MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS TARGET OPERATIONS MANAGER FROM OCTOBER 2020 TO NOVEMBER 2023. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LUDGATE LED FOUR OFFICERS AND NINE ENLISTED SPECIALISTS IN THE IDENTIFICATION, PRIORITIZATION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF 778 JOINT DESIRED POINTS OF IMPACT, INCREASING DYNAMIC TARGETING CAPABILITIES AND BATTLESPACE AWARENESS BY TWO HUNDRED PERCENT. IN ADDITION, HE DIRECTED THE DYNAMIC TARGETING CELL DURING FOUR MAJOR COMMAND POST EXERCISES, SIX DYNAMIC TARGETING EXERCISES, AND FIVE COMBINED FIRES REHEARSAL EVENTS. HE PROVIDED CRITICAL INSIGHT AND EXPERTISE TO EFFECTIVELY COORDINATE AND EXECUTE DYNAMIC TARGETING MISSIONS ACROSS THE BATTLE SPACE. HIS ABILITY TO MANAGE INFORMATION FLOW AND DIRECT APPROPRIATE ACTION TO THE CRISIS ACTION TEAM CHIEF WAS INDISPENSABLE TO MISSION SUCCESS. FINALLY, HE SPEARHEADED THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT FIRES ASSESSMENT NETWORK GEAR (JFANG), AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JOINT FIRES NETWORK, MAKING THE PACIFIC FLEET A MORE LETHAL FORCE. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LUDGATE'S DETERMINATION AND COMPLETE DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DYNAMIC TARGETING CHIEF FOR 613TH AOC/COMBAT OPERATIONS DIVISION FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 TO MARCH 2017. LIEUTENANT SWANSON DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A QUALIFIED SENIOR OFFENSIVE DUTY OFFICER, DYNAMIC TARGETING CHIEF, AND FIGHTER INTERCEPT DUTY OFFICER. HAND PICKED TO SUPPORT COMMANDER U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND'S HIGHEST PRIORITY MISSION, OPERATION NOBLE EAGLE, HE ENSURED THE SAFETY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DURING MULTIPLE OAHU VISITS. HE WAS ALSO SELECTED TO SERVE AS ONE OF ONLY TWO REPRESENTATIVES FOR COMBAT OPERATIONS DIVISION, DURING EXERCISE YAMA SAKURA, PROVIDING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN AOC PROCESSES TO BOTH THE JAPANESE SELF DEFENSE FORCES AND U.S. FORCES JAPAN. HIS TWO WEEKS AT YAMA SAKURA DIRECTLY ENABLED THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF CFACC SORTIES AND WAS A KEY ENABLER FOR THE SUCCESS OF U.S. AND JASDF TRAINING MISSIONS. LT SWANSON MANAGED A TEAM OF COALITION OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF EXERCISES TALISMAN SABER AND VITAL PROSPECT, TO INCLUDE TIMELY COORDINATION AND EXECUTION OF THE CFACC'S TST/HPT LIST. ADDITIONALLY, HE DEVELOPED TRAINING AND INTEGRATION PLANS FOR OVER 300 AOC PARTICIPANTS AND TRAINED 125 COMBAT OPERATIONS DIVISION AUGMENTEES, PRODUCING A 97% INCREASE IN AOC CAPABILITY. MOREOVER, HE WAS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY PACOM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MARITIME FIRES WORKING GROUP AT COMPACFLT AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR THE AIR COMPONENT DYNAMIC TARGETING PROCESS. FINALLY, HE SPEARHEADED THE INTEGRATION BETWEEN U.S. AIR FORCE AND U.S. NAVY COMPONENTS, ENABLING THE TEST, EVALUATION, AND COORDINATED USE OF THE JOINT DEEP OPERATIONS COORDINATION SYSTEM (JADOCS). HIS EFFORTS DIRECTLY LED TO THE IMPROVED COLLABORATION AND ENABLED PROSECUTION OF DYNAMIC TARGETS, INCREASING JOINT COMBAT CAPABILITY AND READINESS IN THE US PACOM AOR. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, LT SWANSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.