PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A SIGNALMAN DURING THE CRITICAL TOMAHAWK LOAD OUT OPERATIONS ABOARD THE USS MCCAMPBELL FROM JANUARY 22, 2024 TO JANUARY 24, 2024. HT1 CHESTER'S EXCEPTIONAL SKILL AND UNWAVERING PRECISION IN DIRECTING OVER 120 BLIND LIFTS OF MISSILES AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND TIMELY COMPLETION OF THE MISSION. DESPITE CHALLENGING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING HEAVY WINDS, HT1 CHESTER'S CLEAR AND PRECISE SIGNALS FACILITATED SEAMLESS COORDINATION BETWEEN THE CRANE OPERATOR AND THE RIGGER, RESULTING IN ZERO ACCIDENTS AND THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THE MISSION. PETTY OFFICER CHESTER'S CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN THIS HIGH-INTENSITY ROLE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING A DECK SEAMAN ONBOARD THE ARCO FROM NOVEMBER 2012 TO MARCH 2015. BMSN TAYLOR PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS THE CRANE SIGNALMAN, HE EXECUTED 50 CRITICAL AND 450 NON-CRITICAL CRANE LIFTS. IN ADDITION, HIS KNOWLEDGE ON THE DECK PLATES PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DOCKING AND UNDOCKING OF THREE NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES, TWO TORPEDO WEAPON RETRIEVERS, AND THE RESEARCH PLATFORM VESSEL FLIP. MOREOVER, AS A LEADING SEAMAN, BMSN TAYLOR HELPED PRESERVE 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF TWO WING WALLS, DRY DOCK, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES WHICH LED TO THE ARCO RECEIVING TWO CONSECUTIVE BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARDS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, SEAMAN TAYLOR REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.