AS NAVY BLUE TEAM DETACHMENT OPERATIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT NAVAL NETWORK WARFARE COMMAND (NNWC) DET NBT SD FROM AUGUST 2018 TO SEPTEMBER 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER FAULKNER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE LED 53 SAILORS THROUGH 122 CYBER WARFARE AND COMMAND CYBER OPERATIONAL READINESS INSPECTION (CCORI) EVENTS, CERTIFIED 35 DIGITAL PLATFORMS, IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED OVER 4,000 NETWORK VULNERABILITIES, AND IMPROVED FLEET CYBER READINESS THROUGHOUT THIRD, FIFTH, AND SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. ADDITIONALLY, HE MANAGED A $75,000 BUDGET, EXPANDING 1010 AND 1030 MISSIONS BY OVER 35 PERCENT. A KEY PLAYER IN THE STAND UP OF NNWC DET NBT SD, HE MANAGED THE TRANSITION OF 13 CRITICAL COMMAND PROGRAMS AND ESTABLISHED NAVY BLUE TEAM OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES. PETTY OFFICER FAULKNER'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, SELFLESS DEVOTION, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT NAVAL NETWORK WARFARE COMMAND (NNWC) DET NBT SD FROM OCTOBER 2017 TO DECEMBER 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER LOPEZ LED 39 SAILORS IN THE EXECUTION OF 44 CYBER SECURITY ASSESSMENTS FOR 23 AFLOAT COMBATANTS AND THREE SHORE ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS INDISPENSABLE TO THE STAND UP OF TWO NEW MISSION AREAS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS NECESSARY FOR ALL NAVY BLUE TEAMS TO SUSTAIN OPERATIONS WITHOUT DOWN TIME. THESE INNOVATIVE PROCESSES AND METHODOLOGIES FACILITATED THE IDENTIFICATION AND MITIGATION OF MORE THAN 87,000 VULNERABILITIES AND INCREASED CYBER SECURITY READINESS ACROSS SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, AND SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. PETTY OFFICER LOPEZ'S EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.