Evidence Custodian Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS WATCH COMMANDER, NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE, COLTS NECK, NEW JERSEY FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO OCTOBER 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER LOCKWOOD PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN A PROFESSIONAL AND EXEMPLARY MANNER. HE LED OVER 25 SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL IN THE EXECUTION OF ANTI-TERRORISM, PHYSICAL SECURITY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS PROTECTING OVER 11,000 LAND ACRES, 1,887 ACRES OF RESTRICTED WATERWAYS AND A PIER COMPLEX VALUED AT MORE THAN ONE BILLION DOLLARS. AS EVIDENCE CUSTODIAN, HE ACQUIRED AND REVISED THE EVIDENCE CUSTODIAN PROGRAM AND CONDUCTED FIVE INVENTORIES RESULTING IN THE COMPLETE AND STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY OF NARCOTICS, AMMUNITION, AND CRUCIAL CASE EVIDENCE WHILE IN STORAGE, DATING BACK TO 2016. IN ADDITION, AS COMMAND FITNESS LEADER, HE LED SIX ASSISTANT COMMAND FITNESS LEADERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PFA CYCLE-22 FOR 149 SAILORS RESULTING IN THE BEST PASS RATE IN OVER FIVE YEARS. PETTY OFFICER LOCKWOOD'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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM SUPPORT ASSISTANT AND YEOMAN AFLOAT ON THE STAFF OF THE NAVAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (NCIS) RESIDENT AGENCY, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN AND THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FROM APRIL 2012 TO MAY 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER NESSMAN DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM AND EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY IN SUPPORT OF OVER 25 PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO THE NCIS FAR EAST FIELD OFFICE. PETTY OFFICER NESSMAN PROCESSED OVER 130 OPEN AND 150 CLOSED CASES AND MAINTAINED FILING AND RECORD SYSTEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH NCIS POLICY. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE EVIDENCE CUSTODIAN, SHE PROCESSED 747 PIECES OF EVIDENCE INTO NCISRU USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) AND NCISRA YOKOSUKA EVIDENCE CUSTODY SYSTEM, ENSURING THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY WAS DOCUMENTED AND EVIDENCE WAS SAFEGUARDED FOR USE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. PETTY OFFICER NESSMAN'S PERSEVERANCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.