Preservation Supervisor Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, COMDESRON 26 FROM 24 APRIL 2023 TO 13 OCTOBER 2023. WHILE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO USS TRUXTON AND USS MITSCHER, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ALVARADO ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS LCPO AND QUICKLY ESTABLISHED AND MANAGED TWO COMMAND PRESERVATION TIGER TEAMS AND LED 60 SAILORS IN CORROSION CONTROL EFFORTS, REVERSING STRUGGLING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS WHILE PRESERVING 30 SPACES AND SAVING THE NAVY OVER 40,000 DOLLARS IN CORROSION CONTROL COSTS. IN ADDITION, AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HE METICULOUSLY INSPECTED OVER 550 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDED OVERSIGHT IN CORRECTING OVER ONE HUNDRED DISCREPANCIES IN PREPARATION FOR CREW CERTIFICATION, MOD-A, MOB-S, AND SAR, ENSURING THAT USS TRUXTON AND USS MITSCHER REMAINED MISSION READY. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ALVARADO'S PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS USS HUE CITY (CG 66) CARETAKER CREW FROM MARCH 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 2022. DISPLAYING SUPERIOR COMMITMENT TO MISSION READINESS, PETTY OFFICER LEWIS LED 12 SAILORS IN THE PRESERVATION OF 375 SPACES BY REMOVING RUST AND CORROSION AND PRIMING AND PAINTING ALL SURFACES. HE SUPERVISED THE PAINTING OF 133 SPACES INCLUDING EXTERIOR BULKHEADS, AFT ANCHOR, AND THE SHIP’S HULL. IN ADDITION, HE SPEARHEADED THE COMPLETION AND CLOSEOUTS OF ALL SHIP'S FUEL, OILY WASTE, FRESHWATER, AND JP-5 TANKS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LEADING FOUR SAILORS IN LOCK WIRING ALL SHIP'S F76, LUBE OIL, AND JP5 VALVES IN PREPARATION FOR THE SHIP'S DECOMMISSIONING. PETTY OFFICER LEWIS' OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, INITIATIVE, AND PERSEVERANCE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS DECK DEPARTMENT LEADING PETTTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD 8) FROM JULY 2016 TO SEPTEMBER 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER RUDOLF PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED A TWO-WEEK PRESERVATION PLAN WHICH PAINTED OUT THE ENTIRE SHIP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM TWO DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. ADDITIONALLY, HE SUPERVISED AND MANAGED 13 PETTY OFFICERS AND 40 SEAMEN, SAFELY MOVING OVER 2,340 LINES, BROWS, AND BROW STANDS. PETTY OFFICER RUDOLF'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS S-3 PRESERVATION SUPERVISOR ONBOARD USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) FROM 2 AUGUST 2022 TO 13 AUGUST 2022. DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP, PETTY OFFICER REYNOLDS LEAD THREE SAILORS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF MORE THAN 20 SPACES IN PREPARATION FOR USS GERALD R. FORD'S 2022 LED INSURV. HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE INTENSIVE INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF 200 HABITABILITY SPACES AND RESOLVED SIX SAFETY DISCREPANCIES IN SERVICE'S STOREROOMS. HIS LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING A PASSING GRADE FOR NOT ONLY THE RETAIL AND HOTEL SERVICES DIVISIONS BUT ALSO FOR THE ENTIRE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT. PETTY OFFICER REYNOLDS' DILIGENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS DECK SUPERVISOR AND TIGER TEAM LEADING PETTY OFFICER, IN USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56), FROM JUNE 2015 TO JULY 2018 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. PETTY OFFICER DOUGLAS C. MARTIN PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE LED 12 SAILORS IN THE PRESERVATION AND UPKEEP OF 5,200 SQUARE FEET OF TOP SIDE SPACES AND EXTERNAL FAN ROOMS IN PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL TYCOM MIDCYCLE INSPECTION AND INSURV. HIS TECHNICAL ABILITY CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE SAFE EXECUTION OF TEN UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS, 50 SEA AND ANCHOR DETAILS, AND A SUCCESSFUL TRAINING AVAILABILITY WHICH ENSURED SEAMANSHIP AND DAMAGE CONTROL WARFARE AREA CERTIFICATIONS. PETTY OFFICER MARTIN'S PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.