Network Administrator Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR AT NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE ADVANCED TRAINING COMMAND, DETACHMENT FORT STORY FROM 22 MARCH 2020 TO 20 APRIL 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER AMANDA SWANSON PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HER RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC WAS INDISPENSABLE TO THE ADP DEPARTMENT'S SUPPORT OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED USERS, TEN COURSES OF INSTRUCTION, AND THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF TWO NETWORK ENCLAVES TO THE NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. ADDITIONALLY, SHE MAINTAINED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC AND SENSITIVE CONTROLLED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, RESULTING IN ZERO DISCREPANCIES AND NO SECURITY COMPROMISES. PETTY OFFICER SWANSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR, AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING DIVISION, COMBAT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, ONBOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FROM SEPTEMBER 2015 THROUGH OCTOBER 2018. PETTY OFFICER ROBERT SWANSON PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR, HE DEDICATED 245 HOURS TO THE REMEDIATION AND RAPID RESOLUTION OF 1,345 TROUBLE TICKETS. MOREOVER, HE COMMITTED 48 MAN HOURS TO UPGRADING AND TESTING THE WINDOWS INTEGRATED AUTOMATED TRAVEL SYSTEM SERVER WHICH WAS CRITICAL TO THE TIMELY PROCESSING OF 344 TRAVEL CLAIMS BY THE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, AS AN INFORMATION ASSURANCE TECHNICAN, HE IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED NETWORK SECURITY VIOLATIONS, PREVENTING THE COMPROMISE OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THAT COULD THREATEN THE MISSION. PETTY OFFICER SWANSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR AND INSTRUCTOR AT THE CENTER FOR SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS, DETACHMENT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII FROM AUGUST 2013 TO APRIL 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER AMANDA SWANSON PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE INSTRUCTED COURSES ON COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, AND INTELLIGENCE (C4I), NAVAL GUN FIRE SUPPORT (NGFS), AND NAVIGATION FUNDAMENTALS TO OVER 500 SAILORS, INCREASING THEIR OVERALL KNOWLEDGE OF AND CONFIDENCE IN EMPLOYING THEIR COMBAT SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR, SHE OVERSAW 433 ADP TROUBLE CALLS FROM REPORT TO RESOLUTION, LEADING TO LIMITED DOWNTIME AND INCREASED PROFICIENCY THOUGHOUT THE COMMAND. BY HER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SWANSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR DURING AN EXTENDED DOCKING PLANNED MAINTENANCE AVAILABILITY PERIOD, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), FROM OCTOBER 2005 TO OCTOBER 2006. PETTY OFFICER ROBERT SWANSON CONSISTENLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND NETWORKING KNOWLEDGE PROVIDED THE FOUNDATION FOR EISENHOWER'S ABILITY TO EXCEL ON ALL LEVELS OF COMMUNICATIONS. AS NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR, HE EDUCATED SYSTEM USERS ON POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, IMPROVING USER SATISFACTION AND REDUCING COMPUTER RELATED TROUBLE CALLS BY MORE THAN 50 PERCENT. AS LAN ADMINISTRATOR, HE ASSISTED IN THE TRANSITION OF THE LAN FROM THE SHIP TO THE BARGE DURING THE EXTENDED DOCKING PLANNING AND MAINTENANCE AVAILABILITY, RESULTING IN A COMPLETE DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY OF 14 SERVER SYSTEMS AND OVER 150 CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED COMPUTERS. PETTY OFFICER SWANSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.