Emergent Repairs
An innovative leader, he lead a team of engineers, technicians, and mechanics in first-of-their-kind Emergent Repairs aboard the USS OHIO.
Spent 40 hours in Emergent Repairs to 5 Firemain motor operated valves in preparation for Stockdale's firemain system restoration. Saved the navy $100,000 in expedited repairs and kept STOCKDALE on track for leaving the shipyards.
He flawlessly executed Emergent Repairs onboard USS MCFAUL, USS COLE, USS MESA VERDE, and USS PASADENA in support of INSURV certifications, saving the Navy a combined total of $145,000 in maintenance costs. As Training Petty Officer, he ensured accurate and timely training completion, maintaining an impressive 93% completion rate for the unit.
CPO of EA02. Spearheaded the execution of Emergent Repairs to five of six air conditioning plant's mechanical seals. Conducted flawless repairs and discovered a flaw in plant operation that was causing the repeated failures. With a replacement seal cost of $18,000 and 400 man hours expended per repair, his efforts will save the command valuable resources. His efforts have improved the performance of the ship's air condintioning plants, a vital shipboard system for combat systems, reactor, engineering departments and the comfort of all hands.
While serving as a member of Shop 38N at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Petty Officer Olaf assisted in Emergent Repairs aboard USS HOUSTON and USS HAWAII. His attention to detail and expert system knowlege lead to first time quality of vital pumps in the reactor plant system allowing the ship to deploy on time.
During mid-cycle inspection, he led multiple Emergent Repairs of Interim Integrated Electronic Control (IIEC) systems for four GTMs and fixed all GTMs start up systems, identifying multiple grounds and voyage repairs. He managed the repair of auxilary high air pressure support system, restoring redundant support and corrected aft steering unit operations. Led troubleshooting efforts for the counter measure wash down system. The support increased the grades of 5 major areas by 15% resulting in HOPPER receiving an 89% score in mid-cycle assessment.
A leader of ESSEX' forward main machinery room, he demonstrated a relentless work ethic by leading 37 sailors through Emergent Repairs to NR2 main engine tunnel covers, NR1 and NR2 ship service turbine generator trip oil system, and the correction of over 200 material hits for light-off assessment and MOB-E 1.1B. Additionally, his leadership and technical expertise enabled ESSEX to complete MOB-E 1.1B with an overall score of 94%.
He led 23 sailors in the Emergent Repairs of two steam driven force draft blowers, two main feed pumps, NR 2 emergency feed and transfer pump along with numerous auxiliary equipment, amounting to a striking avoidance of $200k in depot repair activity support. His unyielding work ethic was the driving force in successful completion of two engineering CNO availabilites.
Skillfully led 7 personnel in the Emergent Repairs of NR1 RO unit membrane seal, 1B MPDE rotor seal, the injector cooler plugs and fuel conduits for NR6 cylinder and removal and reinstall of 1A MPDE exhaust bellows.
As Work Center Supervisor, he skillfully led and managed 12 personnel from multiple source ratings in the performance and completion of 108320923409 preventative and corrective maintenance actions during the upkeep of over $8.1M in support equipment to include: 19 Surface Support Craft (SSC), 45 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC), 90 outboard engines, 15 Maritime Reconnaissance Vehicles (MRV) and a variety of load out equipment required for real world operations. Additionally he led 9 Sailors in the completion of over 102398420394 Emergent Repairs, resulting in the successful completion of three Independent Certifications (I-Cert) with host platforms and three Unit Level Trainings (ULTs).
Conducted Emergent Repairs to 1A GTM vent dampener saving the Navy more than $10,000 in depot level repairs. Led 6 sailors in the correction of 37 GTMI hits. Flawlessly demonstrated 16 material checks on NR 1 LPAC, HP/LP air cross connect manifold and LOFSP resulting in a completion rate of 96.1% for TYCOM Light Off Assesment.