Cryptologic Technician Networks (CTN)
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A NETWORK ANALYST AT CYBER DEFENSE ACTIVITY SIXTY-FOUR FROM DECEMBER 2017 TO DECEMBER 2020. CTN2 WARREN DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL CLOSEOUT OF THREE NAMED MISSIONS AND THE EARLY RECERTIFICATION OF 94 CYBER PROTECTION TEAMS DURING CYBERFLAG 2018. AS ASSISTANT COMMAND FITNESS LEADER, SHE FACILITATED DAILY TRAINING FOR 75 SAILORS, QUALIFIED SIX OTHER ASSISTANT COMMAND FITNESS LEADERS, AND PROCTORED FIVE COMMAND PHYSICAL READINESS TESTS. AS DIVISONAL INFORMATION WARFARE COORDINATOR, SHE PROVIDED TRAINING TO 50 SAILORS AND DIRECTLY ASSISTED IN THE QUALIFICATION OF 12 SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER WARREN'S PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS REMOTE OPERATION CENTER WATCH SUPERVISOR IN NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, GEORGIA FROM XXXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXX. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND SUPERB MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PETTY OFFICER NUSBAUM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUPERVISION OF SEVEN HIGH PROFILE VOICE MISSIONS RESULTING IN THE COLLECTION OF 88,555 VOICE CUTS AND PROVIDING MORE THAN 50,000 GEO LOCATION QUERIES IN SUPPORT OF FORWARD DEPLOYED UNITS WHICH LED TO THE CAPTURE OR NEUTRALIZATION OF 77 HIGH VALUE TARGETS. HE GREATLY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS BY BECOMING THE FIRST ENLISTED SAILOR TO RECEIVE THE ENLISTED INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE QUALIFICATION. IN ADDITION, HE RAISED THE STANDARD FOR TRAINING BY DEDICATING 200 OFF-DUTY HOURS TO TRAINING AND QUALIFYING OVER 100 SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER NUSBAUM'S DISTINCITVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RELENTLESS DETERMINATION, AND LOYAL DEDICATION 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 NR-NIOC SALT LAKE CITY'S DIVISION N33 AS THE ACTING DIVISION CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FROM 01 JUNE 2010 TO 01 JUNE 2012. PETTY OFFICER BULLOCK DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ABILITIES BY HIS TRAINING OF HIS JUNIOR SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER BULLOCK ESTABLISHED, MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED THE COLLATERAL DUTY AS COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, MAINTAINING A 96% RETENTION RATE. AS THE COLLATORAL DUTY OF EDUCATION SERVICE OFFICER, HE ENSURED 100% OF ELIGIBLE SAILORS WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE ADVANCEMENT EXAM. CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN NETWORKING PETTY OFFICER BULLOCK'S SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS SENSOR OPERATIONS AND MEDIA FORENSICS LEAD ANALYST AT NAVY CYBER DEFENSE OPERATIONS COMMAND, VIRGINIAN BEACH, VA FROM XXXXXXXXX THROUGH XXXXXXXX. PETTY OFFICER PAULSON EXPERTLEY LED A TEAM OF 9 ANALYSTS IN MONITORING OVER 100 STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL SENSORS WHICH GENERATED 555 CYBER EVENT REPORTS, 123 RFIs AND OVER 1,000 PACKET CAPTURES WHICH FACILITATED TIMELY IDENTIFICATION, ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF NETWORK SECURITY THREATS AND VULNERABILITIES THROUGHOUT NAVY NETWORKS. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER PAULSON SERVED AS AN AUXILIARY SECURITY FORCE MEMBER, DEVOTING MORE THAN 800 HOURS TO THE U.S. NAVY'S MID-ATLANTIC REGION'S ANTI-TERRORISM/FORCE PROTECTION MISSION. PETTY OFFICER PAULSON'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF NAVAL SERVICE.
PETTY OFFICER ORANTES BRILLANTLY REVISED AND MANAGED THE DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS DIVISION THAT PROVIDES NETWORK DEFENSE FOR ONE-NET AND FLEET NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER. AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE NAVY COMPUTER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM, PETTY OFFICER ORANTES WAS ESSENTIAL TO REVISING AND IMPROVING THE PROCESS OF HANDLING OVER 100 COMPUTER INCIDENTS AND OVERSAW THE CONTAINMENT AND ERADICATION OF 22 INCIDENTS OF ELECTRONIC SPILLAGE. PETTY OFFICER ORANTES' DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, RELENTLESS PERSERVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS JOINT CYBER ANALYSIS COURSE INSTRUCTOR AT THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION DOMINANCE UNIT, CORRY STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, FROM JUNE 2012 TO JULY 2015. PETTY OFFICER STEFANIDES DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS SHE LED SIX MULTI-SERVICE STAFF AND 62 CIVILIAN INSTRUCTORS IN THE INSTRUCTION OF A 960 HOUR COURSE FOR 113 CLASSES AND OVER 100,000 HOURS OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. SHE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 1,830 STUDENTS WITH A GRADUATION RATE ABOVE EIGHTY PERCENT. IN ADDITION, AS DIVISIONAL BARRACKS LEAD, SHE LED AND PERFORMED OVER 2,000 BEQ ROOM INSPECTIONS ACROSS 12 BUILDINGS, IMPROVING ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS. AS DEPARTMENTAL SPONSOR COORDINATOR, SHE PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO 445 SAILORS AND NINE NAVY COMMANDS, ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH THE NAVY'S SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM. AS ION TESTING LIAISON, SHE MENTORED 78 JOINT-SERVICE STUDENTS SELECTED INTO THE PROGRAM. MOREOVER, SHE LED 36 HOURS OF THE PETTY OFFICER SELECTEE LEADERSHIP COURSE AND 40 HOURS OF MTS TRAINING. SHE OVERSAW AND CONDUCTED 13 COMMAND GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR 292 INFORMATION WARRIORS AND ESTABLISHED A DIRECT LINK WITH THE SECURITY EDUCATION AND POLICY DIVISION OF ONI-SSO NAVY, ALLOWING FOR THE NEWEST DOD SECURITY REQUIREMENTS TO BE ADOPTED WITHIN THE SCHOOLHOUSE. FINALLY, SHE QUALIFIED IN HER COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, MASTER TRAINING SPECIALIST, ENLISTED INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE SPECIALIST, AND HAS COMPLETED 2,000 HOURS OF TRAINING AS A USMAP COMPUTER OPERATOR. PETTY OFFICER STEFANIDES' PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE SPECIALIST, USS BARTOSIK, SAN DIEGO, CALIFONIA FROM JANUARY 2011 TO MARCH 2013. PETTY OFFICER ELLERS DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE OVERALL NAVAL NETWORK SECURITY DEFENSE POSTURE BY MONITORING INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS ON BOARD SIX COMBATANT UNITS, CONDUCTING 567 COMPUTER NETWORK VULNERABILITY SCANS FOR THE STRIKE GROUP, AND IDENTIFYING 1,234 NETWORK VULNERABILITIES. ADDITIONALLY, HE PROVIDED IN-DEPTH COMPUTER NETWORK DEFENSE TRAINING TO 11 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS ON INCIDENT HANDLING REPORTS AND PASSWORD POLICIES RESULTING IN STRIKE GROUP COMMANDER PROTECTION OF CRITICAL COMBAT INFORMATION SYSTEMS. PETTY OFFICER ELLERS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.