Navy Diver (ND) Citations
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS SPECIALIZED RESEARCH DIVING DETACHMENT (SRDD)'S LEADING PETTY OFFICER FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER HASTINGS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS LEADERSHIP WAS CRITICAL AS THE NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE (NSW) MISSION SPECIFIC GEAR DEPARTMENT HEAD WHILE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF A NATIONAL LEVEL TASKING. PETTY OFFICER HASTINGS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, LOGISTICS, AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT VALUED AT OVER 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS. ADDITIONALLY, HE TRAINED 27 PERSONNEL IN HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DIVING TACTICS THAT INVOLVED PROTOTYPE EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES WHICH RESULTED IN 678 HOURS OF MISHAP FREE, HIGH RISK DIVING THAT WAS OBSERVED AND VALIDATED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. HIS DRIVE, DETERMINATION, AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN MADE HIM THE CLEAR CHOICE TO REPRESENT SRDD FOR JOINT SPECIAL OPERATION MISSIONS VITAL TO NATIONAL SECURITY. PETTY OFFICER HASTINGS' MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS A SECOND CLASS DIVER, SOUTH WEST REGION MAINTENANCE CENTER MARCH 2009 TO JULY 2012. PETTY OFFICER FERNANDO CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS DEDICATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF UNDERWATER SHIP HUSBANDRY (UWSH) LED TO THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF 555 UWSH REPAIRS REQUIRING OVER 166 HOURS OF BOTTOM TIME. AS A CRITICAL CREW MEMBER, HE COMPLETED THREE PROOF OF CONCEPT MISSIONS AND ESTABLISHED THE FIRST EVER BATTLE DAMAGE REPAIR TEAM IN THE NAVY, SETTING THE STANDARD FOR FUTURE REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTERS TO FOLLOW. PETTY OFFICER FERNANDO'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERENCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR SPECIALIZED RESEARCH DIVING DETACHMENT DURING THE PERIOD OF 1 OCTOBER 2011 THROUGH 31 AUGUST 2014. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE MADE EMERGENT REPAIRS TO A SUBDEVRON 5 ASSET ENABLING THEM TO GET BACK UNDERWAY. DURING HIS TENURE, ND1 SAILOR MADE 4 SATURATION DIVES WHICH TESTED CCR AT DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERES AND DEPTHS AND INCREASED HIS DIVE LOCKER'S CAPABILITIES AND OPERATIONAL READINESS. HE TESTED AND CERTIFIED THE MK28 TO 300 FSW OPEN OCEAN WITH 60 HOURS OF SUPERVISION WHERE IT BECAME THE NAVY'S MOST RECENT CCR MIXED GAS UBA. HE WAS THE DEPARTMENT HEAD BEHIND NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE'S MISSION SPECIFIC UNDERSEA GEAR DESIGN CONSISTING OF IMPLEMENTATION, LOGISTICS, MAINTENANCE, TRAINING, TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROTOTYPE EQUIPMENT VALUED AT MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INTIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES WHILE SUPPORTING NAVY SURFACE WARFARE CENTER INDIAN HEAD EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TECHNOLOGY DIVISION’S TECHNICAL SUPPORT DETACHMENT, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, FROM 23 JUNE 2013 TO 28 JUNE 2013. PETTY OFFICER GLIKMAN DISPLAYED SUPERB DEDICATION WHILE PARTICIPATING IN SCUBA DIVING EVOLUTIONS FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL HUMAN-POWERED INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE RACES. AS 1 OF 9 COMMAND SCUBA DIVERS, HE SUPPORTED 202 SCUBA DIVES ENCOMPASSING 9,721 MINUTES OF MISHAP FREE BOTTOM TIME. HIS EFFORTS PROVIDED 100% SAFETY, RESCUE AND RECOVERY TO PARTICIPANTS FROM SEVEN COUNTRIES COMPETING IN 252 RACES. PETTY OFFICER GLIKMAN WAS A POSITIVE IMPACT TO NSWC CARDEROCK’S STEM INTITIATIVE AND AS A RESULT OF COMMAND INTERVENTION, SAVED THIS CORNERSTONE EVENT FROM CANCELLATION. PETTY OFFICER GLIKMAN’S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LEAD DIVER AT U.S. NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY AND JAPAN REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN FROM 20 JUNE TO 15 JULY 2014. PETTY OFFICER DOUGHERTY CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL SKILLS AS A DIVER, IN ARDUOUS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, HE EXECUTED AN EXTENSIVE, CRITICAL REPAIR TO USS CHUGGER (SB 28) PROPELLERS, WHICH INVOLVED THE WATERBORNE REMOVAL AND REINSTALLATION OF 10 CPP PROPELLER BLADES AND REPLACEMENT OF SEALS. IN WATER TEMPERATURES OF 38 DEGREES FARENHEIT, HE COMPLETED 62 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES OF BOTTOM TIME. THESE ACTIONS SAVED THE NAVY OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN DRY-DOCKING AND CONTRACTOR EXPENSES AND ENABLED A WARSHIP TO MEET MISSION ON TIME. PETTY OFFICER DOUGHERTY'S OUSTANDING PERFORMANCE 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 LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF SPECIALIZED DIVING DIVISION, ND1 LED THE DIVISION THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF 88 EXPERIMENTAL DIVES, WHILE COMPLETING 40 NSW PROTOCOLS. THESE DIVES POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE MISSION SUCCESS OF JOINT U.S. AND ALLIED SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES OPERATING WORLD WIDE. AS NEDU COMMAND 3MC, HE MAINTAINED 10 WORK CENTERS, IMPLEMENTED 8 FORCE REVISIONS AND COMPLETED 8,000 MAINTENANCE CHECKS, CONTRIBUTING TO A SUCCESSFUL DIVING ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER NELSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
NSWBTC HIGH RISK INSTRUCTOR AND DIVING DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER FROM 02 APRIL 201X TO 30 APRIL 201X. PETTY OFFICER HALL LED A 5-MAN DIVING DIVISION IN STUDENT TRAINING, INSTRUCTOR MENTORSHIP, AND DIVING QUALIFICATIONS. AS WCS OF FOUR WORKCENTERS INCLUDING THE CERTIFIED STANDARD NAVY DOUBLE LOCK (SNDL) AND FLY AWAY RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER (FARCC), HE OVERSAW OVER 12,000 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS ON $3.8 MILLION IN MISSION CRITICAL DIVER LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AT THE SECOND MOST ACTIVE DIVING COMAND IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HIS METICULOUS MANAGEMENT OF THE 3M SYSTEM IS EVIDENT BY THE OVERALL SCORE OF OUTSTANDING ON THE MOST RECENT TYCOM 3M ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS A GRADE OF 93% ON THE BI-ANNUAL NAVSEA DIVING SAFETY SURVEY. IN ADDITION, HE MANAGED ALL ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPED CREW TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR NAVSEA CERTIFICATION OF NSWBTC'S NEW STANDARD NAVY DOUBLE LOCK RECOMPRESSION CHAMBER. HIS METICULOUS AND CONTINUAL FOCUS ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT FAILURE TREND ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED HIGH FAIL RATE COMPONENTS AND LED TO UPGRADES IN MENTOR REGULATOR HOSE DESIGN AS WELL AS A CONFIGURATION CHANGE TO THE OXYGEN CHARGING SYSTEM THAT RESULTED IN AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $50,000. HE WAS HAND SELECTED TO TRAVEL TAD TO DETACHMENT KEY WEST TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL OVERSIGHT AND ASSIST IN PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL BI-ANNUAL DIVING SAFETY SURVEY. FURTHER, HE SUPERVISED 320 MISHAP FREE HYPERBARIC PRESSURE TESTS AND BOTH HULL FAMILIARIZATION AND OPEN WATER DIVING EVOLUTIONS THAT CREATED A SAFE AND REALISTIC UNDERWATER EXPERIENCE FOR 230 SECOND PHASE STUDENTS. AS A FULLY QUALIFIED FIRST CLASS DIVER, ND1 HALL'S TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP OF TWO DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIANS WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR QUALIFICATION AS DLSS OPERATOR, CHAMBER OPERATOR, AND CHAMBER INSIDE TENDER IN THEIR PURSUIT OF DIVING AND SALVAGE WARFARE SPECIALIST (DSWS). BY HIS UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGEMENT, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER HALL REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A FIRST CLASS DIVER, MOBILE DIVING AND SALVAGE UNIT ONE FROM NOVEMBER 2010 TO OCTOBER 2013. CHIEF BELL CONDUCTED 49 FORCE PROTECTION DIVES AND NINE UNDERWATER SHIP'S HUSBANDRY DIVES THROUGHOUT THE FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, SAVING THE NAVY MORE THAN $180K IN CONTRACTOR REPAIR COSTS, REDUCING MAINTENANCE DELAYS BY 50%, AND INCREASING MISSION READINESS. ADDITIONALLY HE CONDUCTED SIX COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS TRAINING AND SALVAGE EXERCISES PROVIDING TRAINING TO 70 FOREIGN NAVY DIVERS DURING 212 MISHAP-FREE DIVING EVOLUTIONS WHILE DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, TASK FORCE SEVEN THREE. CHIEF BELL'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST 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 SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER OF NAVY RESERVE NAVY EXPERIMENTAL DIVE UNIT FROM OCTOBER 2011 TO DECEMBER 2013. CHIEF PARKER LED HIS NAVY DIVER TEAM TO PROVIDE EXPERT SUPPORT FOR THE MK-16 RE-BREATHER MODERNIZATION PROTOCOL CONDUCTED AT NAVY EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT (NEDU), ENSURING COMPLETION OF 28 MK-16 TEST POOL DIVES AND 16 PROTOCOL PROFILE DECOMPRESSION DIVES IN THE OCEAN SIMULATION FACILITY (OSF). THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF THESE EVALUATIONS FACILITATED THE NAVY SPECWAR COMMUNITY DELIVERY OF CRUCIAL LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR THE SPECIALIZED WARFIGHTER'S CONTINUED MISSION SUCCESS IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. ADDITIONALLY, DURING ICE OPS 2012, HIS TEAM'S FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF 10 HIGH RISK UNDER-ICE DIVES GARNERED NR NEDU LOCAL FRONT PAGE COVERAGE AND INCLUSION IN TNR MAGAZINE. MOREOVER, DURING NAVY WEEK CHICAGO NR NEDU WAS BACK IN THE HEADLINES WHEN 3500 VISITORS LINED UP TO WATCH U.S. NAVY DIVERS IN THE TANK AT SHEDD AQUARIUM. HIS DEDICATED EFFORTS EARNED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVIDENDS, ESTIMATED AT OVER $500K WORTH OF ADVERTISING, TO SUPPORT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, FOR BOTH THE DIVING COMMUNITY AND THE NAVAL RESERVE AS A WHOLE. CHIEF PARKER'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM 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 AN UNLIMITED DIVING SUPERVISOR AND EXPERIMENTAL DIVER AT THE SPECIALIZED RESEARCH AND DIVING DETACHMENT OF COMSUBDEVERDON-5 (CSDS-5) FROM OCTOBER 2008 TO FEBRUARY 2014. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WENDALE CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND NAVSEA CERTIFICATION OF A UNIQUE SET OF DIVING PROCEDURES FOR THE ADVANCED SEAL DELIVERY SYSTEM, GREATLY ENHANCING THE MISSION CAPABILITIES OF THIS UNIQUE PLATFORM. IN ADDITION, NDC WENDALE WAS SELECTED TO REPRESENT CSDS-5 AS TECHINICAL LIAISON TO NAVSEA FOR THE P-1319 PROJECT WHERE HE CONTRIBUTED TO THE MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF A UNIQUE PLATFORM TO TEST THE CAPABILITES OF THIS PROMISING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ULTIMATELY EARNED APPROVAL FOR AT SEA TESTING FROM A VESSEL OF OPPORTUNITY. FURTHERMORE, AS 3M COORDINATOR, HIS METICULUS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF MAINTENANCE FOR SRD LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT SAVED SRDD FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MAINTENANCE COSTS ANNUALLY AND CONTINUALLY ENABLED THE DETACHMENT TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF DIVING WITHOUT EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT EQUIPMENT CASUALTY. FINALLY, CHIEF WENDALE LED THE HOMEPORT CHANGE OF HIS DETACHMENT FROM PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA TO BANGOR, WASHINGTON. WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, HE MANAGED THE DISMANTLING, PACKAGING, AND LOADING OF OVER 25,000 POUNDS OF GEAR WHICH WAS DELIVERED IN ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL CONDITION, SAVING THE NAVY 20,000 DOLLARS AND PREVENTING WEEKS OF DELAYS COMPARED TO COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES. CHIEF WENDALE'S EXCEPTIONAL 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 WHILE SERVING AS SATURATION DIVER, SUPPLY PETTY OFFICER, AND UNLIMITED DIVING SUPERVISOR AT SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON FIVE, SPECIALIZED RESEARCH DIVING DETACHMENT, FROM MARCH 2011 TO MAY 2014. PETTY OFFICER LILIHAMMER PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS PERFORMANCE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON FIVE'S ABILITY TO PERFORM ITS MISSION OF DEVELOPING NEW DIVING TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES AND EVALUATING NEW DIVING EQUIPMENT FOR SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE SERVING AS SUPPLY PETTY OFFICER, HE METICULOUSLY MANAGED A BUDGET IN EXCESS OF 750 THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH PRECISION AND FORESIGHT. HIS EFFORTS IN MANAGING THE BUDGET TO SUPPORT ALL EQUIPMENT, OPERATIONS, AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES WERE EXCEPTIONAL, ENSURING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OPERATIONAL READINESS. PETTY OFFICER LILIHAMMER'S DISTINCT ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST 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 DUTY WHILE SERVING AS NAVY DIVER AT MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER NORFOLK, VIRGINIA FROM 14 OCTOBER 2017 TO 16 OCTOBER 2017. PETTY OFFICER SWIMMER DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY ASSISTING IN THE EMERGENT SOFTWARE CHANGE OUT REQUIRED BY THE USS STOUT'S PORT CONTROLLABLE PITCH PROPELLER BLADE 5E. DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND IN DEPTH PROCEDURE REQUIRED, THE DIVE TEAM WAS ALLOTTED FIVE DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION, BUT THE JOB WAS COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN ONLY THREE DAYS ALLOWING THE USS STOUT TO GET UNDERWAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. PETTY OFFICER SWIMMER RELENTLESSLY DOVE 30 HOURS OF INCIDENT FREE BOTTOM TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. PETTY OFFICER SWIMMER'S PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.