Operations Specialist (OS) Award Examples
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE CIC WATCH TEAM ON-BOARD USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51), FROM 11 MARCH 2015 TO 11 MARCH 2015. OPERATIONS SPECIALIST SECOND CLASS CHAD WARREN WAS AN INDISPENSABLE FACTOR IN THE RECOVERY OF A MAN OVERBOARD FROM THE USS CLARK (FFG-11). AS THE ON DUTY DIGITAL DEAD RECKONING TRACE (DDRT) PLOTTER, HE MAINTAINED AN ACCURATE POSITION OF THE MAN OVERBOARD DESPITE AN EVOLVING MISSION AND CHANGING SEAS. HE COORDINATED WITH THE AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL (ASAC) TO PROVIDE THE HELICOPTER WITH RAPID AND PRECISE UPDATES ON THE MAN OVERBOARD LOCATION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS RECOVERY WITH LESS THAN TWENTY FIVE MINUTES IN THE WATER, INJURY FREE. PETTY OFFICER WARREN REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE (OI) DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER ON USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG-51), FROM 20 JULY 2015 TO 24 AUGUST 2016. OPERATIONS SPECIALIST FIRST CLASS CARL M. CRABTREE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL MISSION BY LEADING THE OI DIVISION THROUGH AN ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE (ASW) AND HARPOON CERTIFICATION. HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL WERE KEY FACTORS IN GETTING THE THE SHIP UNDERWAY ON SHORT NOTICE AND AS AN AIC, HE SAFELY CONTROLLED OVER 250 AIRCRAFT, FROM THE USS SCRAMBLE CV-11 AND THE USS BORDER CV-23, DURING NIGHT AND DAY QUALS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE MENTORING PROGRAM, HAS ENSURED THAT SAILORS ARE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED ON ALL PQS. MOREOVER, HE DEDICATED OVER 40 OFF DUTY HOURS BUILDING STUDY GROUPS FOR HIS JUNIOR SAILORS, WHICH LED TO TWO OF HIS THREE ELIGIBLE SAILORS BEING ADVANCED. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER CRABTREE REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES FROM JANUARY 2016 TO NOVEMBER 2016 AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE AT MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND (MSC) HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON, DC. PETTY OFFICER DONALD KLINE'S LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE WERE PIVOTAL IN MAINTAINING A COMMON OPERATIONAL PICTURE OF OVER 117 MSC SHIPS WORLDWIDE. ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING A REPORTING PROCESS WHICH CULMINATED IN HIS SELECTION AS MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND HEADQUARTERS SENIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR. MOREOVER, HE VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS A RECRUITER ABOARD NAVY RECRUITING DISTRICT NEW ORLEANS. AS RECRUITER, HE ASSISTED QUALIFIED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN OBTAINING REWARDING CAREERS AS ENLISTED AND OFFICER CANDIDATES. FINALLY, HE TRAINED OVER 90 FUTURE SAILORS FOR READINESS AT RECRUIT TRAING COMMAND. PETTY OFFICER KLINE'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS BATTLE WATCH CAPTIAN, U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND JOINT FORCE MARITIME COMPONENT COMMANDER (JFMCC) STAFF, FROM XXXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXX. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER STOVALL STOOD MORE THAN 400 HOURS OF WATCH IN SUPPORT OF JFMCC WATCH TEAM DURING THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT AND ANSWERED FIVE URGENT REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI) WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESSFUL MISSION PLANNING AND EFFECTIVENESS. ADDITIONALLY, HE SUPPORTED THE COVID 19 CAT WHICH ORGANIZED AND CONSOLIDATED EIGHT EXTERNAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM 15 ECHELON ONE OR TWO INSTRUCTIONS, SAVING AN AVERAGE OF EIGHT HOURS PER COMMAND PER WEEK. MOREOVER, HE COORDINATED WITH FIVE TASK FORCES, FIVE COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCIES, 13 WORK GROUPS, AND CSG 8, TO CREATE 78 ACTIONABLE THREE STAR LEVEL PRODUCTS WHICH ULTIMATELY INTEGRATED AND FOCUSED THE EFFORTS OF ALL PARTICIPANTS. FINALLY, HE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THREE BWC CHECKLISTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN WATCHSTANDERS. PETTY OFFICER STOVALL'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER DURING THE DECATUR'S DEPLOYMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 TO AUGUST 2015. OS1 CURTIS EXPERTLY ASSISTED ALL WARFARE AREAS IN GATHERING ALL NECESSARY INTELLIGENCE IN 1234 OPS INTEL BRIEFS AND 678 OPERATIONAL MESSAGES, AND EXPERTLY TRACKED OVER 1100 SURFACE CONTACTS. OS1 CURTIS WAS LAUDED BY ALL TACTICAL ACTION OFFICERS AS AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO COMBAT, FACILITATING THE DECATUR'S RECOGNITION OF ITS MARITIME PICTURE, COMMUNICATIONS, TACTICS, AND SECURITY AS AMONG THE BEST IN THE FLEET. HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER COMBINED WITH HIS EXCEPTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE SKILLS PRODUCED VALUABLE WAR FIGHTING CAPABILITIES FOR THE DECATUR. PETTY OFFICER CURTIS' PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) ASSIGNED TO COMMANDER, AMPHIBIOUS FORCE, U.S. SEVENTH FLEET FROM JUNE 2015 TO JULY 2016. AS THE ONLY E-6 ASSIGNED AS CIC WATCH OFFICER, A POSITION NORMALLY HELD BY E-7 OR ABOVE, PETTY OFFICER MERKEL EXPERTLY SUPERVISED, MENTORED, AND TRAINED 26 SAILORS AND COMPLETED OVER 130 PQS, RESULTING IN THE COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER'S HIGHEST LEVEL OF MISSION READINESS EVER. AS LPO FOR THE HABITABILITY TEAM, HE LED FIVE JUNIOR SAILORS IN THE UPKEEP AND OVERHAULING OF FIVE SPACES IN PREPARATION FOR SHIP'S REPAIR AVAILIABILITY, RESULTING IN SAVINGS OF MORE THAN $100,000 IN REPAIR PARTS. PETTY OFFICER MERKEL'S PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS OPERATIONS OFFICER AND COMMAND CHIEF, USNS RICHARD E BYRD (T-AKE 4), FROM AUGUST 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 2015. CHIEF ROBERT A. SANTOS WAS INTEGRAL TO THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF OVER 50 REPLENISHMENTS AT SEA IN THE SEVENTH AND THIRD FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITIES. HE ALSO LED IN THE SHIP'S PARTICIPATION OF COOPERATION AFLOAT READINESS AND TRAINING (CARAT) SINGAPORE. HIS TECHNICAL INSIGHT RESULTED IN A SUCCESSFUL 18-HOUR MULTI-WARFARE EXERCISE AND 2 DAYS OF LIVE GUNNERY INVOLVING 9 ALLIED NAVAL SHIPS. IN THE SEVENTH FLEET AOR, HE EXPERTLY COORDINATED WITH 3 COALITION SHIPS TO PROVIDE REPLENISHMENT SUPPORT FOR THEIR COUNTER-PIRACY MISSIONS. HIS ENLISTED LEADERSHIP WAS A KEY FACTOR IN A 100% RETENTION RATE, ZERO PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT FAILURES AND 2 SAILORS ADVANCING TO FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSERVERENCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY, CHIEF SANTOS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS CURRENT OPERATIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF DESTROYER SQUADRON FIFTY IN SUPPORT OF PARTNERSHIP-STRENGTH-PRESENCE, MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS, AND OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM, IRAQI FREEDOM, AND OPERATION NEW DAWN FROM JULY 2012 TO AUGUST 2013. AS THE LEADING STAFF TACTICAL WATCH OFFICER, HE EXPERTLY TRAINED 10 TASK FORCE 55 WATCH OFFICERS AND OVERSAW THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF 5 PATROL CRAFT, 6 COAST GUARD PATROL BOATS, AND 4 INDEPENDENT DEPLOYER CG/DDGS ASSIGNED TO CTF 55. OS1 SUPPORTED AT-SEA FORCES OPERATING OPCON AND TACON TO CTF 55 DURING COALITION AND NATIONAL TASKING EVENTS, INCLUDING DURING COMPLEX OPERATIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN IN RESPONSE TO A SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA INCIDENT. OS1 DIRECTLY SUPPORTED EXERCISES SHAMAL 12, AMAN 12, KHUNJAR HADD, AND NAUTICAL UNION. PETTY OFFICER CLYDE'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 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRON TEN FROM MARCH 20XX TO DECEMBER 20XX. PETTY OFFICER SIMMONS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEDICATED TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT, HE VOLUNTEERED TO ASSIST AN UNDERMANNED STAFF CREW IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF FOUR 25 FOOT PATROL BOATS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE TRAILERS IN SUPPORT OF MSRON 8'S FINAL EVALUATION PROBLEM (FEP). PETTY OFFICER SIMMONS ENSURED THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WAS ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY TESTED AND READY TO ENSURE SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION WHICH FACILITATED A PASSING GRADE BY THE ISIC TEAM. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL FORESIGHT AND INITIATIVE, OS1 SIMMONS IDENTIFIED THE SAFETY ISSUES CAUSED BY DECAYED TRUCK BEDDING AND PROACTIVELY ORDERED, REMOVED, OVERHAULED, MEASURED, REPLACED, AND REFURBISHED SEVEN 15 TON TRUCKS WITH FRESH LUMBER IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS. HIS EFFORTS NOT ONLY HELPED TO PREVENT ANY MISHAPS, BUT ALSO SAVED THE NAVY $30,000 IN DEPOT REPAIRS. PETTY OFFICER SIMMONS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS TACTICAL DATA LINK COORDINATOR, IN USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG 56), FROM APRIL 2014 TO MARCH 2017, WHILE DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. OS2 DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACUMEN BY MAINTAINING ALL TACTICAL DATALINKS THROUGH 27 MULTI-LATERAL STRIKE GROUP EXERCISES, PACIFIC PRESENCE OPERATIONS AND 6 REAL-WORLD BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MISSIONS. HIS EFFORTS GREATLY INCREASED SECURITY AND STABILITY IN SEVENTH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS. AS AIR INTERCEPT CONTROLLER HE LOGGED OVER 200 HOURS OF SAFETY OF FLIGHT FOR 22 F/A-18S AND 8 A-10S. ADDITIONALLY, HIS TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TRAINING AND EVALUATION OF 2 JUNIOR AICs DURING FST-J AND MULTIPLE CSTT SCENARIOS, AS WELL AS THE SAFE EXECUTION OF 52 SEA AND ANCHOR DETAILS WITH ZERO MISHAPS. PETTY OFFICER BATTAGLIA'S PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE 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 AIR DIRECTION CONTROLLER ON USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC/JCC 20) FROM XXXX XXXX TO XXXX XXXX. OPERATIONS SPECIALIST THIRD CLASS FOX PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND RESOURCEFULNESS ENSURED THE SAFE AND EFFICIENT CONTROL AND EXECUTION OF MORE THAN 60 CRITICAL FLIGHT HOURS AND 70 PASSENGER TRANSFERS, ENABLING JOINT MANNING DOCUMENT GAPS TO BE FILLED THROUGH THE USE OF ORGANIC HELICOPTER ASSETS. THESE CRITICAL PERSONNEL TRANSFERS DIRECTLY SUPPORTED THE JOINT TASK FORCE AND JOINT FORCE MARITIME COMPONENT COMMAND BY PROVIDING THE FLEXIBILITY AND CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO EMERGENT MANNING REQUIREMENTS. HER EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CROSS-DECKING OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE COMMANDER TO THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE, AND EMBARKATION OF A FRENCH VICE ADMIRAL AND BRITISH REAR ADMIRAL. ADDITIONALLY, HER STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN WHICH PROVIDED U.S. MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1973 TO PROTECT THE LIBYAN PEOPLE. PETTY OFFICER FOX'S INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECT REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR IN CENTER FOR SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS DETACHMENT, YOKOSUKA JAPAN FROM JANUARY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2010 CULMINATING IN HIS SELECTION AS CSCS DET YOKOSUKA, INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR. PETTY OFFICER STEVENSON DISPLAYED EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING SKILLS WHILE INSTRUCTING OVER 750 OFFICER AND ENLISTED STUDENTS IN MORE THAN 10 TACTICAL COURSES OF INSTRUCTION. HIS DETAILED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ENSURED FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL FORCES MAINTAINED PEAK OPERATIONAL READINESS. HE ASSISTED IN THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF THREE MASTER TRAINING SPECIALISTS ENSURING THE CONTINUED HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. OS1 STEVENSON'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE AS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE WATCH SUPERVISOR, DIVISIONAL COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, AND TRAINING PETTY OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES, EUROPE, COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES, AFRICA AND COMMANDER, U.S. SIXTH FLEET FROM NOVEMBER 2012 TO NOVEMBER 2015. PETTY OFFICER MILHOMME ENSURED THE VIGILANT MONITORING OF WORLDWIDE DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE AND DIRECTLY COMMUNICATED WITH EUCOM ASSETS WITHIN THE AOR. UTILIZING HER SUPERIOR KNOWLEDGE OF BMD PROCEDURES AND POLICIES, SHE ENSURED EUCOM COMMAND AND BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE WATCH OFFICER WAS FULLY AWARE OF BMD SHIP CAPABILITIES. AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE BMD IA CELL, PETTY OFFICER MILHOMME PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL MENTORSHIP OF FOUR JUNIOR OPERATIONS SPECIALISTS. PETTY OFFICER MILHOMME MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS BATTLE WATCH CAPTAIN AND OPERATIONS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FOR DESTROYER SQUADRON FIVE ZERO FROM NOVEMBER 2011 TO MARCH 2013. CHIEF VINCENT CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HER EXPERIENCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE QUALIFICATION OF FIVE SAILORS AS STAFF TACTICAL WATCH OFFICERS AND FIVE BATTLE WATCH CAPTAINS FOR TASK FORCE 55, PROVIDING SUPPORT AND DIRECTION TO FIVE PATROL CRAFT, SIX COAST GUARD PATROL BOATS, AND ASSIGNED CRUISERS, DESTROYERS, AND FRIGATES DEPLOYED TO THE C5F AOR. HER LEADERSHIP LED TO THE ORGANIZATION AND DESTRUCTION OF OVER 300 CHARTS, 30 COMMANDING OFFICERS' READY CHARTS AND EXERCISE SPECIALITY CHARTS. CHIEF VINCENT'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. CHIEF VINCENT PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS STRONG LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE PROVED ESSENTIAL TO A SUCCESSFUL INSURV WHICH CULMINATED IN USS TOTUGA'S DESIGNATION OF BEING ABLE TO CONDUCT AS SCHEDULED LEADING TO THE DESIGNATION AS THE FIRST LSD CLASS SHIP ACHIEVING THIS DESIGNATION OVER THE LAST FOUR INSURV INSPECTIONS. AS COBRA GOLD CNAVFOR CAMP COMMANDANT, HE DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB OF SUPPORTING AND MONITORING OVER 200 MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES PERSONNEL WITH FACILITIES UPKEEP, CAMP SECURITY, AND COORDINATED AND DELIVERED OVER 450 CONTRACTED SUPPORT ITEMS COSTING IN EXCESS OF $500K. CHIEF VINCENT'S EXCEPTIONAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS, DEDICATION, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
AS A STRIKE CONTROLLER, SHE CONDUCTED 8,854 IFF AND HAVEQUICK FIDELITY CHECKS, ENSURING 100% EQUIPMENT COMPLIANCE FOR ALL CVW-17 ASSETS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS FREEDOM SENTINEL AND INHERENT RESOLVE IN CENTCOM WHILE MEETING ALL AMDC'S INTENT AND OBJECTIVES. AS A MEMBER OF OPERATIONS COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING TEAM, SHE HELPED QUALIFY NINE AUTO TRACK MANAGERS AND ID OPERATORS DURING NIMITZ' ADVANCED WARFARE TRAINING PHASES AND FLEET SYNTHETIC TRAINING-UNIT LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS, SETTING A WATCHSTANDER CULTURE OF PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS JOINT INTERFACE CONTROL WATCH OFFICER, UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND, OPERATIONS DIRECTORATE, COMMAND AND CONTROL DIVISION FROM JUNE 2016 TO APRIL 2017. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER GAGNON OVERSAW THE MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING OF OVER 400 TACTICAL DATA LINKS, FUSING RADAR PICTURES FROM MULTIPLE ASSETS INTO THE COMMON TACTICAL PICTURE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMMANDER OF U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND. ADDITIONALLY, AS LEAD SHIFT WATCH OFFICER, HE VERIFIED OVER 700 DATA LINK TRACKS DAILY FOR U.S. AND COALITION UNITS, ENSURING A TIMELY AND ACCURATE AIR PICTURE WAS PROVIDED TO THE COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER'S BATTLE DIRECTORS AND COMBINED FORCES AIR COMPONENT COMMANDER. HIS KNOWLEDGE OF DATALINK EMPLOYMENT AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FACILITATED THE INTEGRATION OF REGIONAL GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL NATIONS, ENABLING SECURITY OPERATIONS IN YEMEN, AND ENHANCED REGIONAL DEFENSE AND STABILITY. HE EXPERTLY MANAGED THE THEATER TACTICAL DATALINK ARCHITECTURE ENABLING THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF COMMAND AND CONTROL AT BOTH OPERATIONAL AND TACTICAL LEVELS OF COMBAT OPERATIONS, ENABLING MISSION EXECUTION SUPPORTING THE COMBINED DEFENSE OF THE ARABIAN GULF, INCLUDING THEATER AND GLOBAL MISSILE DEFENSE. FINALLY, HE MANAGED OVER 300 SEPARATE RADIO FREQUENCY AND INTERNET PROTOCOL DATALINK CONNECTIONS, IMPROVING ARCHITECTURAL STABILITY AND EFFICIENCY. PETTY OFFICER GAGNON'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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS OPERATIONS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR HELICOPTER SEA COMBAT SQUADRON EIGHT FOUR, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, FROM AUGUST 2010 TO FEBRUARY 2012. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MICHAEL S. NEWMAN COMPLETED FOUR TOURS DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM TOTALING 15 MONTHS IN COUNTRY AND FILLED A CRITICAL MANNING SHORTAGE IN THE OPERATIONS D3EPARTMENT. HIS EXPERT MANAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE OF THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OVER 40 COMBAT READY AIRCREWMEN, EFFECTIVELY INCREASING THE SQUADRON'S READINESS BY FORTY PERCENT AND REDUCING THE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT CYCLE FOR AIRCREWMEN. ADDITIONALLY, CHIEF NEWMAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OF AND TRANSITION TO THE NEW SEAHAWK WEAPONS AND TACTICS PROGRAM INTO THE COMMAND. MOREOVER, HE FLEW OVER 200 DIRECT ACTION MISSIONS AGAINST HIGH VALUE TERRORIST CELL LEADERS IN SUPPORT OF MULTINATIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES IN CENTRAL IRAQ. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER NEWMAN REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.