PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT SECURITY MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK AT STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN FROM JUNE 2025 TO JANUARY 2026. PETTY OFFICER ROSS SUPERVISED AND MENTORED THREE SAILORS IN PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE AND SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 195 SAILORS AND 22 OFFICERS. IN THIS IMPORTANT CAPACITY, SHE INITIATED 50 SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, 10 SYSTEM AUTHORIZATION ACCESS REQUESTS, AND 280 SECURE TRANSFERS. IN ADDITION, SHE CONDUCTED 230 CLASSIFIED MATERIAL TRANSFERS, ENSURING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PERSONNEL SECURITY ACCOUNTABILITY DURING AN ARDUOUS SEVEN-MONTH DEPLOYMENT ABOARD THE USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN 78) IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR AND ABSOLUTE RESOLVE. FURTHERMORE, SHE PERFORMED 2,700 HOURS OF WATCH STANDING WITHIN SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM FACILTIIES FOR MISSION PLANNING IN SUPPORT OF 3,265 SORTIES, SUSTAINING COMBAT SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS SOUTHERN SPEAR AND ABSOLUTE RESOLVE. PETTY OFFICER ROSS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HER 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 HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT SECURITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONTROL OFFICER, 1ST SUPPLY BATTALION, COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 15, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, FROM SEPTEMBER 2019 TO MAY 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL LEE CONDUCTED A MONTHLY INVENTORY OF 51 CLASSIFIED HARD DRIVES. SHE VERIFIED AND GENERATED OVER 156 SECURITY LETTERS FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS SECTION AT AMMUNITION COMPANY FOR ARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES (AA&E) SCREENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH MCO 5530.30 AND MCO 55.20. CORPORAL LEE'S ADDITIONAL DUTY AS THE ASSISTANT SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONTROL OFFICER REQUIRED HER TO PREPARE CASE FILES AND INTERVIEW MARINES AND SAILORS WHO WERE EITHER SEEKING PROFESSIONAL COUNSELING OR INVOLVED IN A DRUG OR ALCOHOL RELATED INCIDENT. SHE ALSO CONDUCTED 77 URINALYSES, RESULTING IN THE COLLECTION OF 2,807 SAMPLES, NONE OF WHICH HAVE GONE TO COURT MARTIAL. APPROXIMATELY 49 OF WHICH, SHE PERSONALLY ADMINISTERED WITH THE UTMOST ACCURACY. CORPORAL LEE'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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