PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE TRAINING AND RANGES DEPARTMENTAL LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK-FORT STORY FROM JUNE 2020 TO SEP 2021. PETTY OFFICER REDDISH PERFORMED EFFICIENTLY AND LED 42 SAILORS IN THE EXECUTION OF ALL LIGHTHOUSE DUTIES, RANGE OPERATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES COMPRISED OF 5,000 WORK HOURS WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE N3R LIMDU COORDINATOR, HE METICULOUSLY MANAGED ALL DEPARTMENTAL MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS AND MEDICAL STATUSES TO ENSURE ALL MEDICAL BOARD REQUIREMENTS WERE MET. PETTY OFFICER REDDISH'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH 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 AMMUNITION NCO DURING RANGE TRAINING. LANCE CORPORAL NELSON'S FORESIGHT AND PREPARATION PROVIDED FOR THE SAFE AND TIMELY TRANSPORTATION OF ALL OF ALPHA COMPANY'S ORDNANCE TO NINE DIFFERENT RANGES, FACILITATING THE SUCCESSFUL TRAINING OF 166 MARINES. THIS RESULTED IN THE MARINES' INCREASED PROFICIENCY IN M203, ROCKET, AND M67 FRAGMENTATION EMPLOYMENT, LIVE FIRE SQUAD ATTACKS, CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT, LIVE FIRE PLATOON ATTACKS, AND MILITARY OPERATIONS ON URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT). LANCE CORPORAL NELSON WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS DUTIES, DEMONSTRATING INITIATIVE AND LEADERSHIP BY COORDINATING NECESSARY WORKING PARTIES, PULLING AND RETURNING ALL REQUIRED AMMUNITION, AND POLICING DUNNAGE. LANCE CORPORAL NELSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.