Shipyard Citations
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND USS SAMPSON'S SHIP SUPERINTENDENT AT PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY DETACHMENT EVERETT FROM FEBRUARY 2020 TO DECEMBER 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, ELECTRICIAN'S MATE FIRST CLASS JUSTIN TRUDEAU PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE LED 24 ACTIVE AND RESERVE SAILORS IN THE COMPLETION OF 188 I-LEVEL WORK PACKAGES AND COORDINATED 323 REPAIRS DURING THREE CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE AVAILIBILITIES AND TWO CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AVAILIBILITIES ENSURING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MISSION READINESS FOR SIX DESTROYERS, AND SAVING THE GOVERNMENT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE REPAIR COSTS. FURTHER, HIS MENTORSHIP AND TRAINING RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF TWO LIMITED DUTY OFFICERS AND ONE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, QUALIFICATION OF FIVE COMMAND DUTY OFFICERS, AND SEVEN OUTSIDE ELECTRICAL NAVY AFLOAT MAINTENANCE TRAINING STRATEGY (NAMTS) QUALIFICATIONS. PETTY OFFICER TRUDEAU'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSERVERANCE, AND SELFESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS DIVISION LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, NORFOLK SHIP SUPPORT ACTIVITY (NSSA), FROM 14 MARCH 2012 TO 12 APRIL 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER RANDALL C. FORD CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING UNPARALLELED LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ABILITY, HE LED 83 SAILORS IN THE ON-TIME COMPLETION OF OVER 1,300 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS ONBOARD 176 TENDED SHIPS, DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSION READINESS OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET AND SAVING THE NAVY MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN REPLACEMENT PART COSTS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT INCREASED NSSA MINIATURE MICRO-MINIATURE (2M) LAB CIRCUIT CARD SCREENING CAPABILITIES BY TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. MOREOVER, WHILE SERVING AS NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (NNSY) COMMAND URINALYSIS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, HE RESTRUCTURED NNSY AND NSSA TESTING DATABASES, FOLLOWING COMMAND REORGANIZATION, ENSURING OVER 800 SAILORS ACROSS TWO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS CONTINUED TO BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NAVY POLICY. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FORD REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS WORK CONTROLS TECHNICIAN FOR CODE 246 AT FLEET MAINTENANCE (FMB) AND NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD (NNSY) FROM SEPTEMBER 2012 TO AUGUST 2014. MACHINIST MATE FIRST CLASS SIMMONS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, HE INSTITUTED, COORDINATED, AND MANAGED THE OXYGEN SYSTEMS CLEAN WORKER COURSE. HE TRAINED 167 SAILORS, LEADING TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PROGRAM COMPLIANCE AND SUSTAINED AUXILIARY DIVISION'S ABILITY TO OPERATE AND CONDUCT REPAIRS ON O2 CLEAN SYSTEMS FLAWLESSLY. MOREOVER, AS THE ONLY O2 CLEAN WORKER INSTRUCTOR IN NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH AREA, HE COMMITTED MORE THAN 150 HOURS OF HIS OWN TIME TO CONDUCT O2 CLEAN WORKER TRAINING FOR SEVEN SUBMARINES ASSIGNED TO SUBMARINE SQUADRON SIX AND ONE TRIDENT SUBMARINE ASSIGNED TO COMSUBLANT. PETTY OFFICER SIMMONS' PERSONAL INITIATIVE, RESOURCEFULNESS, 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 HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE AC/DC STANDARDS AND PRECISION RESISTANCE LEADING PETTY OFFICER ASSIGNED TO NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD FROM FEBRUARY 2011 TO OCTOBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER CAROL KEETON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP SKILLS, SHE DEVOTED OVER 4700 HOURS TO LEADING SEVEN SAILORS IN THE CALIBRATION AND REPAIR OF ASSETS IN SUPPORT OF NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD'S MISSION. ADDITIONALLY, AS MARCC TRAINING PROGRAM MANAGER, SHE COORDINATED 193 TRAINING SESSIONS FOR 122 SAILORS AND 54 CIVIL SERVICE WORKERS, INCREASING COMMAND AWARENESS OF NAVAL DOCTRINES AND EDUCATION BY OVER NINETY PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER KEETON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND SELFESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT FLEET TECHNICAL SUPPORT DIVISION, PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD (PHNSY) AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY (IMF) FROM OCTOBER 2011 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER CHARLES BABCOCK CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. WHILE DISPLAYING UNPARALLELED LEADERSHIP, HE LED 24 SAILORS THROUGH A VAST ARRAY OF TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS INCLUDING 29 TOTAL SHIP READINESS ASSESSMENTS, FIVE BALLISTIC MISSLE DEFENSE READINESS ASSESSMENTS, SIX TYCOM MATERIAL INSPECTIONS, THREE PRE-INSURV INSPECTIONS, AND FIVE INSURV INSPECTIONS. IN ADDITION, HIS EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE WERE INVALUABLE IN THE TRAINING OF 13 WATERFRONT TECHNICIANS DURING 220 LOCAL AND DISTANCE SUPPORT ASSISTS. FINALLY, HIS EFFORTS AS COMMAND SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP COORDINATOR WERE EVIDENT DURING HIS OVERSIGHT OF MORE THAN 500 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE. PETTY OFFICER BABCOCK'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN AT PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY (PHNSY & IMF) FROM JUNE 2011 TO OCTOBER 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER OCAMPO CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND CORRECT COMPLEX TECHNICAL PROBLEMS HAS RESOLVED OVER 70 CASREPS ONBOARD HOMEPORTED AND TRANSIENT SHIPS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS MENTORING AND TRAINING OF 36 JUNIOR SAILORS IN SINGLE AUDIO SWITCH (SAS), HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO GROUP, COMSEC REPAIR, TACTICAL VARIANT SWITCH NETWORKS, NAVY ORDER WIRE, URT-23 C/D/E, AND OTHER INTERCONNECTING EQUIPMENT, INCREASED THE CAPABILITIES OF HOMEPORTED SHIPS TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN, TROUBLESHOOT, AND REPAIR ONBOARD COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT. PETTY OFFICER OCAMPO'S TECHNICAL ABILITIES AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.