Tactical Action Officer (TAO) Awards
COMBAT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT LCPO
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS-2) GOLD CREW FROM JULY 2014 TO APRIL 2016. CHIEF CARTER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ABILITIES WERE INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION OF INDEPENDENCE'S COMBAT SYSTEMS AND TOTAL SHIP COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT FOR TESTING AND OPERATIONAL TASKING. HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN MANAGEMENT OF THE CONSOLIDATED SHIP'S MAINTENANCE PROJECT, DEVELOPMENT OF THE LCS-2 CLASS CSOSS SYSTEM, AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH 3 SHIPYARD PERIODS, ENSURED THE SHIP'S MATERIAL AND OPERATIONAL READINESS FOR POST DELIVERY TESTING AND TRIALS. THE ONLY LCS CHIEF QUALIFIED AS TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LCSRON CONSOLIDATED BATTLE ORDERS COURSE WHICH IS VITAL TO THE TRAINING OF ALL FUTURE INDEPENDENCE CLASS TACTICAL ACTION OFFICERS. HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
LEAD TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PROST CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE WAS THE LEAD TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER IN CIC DURING OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, BASIC PHASE TRAINING CYCLE, AND BOLD ALLIGATOR. HE MADE DETAILED PREPARATIONS FOR FOUR INTERNATIONAL EXERCISES TO INCLUDE EXERCISE PHIBLEX AND BOLD ALLIGATOR 2017. IN ADDITION, HE COORDINATED AND DROVE PREPARATIONS, SHIP-WIDE, FOR MULTIPLE SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENTS THROUGHOUT THE KEARSARGE DEPLOYMENT, SHIPYARD PERIOD, AND BASIC PHASE. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PROST'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING TEAM LEADER
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER AND COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING TEAM LEADER, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) FROM MAY 2014 TO AUGUST 2017. DEMONSTRATING COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE AND EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON LED 38 HOSPITAL CORPSMAN THROUGH TWO ARDUOUS FIFTH AND SEVENTH FLEET DEPLOYMENTS. HIS MENTORSHIP AND LEADERSHIP WAS CRUCIAL TO MEDICAL DEPARTMENT PRODUCING 25 DUAL WARFARE QUALIFIED SAILORS, 21 ADVANCEMENTS, 4 SOQ AND 1 BJOY WINNERS, A 97 PERCENT PFA PASS RATE, A SCORE OF 98 PERCENT IN THE HEALTH SERVICES READINESS INSPECTION, AND THREE BLUE M AND BLUE H AWARDS FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROMOTIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMAND WINNING THE 2014 AND 2016 BATTLE E. AS THE COMMAND'S ESWS COORDINATOR, ORGANIZED A WEEKLY 8-HOUR CLASS WHICH LED TO 200 QUALIFICATIONS ENABLING THE COMMAND TO FLY THE ESWS PENANT IN A YARD PERIOD. PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON'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.
TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL ACTION OFFICER, DEPARTMENTAL COMMAND SECURITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT SPACE CLOSEOUT OFFICER, AND OI/OM/OX DIVISION OFFICER ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FROM AUGUST 2020 TO JUNE 2023. LIEUTENANT WRIGHT CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE EXPERTLY SUPERVISED 33 OFFICERS, SEVEN CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS, AND 144 JUNIOR SAILORS DURING THE SHIP'S ARDUOUS FIVE YEAR REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL, WROTE THE COMMAND BATTLE ORDERS AND QUALIFIED AS THE FIRST TAO IN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. FURTHER, HE LED A DAILY PRODUCTION MEETING, RESULTING IN THE COMPLETION AND RECERTIFICATION OF ALL OPERATIONS SPACES, NINE READY ROOMS, 1,356 SHIP SPACES, AND THE INSTALLATION OF 172 SAFES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. LIEUTENANT WRIGHT'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 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.