PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING ON ADSW ORDERS AS ENTRY CONTROL POINT LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR NAVAL SECURITY FORCES NAVAL STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, A MAJOR SHORE INSTALLATION CONSISTING OF 44 TENANT COMMANDS AND OVER 5,000 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FROM AUGUST 2014 TO AUGUST 2015. PETTY OFFICER COLE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND VERSATILITY, SUCCESSFULLY SUPERVISING MORE THAN 20 ARMED FORCE PROTECTION WATCHSTANDERS WHILE CONDUCTING MORE THAN 7500 MAN HOURS OF ENTRY CONTROL AND VEHICLE INSPECTION DUTIES, AND MORE THAN 500 MAN HOURS OF COMMAND AUTHORIZED RANDOM ANTI TERRORISM MEASURES (RAM) ABOARD NAVAL STATION NEWPORT, ALL TENANT COMMANDS AND THE NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER NEWPORT. HIS KEEN OVERSIGHT OF ALL WATCHSTANDERS RESULTED IN ZERO MISHAPS OR UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ENTERING NAVAL STATION NEWPORT AND RESULTED IN THE NAVAL STATION NEWPORT SECURITY DEPARTMENT RECEIVING A LETTER OF COMMENDATION FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF NAVAL STATION NEWPORT. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER COLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING AN OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE END OF SUMMER CONCERT AND FIREWORKS EVENT WHERE NAVAL STATON NEWPORT WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE. HIS FLAWELSS PLAN AND WELL DEVISED WATCHBILL WAS KEY IN THE EVENT GOING OFF WITH ZERO INCIDENTS. PETTY OFFICER COLE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERENCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF 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 AS ENTRY CONTROL POINT SENTRY. DURING THIS PERIOD, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JARDINES PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS PROFESSIONAL WORK ETHIC AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL DETECTION AND CONFISCATION OF PROHIBITED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, HIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO FORCE PROTECTION PREVENTED CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION FROM FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS, THWARTED THE ENEMY'S ABILITY TO GATHER INTEL, AND POTENTIALLY AVERTED A POSSIBLE FUTURE ATTACK ON FORWARD OPERATING BASE FARAH, AFGHANISTAN. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS JARDINES REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS ENTRY CONTROL POINT (ECP) LEADING PETTY OFFICER (LPO) FOR REGION LEGAL SERVICE OFFICE NORTHWEST (RLSO NW) FROM OCTOBER 2020 to FEBRUARY 2022. AS ECP LPO, PETTY OFFICER SILCOX LED EIGHT SAILORS IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL STAFF AND VISITORS AT RLSO NW WITH ZERO INCIDENTS. IN ADDITION, DURING A CHALLENGING PERIOD OF HIGH DIVISION TURNOVER, HE EFFICIENTLY TRAINED NEW STAFF MEMBERS IN ALL ECP SCREENING PROCEDURES, ALLOWING FOR SEAMLESS TRANSITION INTO THE DIVISION. FURTHER, PETTY OFFICER SILCOX FLAWLESSLY COMPLETED A CRITICAL COMMAND WIDE PHYSICAL INVENTORY AND DECLUTTERED RLSO NW WORK SPACES BY SUCCESSFULLY COORDINATING WITH THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY TO PROPERLY DISPOSE OF EXCESS DOD PERSONAL PROPERTY. PETTY OFFICER SILCOX'S UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.