PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF TORPEDO DIVISION ONBOARD USS SAN FRANCISCO (SSN 711) FROM OCTOBER 2015 TO JANUARY 2019. PETTY OFFICER CARSON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS TORPEDO DIVISION'S LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE MANAGED THE SHIP'S FORCE PROTECTION TEAMS WHILE TRANSITING THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL WITH ZERO MISHAPS. AS A WEAPONS HANDLING BOARD MEMBER, HE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 50 PERSONNEL INCLUDING 6 JUNIOR SAILORS OFF ANOTHER SHIP ALLOWING OTHER BOATS IN THE SQUADRON TO EFFECTIVELY CONTINUE THEIR MISSIONS. PETTY OFFICER CARSON PERFORMED THE LAST WEAPONS OFFLOAD ONBOARD USS SAN FRANCISCO WITH ZERO INJURIES OR MALFUNCTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE SENIOR TORPEDOMAN ON THE BOAT, HIS DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF TORPEDO ROOM SYSTEMS WAS INSTRUMENTAL DURING FOUR PRE AND POST DEPLOYMENT LOADOUTS, THREE TACTICAL READINESS EVALUATIONS, 36 HIGH RISK CONTROLLED EVOLUTIONS, FIVE SYSTEM TURNOVERS, AND THE MTS CONVERSION ENSURING OTHER SHIPS IN THE ATLANTIC FLEET COULD REPURPOSE PARTS FROM THE SHIP. PETTY OFFICER CARSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NUCLEAR TEST EQUIPMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT NUCLEAR REGIONAL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, KINGS BAY FROM NOVEMBER 2010 TO OCTOBER 2013. PETTY OFFICER LEWIS MANAGED A DIVISION OF NINE SAILORS AND TRAINED OVER TWENTY ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL ON FREEZE SEALS AS THE ONLY QUALIFIED FREEZE SEAL INSTRUCTOR IN KINGS BAY. HIS DILIGENT EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TWELVE FREEZE SEAL EVOLUTIONS ON SIX BALLISTIC MISSLE SUBMARINES, RESULTING IN THE TIMELY REPAIR OF FOURTEEN NUCLEAR VALVES. IN ADDITION, HE DEVELOPED AND TESTED A NEW FREEZE SEAL METHOD THAT WILL SAVE HUNDREDS OF HOURS FOR ALL FUTURE FREEZE SEAL EVOLUTIONS. HIS LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY AND THE RETURN OF FIVE STRATEGIC ASSETS TO THE FLEET. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSERVERANCE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY PETTY OFFICER LEWIS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.