Customs Specialist Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE DATA NETWORK SPECIALIST AND CUSTOMS AND BORDER CLEARANCE AGENT (CBCA) NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER, RETROGRADE OPERATIONS COMPANY, REDEPLOYMENT AND RETROGRADE IN SUPPORT OF RESET AND RECONSTITUTION OPERATIONS GROUP (R4OG), U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES CENTRAL COMMAND, FROM FEBRUARY 2014 TO SEPTEMBER 2014, IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. SERGEANT NEUHARDT'S LEADERSHIP, EXTENSIVE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY KNOWLEDGE, AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 65 CBCA INSPECTIONS, AMMUNITION ABATEMENT, AND CERTIFICATIONS OF MARINE CORPS ASSETS FROM 27 UNITS THROUGHOUT REGIONAL COMMAND SOUTHWEST, HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. IN ADDITION, AS NETWORK SPECIALIST, SERGEANT NEUHARDT INSTALLED OVER 6050 FEET OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLE WHICH SUPPLIED 55 COMPUTERS AND 22 PHONES AND INCREASED COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES FOR R4OG, FIXED WING MARINE TRANSPORT (VMR), AND COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION (CLB-1) UNITS BY OVER FIFTY PERCENT. SERGEANT NEUHARDT'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CUSTOMS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FOR LOGISTICS TASK FORCE-TWO, BAGRAM AIR FIELD FROM AUGUST 2012 TO JULY 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, BMC FLETCHER SCHEDULED, SUPERVISED, AND COMPLETED 423 TASK FORCE CUSTOMS MISSIONS CONSISTING OF 4,100 PERSONNEL, 35,000 BAGS, AND 451,000 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, GREATLY AIDING THE EFFICIENCY OF TASK FORCE EMBARK AND DEBARK OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PRIMARY DUTIES, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PROCESSING OF MILLIONS OF ROUNDS OF VARIOUS AMMUNITION FOR THE TASK FORCE. FINALLY, BMC FLETCHER ALSO PARTICIPATED IN 25 ENLISTED EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE (EXW) BOARDS RESULTING IN 24 LOGISTICS TASK FORCE MEMBERS EARNING THEIR EXW QUALIFICATION. BY HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY, BMC FLETCHER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CUSTOMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, ISA AIR BASE, BAHRAIN FROM JUNE 2023 THROUGH JULY 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, AS CUSTOMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER ULMAN LED FIVE SAILORS IN COORDINATING WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY, ROYAL BAHRAINI AIR FORCE, AND HOST NATION COORDINATION CELL. BUILDING A STRONG MUTUAL DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOST NATION AND ADHERING TO MULTI-NATIONAL GUIDELINES, SHE FACILITATED THE APPROVAL OF 139 DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCES, THE LAWFUL IMMIGRATION OF 1,233 PERSONNEL, AND THE SAFE MOVEMENT OF 1.7 MILLION POUNDS OF MISSION CRITICAL CARGO. ADDITIONALLY, AS DEPARTMENT SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR, SHE PROCESSED ALL DOCUMENTS FOR 34 INCOMING SAILOR RBAF ID BADGES, ONE-NET ACCESS, MEAL CARDS, AND LIVING QUARTERS, STREAMLINING THEIR INTEGRATION INTO DAILY OPERATIONS. PETTY OFFICER ULMAN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HER 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 UNITED STATES NAVAL EMBASSY ATTACHE, WORKING WITH MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 48 DURING EXERCISE UNITAS 2024 IN CHILE. LIEUTENANT WATSON'S EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING THE RELEASE OF MISSION CRITICAL RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT FROM CUSTOMS BACKLOG IN CHILE. WITH THE SEIZURE OF ITS ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE OPERATION OF KEY RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, MARINE AIR CONTROL GROUP 48 WAS IN DANGER OF BEING PREVENTED FROM CONDUCTING ITS ASSIGNED MISSION. LIEUTENANT WATSON LEVERAGED HIS RELATIONSHIPS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCAL CUSTOMS PROCESS TO LIAISE WITH KEY EMBASSY STAFF AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS, SECURING THE RELEASE OF A SATELLITE SYSTEM REQUIRED TO CREATE A TARGETING WEB IN THE EXERCISE AIRSPACE. HIS EFFORTS ALLOWED THE UNIT TO FACILITATE A CRITICAL AIR COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS DEMONSTRATION FOR THE COALITION FORCE ASSEMBLED FOR THE EXERCISE AND HELPED BUILD INVALUABLE CROSS TRAINING EXPERIENCES WITH PARTNER FORCES. LIEUTENANT WATSON'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.