PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS ASSET MANAGER AND TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE MONITOR AT CAMP LEMONNIER, DJIBOUTI FROM OCTOBER 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 2022. PETTY OFFICER YOUNG WORKED WITH 127 EQUIPMENT CUSTODIANS, CONSISTING OF MEMBERS OF ALL MILITARY BRANCHES AS WELL AS CIVILIANS AND CONTRACTORS, TO RENEW AND IMPROVE THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PROCESS ACROSS CLDJ. HE ENSURED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INVENTORY AND TRAINED 75 SERVICE MEMBERS ON EQUIPMENT CUSTODIAN RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ALLOCATING GEAR CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK. MOREOVER, HE ASSISTED IN THE WEST END PHONE PROJECT BY INVENTORYING AND TURNING IN UNNEEDED PHONES TO DRMO. HIS INNOVATIVE ACTIONS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ENHANCEMENT OF ACCURATE ASSET MANAGEMENT ACROSS CLDJ. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER YOUNG REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD 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 COLLATERAL EQUIPMENT CUSTODIAN FROM AUGUST 2011 TO MARCH 2015. PETTY OFFICER HARKIN CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER, ENSURING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT INVENTORY OF 284 PIECES OF CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, RESULTING IN ZERO BEEP COST. IN ADDITION, WHILE IN CHARGE OF OVER 250,000 LINE ITEMS VALUED AT OVER 15 MILLION DOLLARS, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS VITAL DURING THE BATTALION'S DEPLOYMENT TO ROTA SPAIN WHERE HIS SHOP WAS SEVERELY UNDERMANED. PETTY OFFICER HARKIN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.