANT. PETTY OFFICER BISHOP'S OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE AND TOTAL DEDICATION 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 COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET, FROM SEPTEMBER 2012 TO JULY 2015. PETTY OFFICER VINCENT K. COPPERHEAD PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER, HE PRODUCED UNMATCHED RESULTS IN A SENIOR RATE MANAGEMENT POSITION, PROVIDING LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE TO HIS WATCH TEAM THROUGHOUT OVER 50 COMPLEX OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES DURING AUSTERE MANNING POSTURES. IN ADDITION, HIS EFFORTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE WERE CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF TWELVE BROADCAST CONTROL AUTHORITY SHIFTS AND TWO EMERGENT ASSUMPTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION TOMODACHI AND HURRICANE IRENE. FURTHERMORE, HIS UNPARALLELED LEADERSHIP AND SUPERVISORY SKILLS ENABLED SEAMLESS AND SECURE SUBSURFACE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MULTINATIONAL AND COMMAND CENTER PERSONNEL DURING RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC) EXERCISE 2014. PETTY OFFICER COPPERHEAD'S PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE BROADCAST CONTROL AUTHORITY CHIEF OF THE WATCH, A POSITION NORMALLY HELD BY A SENIOR FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER LOUIS A. DOBBS LED A TEAM OF TEN COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALISTS WHO WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPEDIENT HANDLING OF OVER 750,000 SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL MESSAGES, RESULTING IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF NUMEROUS EXERCISES WITHIN THE PACIFIC FLEET. THIS INCLUDED EXERCISE RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC) 2014, A MULTI-NATIONAL EXERCISE, MULTIPLE TACTICAL READINESS EXERCISES, AND A MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIC EXERCISES. IN ADDITION, HE MANAGED OVER 150 DATA, VOICE, AND INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) COMMUNICATIONS CIRCUITS FOR SUBMARINES OPERATING WORLDWIDE. FINALLY, AN INSPIRATIONAL MENTOR, HIS MOTIVATIONAL SKILLS AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL HAVE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT IN WATCHSTANDER KNOWLEDGE. PETTY OFFICER DOBBS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNICATIONS (INTELCOM) LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET FROM AUGUST 2014 TO SEPTEMBER 2017. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WENDY A. DAWSON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING SUPERIOR TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL ABILITY, SHE PLANNED AND COORDINATED C4I SUPPORT FOR COMSUBPAC STAFF AND THE PACIFIC SUBMARINE FORCE. HER LEADERSHIP DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF TWO SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE (SI) MISSIONS VITAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY, OVER 150 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS EXERCISES, 23 PRE-OVERSEAS MOVEMENT EVALUATIONS, 33 TACTICAL READINESS EVALUATIONS, TWO EMERGENT AND THREE PLANNED BROADCAST CONTROL AUTHORITY (BCA) SHIFTS, AND THE HIGHLY VISIBLE 23 NATION RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC) 2014 EXERCISE. AS INTELCOMM LCPO, HER SAILORS CONSISTENTLY EXCELLED, RAISING THE BAR FOR ALL SAILORS, ACHIEVING FOUR ASSOCIATE DEGREES, TWO NAVY LEAGUE AWARD RECIPIENTS, JSOY 2016, 20 NAVY COOL CERTIFICATIONS, AND SEVEN ENLISTED INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS. CHIEF DAWSON'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, BROADCAST CONTROL AUTHORITY, FROM OCTOBER 2015 TO JUNE 2018. PETTY OFFICER FOLKSTON'S DEDICATION TO DUTY AND POSITIVE ATTITUDE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MISSION SUPPORT FOR DEPLOYED SUBMARINES. AS THE COMMUNICATIONS WATCH SUPERVISOR, HE DEMONSTRATED SOUND JUDGEMENT AND OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL SKILL IN GUIDING HIS WATCH TEAM IN THE FLAWLESS UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AROUND THE CLOCK DELIVERY OF 23,000 MESSAGES OF SPECIAL INTEREST IN SUPPORT OF 47 MISSIONS VITAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY IN THREE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL AREAS, SIX ALTERNATE BROADCAST CONTROL AUHTHORITY SHIFTS, AND 28 PRE-OVERSEAS MOVEMENT EVALUATIONS. PETTY OFFICER FOLKSTON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS BROADCAST KEYING STATION/SUBMARINE MESSAGING GATEWAY (BKS/SMG) OPERATOR AT NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION ATLANTIC NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FROM OCTOBER 2021 TO NOVEMBER 2023. IN THIS IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT, PETTY OFFICER SUZANNE DERKINS PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS BKS/SMG OPERATOR, SHE CONDUCTED 35 CRITICAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC ROLLOVERS ON TWO CNO PRIORITY ONE SYSTEMS, ENSURING THE TIMELY DELIVERY OF OVER 300 EMERGENCY ACTION MESSAGES AND AROUND THE CLOCK MISSION READINESS IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL SUBMARINE FLEET. IN ADDITION, AS SAPR VICTIM ADVOCATE, SHE FACILITATED THE TRAINING OF MORE THAN 500 SAILORS, INCREASING COMMAND AWARENESS AND CREATING A SAFE AND PRODUCTIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. PETTY OFFICER DERKINS' RELENTLESS VIGILANCE, EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.