Achievement Medal Citation Examples
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ELEMENT MEMBER, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAM 8233, COMPANY HOTEL, 2D MARINE RAIDER BATTALION, U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES, SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND FROM JANUARY 2017 TO MAY 2018. STAFF SERGEANT DILGER DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMBAT READINESS OF HIS TEAM BY SERVING AS THE TEAM COMMUNICATOR ON 19 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ACCOUNTING FOR STANDARD AND NON-STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, VALUED OVER 485,000 DOLLARS. ADDITIONALLY, HE SUPPORTED THE COMPANY AS THE SOLE TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE OPERATOR THROUGHOUT TWO CERTIFYING EXERCISES. DEPLOYED, HE SERVED AS THE LEAD COORDINATOR TO THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, STREAMLINING THE ACQUISITION OF OFFICIAL PASSPORTS FOR HIS TEAM, A MISSION CRITICAL REQUIREMENT. ARRIVING AT THE TEAM'S MISSION SUPPORT SITE, HE LED EFFORTS TO VALIDATE THE PARTNER FORCE AS A QUICK REACTION ELEMENT, PROVIDING TEN WEEKS OF INSTRUCTION IN SMALL UNIT TACTICS, CLOSE QUARTERS BATTLE AND IMMEDIATE ACTION DRILLS; CULMINATING IN THREE FULL MISSION PROFILE RAIDS. STAFF SERGEANT DILGER'S UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS LEAD UTILITIESMAN AT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT UNIT ONE FROM 29 MAY 2018 TO 25 JULY 2018. SERVING AS THE ON GROUND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, PETTY OFFICER SEAY LEAD A CREW OF SEVEN JUNIOR PERSONNEL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FIELD SHOWERS, TWO LAUNDRY SKIDS AND THREE 3,000 GALLON WATER VESICAS PROVIDING A SALUBRIOUS FIELD SITE FOR A 350 MAN CAMP CONSISTING OF U.S AND MULTI-NATIONAL PARTNER FORCES DURING RIM OF THE PACIFIC 2018. PETTY OFFICER SEAY'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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF SURGEMAIN ORLANDO FROM JANUARY 2017 TO JANUARY 2018. MM1 PETTY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A SUPERIOR MANNER. HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE COUPLED WITH HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ABILITIES WERE VITAL IN ENSURING 39 SURGEMAIN SAILORS WERE AT 100% MEDICAL READINESS AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED UNIT AND NOSC LEVEL TRAINING. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER PETTY 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 OE LEADING PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS CARTER HALL (LSD 50) FROM MARCH 2013 TO NOVEMBER 2013. PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. FOLLOWING A CNO AVAILABILITY, HE LED 27 TECHNICIANS THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF EIGHT UHF TRANSCEIVERS, NINE HF TRANSMITTERS, 17 RECEIVERS AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE AN/SPS-67 AND AN/SPS-49 RADAR ANTENNAS. HE METICULOUSLY MANAGED THE 2M AND TEST EQUIPMENT PROGRAM SUPERVISING THE COMPLETION OF 132 REPAIRS WHICH SAVED THE COMMAND $283,000 AS WELL CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINING AN IMPRESSIVE 96 PERCENT TEST EQUIPMENT READINESS LEVEL. AS A LEADER ON 3MTT, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING A CULTURE OF QUALITY MAINTENANCE AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMAND'S 3M CERTIFICATION WHERE CARTER HALL SCORED A 97.8 PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL 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 RESERVE TRAVEL AND DEPLOYMENTS CLERK, INSPECTOR-INSTRUCTOR STAFF, 4TH LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 4TH MARINE DIVISION, FROM JULY 2017 TO SEPTEMBER 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL MILSTEAD CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. CORPORAL MILSTEAD'S RELENTLESS WORK ETHIC AND IMMENSE KNOWLEDGE IN HIS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL FIELD WAS TRULY EXEMPLIFIED DURING A MARINE CORPS ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYSIS TEAM INSPECTION. HE EXCEPTIONALLY PASSED THIS VIGOROUS INSPECTION WHICH CONSISTED OF NINE INSPECTED AREAS AND 44 INSPECTION QUESTIONS. CORPORAL MILSTEAD'S CONTRIBUTION ENABLED THE BATTALION TO RECEIVE A READINESS GRADE OF 95.15 PERCENT WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST SCORE WITHIN MARINE FORCES RESERVE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS. CORPORAL MILSTEAD SINGLE HANDEDLY CREATED 501 SETS OF ORDERS, SUBMITTED 461 UNIT DIARIES TOTALLING 4.365 TRANSACTIONS RECEIVING A 97 PERCENT ACCEPTANCE RATING FOR TWO COMPANIES IN BATTALION. CORPORAL MILSTEAD'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS THE NAVY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER FORT WORTH JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 FROM 1 OCTOBER 2016 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2017. PETTY OFFICER LEBOEUF SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS THE ADMINISTRATION LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR NAVY RESERVE NAVAL SECURITY FORCES FORT WORTH. HE LED AND TRAINED 12 SAILORS RESULTING IN 100% COMPLETION OF 72 EVALUATIONS, 56 PIECES OF CORRESPONDENCE, AND 12 PLANS OF THE MONTH. FURTHERMORE, HE MAINTAINED THE MASTER RECALL LIST, THE UNIT'S ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AND THE GAINS AND LOSSES REPORT ENSURING 100% ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 72 UNIT MEMBERS. HIS EXCEPTIONAL 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 WHILE SERVING AS GENERAL DUTY CORPSMAN, COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON THREE FROM MARCH 2014 TO MARCH 2018. OVER TWO DEPLOYMENTS TO FIFTH FLEET AOR, PETTY OFFICER BLACKMAN PROVIDED 150 HOURS OF EXPEDITIONARY MEDICAL CARE INSTRUCTION LEADING TO THE EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE QUALIFICATION OF 50 SAILORS. ADDITIONALLY, DURING CARAT SINGAPORE 2015 HE PROVIDED 20 HOURS OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE TO 25 SINGAPOREAN SAILORS IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. LASTLY, HIS DEDICATION TO THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT EARNED 3 CONSECUTIVE BLUE AND GREEN H AWARDS. PETTY OFFICER BLACKMAN'S PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND STEADFAST 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 ROOSEVELT BARRACKS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, TRAINING SUPPORT DEPARTMENT AT NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FROM JULY 2010 TO AUGUST 2013. PETTY OFFICER RATTLER SKILLFULLY DIRECTED AND SUPERVISED SEVEN STAFF MEMBERS IN THE MONITORING, ADMINISTRATION, AND WELFARE OF 4800 UNDER INSTRUCTION AND AWAITING INSTRUCTION NAVY STUDENTS. HIS ONE ON ONE MENTORING OF TROUBLED SAILORS MADE A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT IN MILITARY BEARING AND A 90 PERCENT REDUCTION OF MAST CASES, REDUCING THE HIGH COST OF TRAINING REPLACEMENTS FOR SEPARATED SAILORS. ADDITIONALLY, AS PERFORMING UNITS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE LED 792 TOTAL PERFORMING UNIT MEMBERS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF 82 CEREMONIAL EVENTS TOTALING OVER 4300 MAN HOURS. HIS EFFORTS INCREASED THE NAVY'S VISIBILITY AND PROFILE WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. PETTY OFFICER RATTLER'S METICULOUS MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS SECTION CHIEF OF GUARD, FLEET AIR RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON FOUR DETACHMENT FROM DECEMBER 2014 TO DECEMBER 2017. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE FLAWLESSLY COMPLETED ALL MA QUALIFICATIONS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. HIS DEVOTION TO DUTY RESULTED IN BEING HAND SELECTED AS CHIEF OF GUARD MAKING HIM DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALIFICATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF 17 SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL, INCREASING OPERATIONAL READINESS AND MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE GUIDED HIS SECTION TO A 95% QUALIFICATION RATE. HIS UNMATCHED MOTIVATION WAS KEY IN THE EAWS FINAL QUALIFICATION OF 15 SECURITY FORCE PERSONNEL. HIS UNMATCHED MOTIVATION IS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE DETACHMENT'S SECURITY FORCE SUCCESS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S INITIATIVE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE AT FLEET AIR RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON FOUR DETACHMENT FROM JUNE 2014 TO JUNE 2017. DEMONSTRATING UNPARALLELED INITIATIVE, PETTY OFFICER LONG INCREASED THE QUALITY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT CAPABILITIES BY QUALIFYING FIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVES AND SEVEN COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTORS THUS INCREASING OVERALL DETACHMENT QUALIFICATIONS BY 52 PERCENT. ADDITIONALY, WHILE SERVING AS A MAINTENANCE CONTROL PETTY OFFICER HE DEVELOPED A STRINGENT TRAINING PLAN THAT LED TO THE QUALIFICATION OF FIVE MAINTENANCE CONTROL SUPERVISORS ALLOWING FOR THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 1,610 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS. PETTY OFFICER LONG'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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS DECK SUPERVISOR AND OD01 REPAIR PARTS PETTY OFFICER, IN USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56), FROM MAY 2014 TO JUNE 2017 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. HE LED A TEAM OF 20 SAILORS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, AVIATION, NAVIGATION, AND DECK EVOLUTIONS, WHERE HE SUCCESSFULLY CERTIFIED IN FOUR WARFARE AREAS AND PASSED ALL MATERIAL INSPECTIONS WITH OUTSTANDING MARKS. HIS LEADERSHIP DURING DECK EVOLUTIONS WAS CRITICAL TO THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF 30 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS, 120 SEA AND ANCHOR DETAILS, 150 SMALL BOAT OPERATIONS, AND LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF 175 HELICOPTERS. HIS FORESIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIAL PROCUREMENT ENSURED DECK DIVISION RECEIVED ABOVE AVERAGE SCORES FOR TYCOM MID-CYCLE INSPECTION AND INSURV. PETTY OFFICER KEESE'S PROFESSIONALISM 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 AS ANTI-SUBSURFACE TACTICAL AIR CONTROLLER IN USS JOHN S MCCAIN FROM JULY 2013 TO FEBRUARY 2017 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. PETTY OFFICER ASTBURY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL ACUMEN WHILE CONTROLLING 64 MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF INTEGRATED STRIKE GROUP OPERATIONS, JOINT AND MULTI-NATIONAL EXERCISES, AND PACIFIC PRESENCE OPERATIONS. HE LED 25 SAILORS THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION, TRACKING, AND REPORTING OF OVER 20,000 SURFACE AND AIR CONTACTS AND BUILT HIS TEAMS TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE THROUGH THE EXECUTION OF SIMULATED ENGAGEMENTS ON 32 CRITICAL CONTACTS OF INTEREST. HE ACHIEVED REMARKABLE MATERIAL CONDITION THROUGH THE FLAWLESS MANAGEMENT OF HIS 3M PROGRAM, IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING 263 MATERIAL DISCREPANCIES. PETTY OFFICER ASTBURY'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 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 AS ELECTRONIC WARFARE SUPERVISOR, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, IN USS JOHN S. MCCAIN (DDG 56), FROM MARCH 2015 TO MARCH 2017 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. PETTY OFFICER BLANCHARD DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL ACUMEN BY PROVIDING TIMELY INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS ON CRITICAL CONTACTS OF INTEREST TO TACTICAL DECISION MAKERS DURING 8 MULTI-NATIONAL EXERCISES, 3 REAL-WORLD BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE OPERATIONS, AND PACIFIC PRESENCE OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. HE WAS PRAISED AS STUNNING BY AFLOAT TRAINING GROUP PACIFIC DURING CERTIFICATION EVENTS OF 4 MAJOR WARFARE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS HIGH STANDARDS AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL AS REPAIR PARTS PETTY OFFICER ENSURED THE HIGHEST OPERATIONAL READINESS FOR 7 ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS. PETTY OFFICER BLANCHARD'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS DECK SUPERVISOR AND TIGER TEAM LEADING PETTY OFFICER, IN USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56), FROM JULY 2014 TO JUNE 2017 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC. HE LED 12 SAILORS IN THE PRESERVATION AND UPKEEP OF 5,200 SQUARE FEET OF TOP SIDE SPACES AND EXTERNAL FAN ROOMS IN PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL TYCOM MIDCYCLE INSPECTION AND INSURV. HIS TECHNICAL ABILITY CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE SAFE EXECUTION 10 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS, 50 SEA AND ANCHOR DETAILS, AS WELL AS SUCCESSFUL TRAINING AVAILABILITY WHICH ENSURED SEAMANSHIP AND DAMAGE CONTROL WARFARE AREA CERTIFICATIONS. PETTY OFFICER MARTIN'S PROFESSIONALISM 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 HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR, OD DIVISION, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, IN USS JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56), FROM MAY 2012 TO JUNE 2017, WHILE DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. PETTY OFFICER TOLENTINO LED 20 SAILORS THROUGH A TYCOM MID-CYCLE INSPECTION, EXTENDED DRY-DOCK SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY, COMPRESSED 11-WEEK TRAINING AVAILABILITY CERTIFYING IN SEARCH AND RESCUE, MOBILITY AVIATION, NAVIGATION, AND SEAMANSHIP, AND A COMPLETING A TYCOM MATERIAL INSPECTION. ADDITIONALLY, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EXECUTION OF MORE THAN 40 UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENTS, 150 SEA AND ANCHOR DETAILS, 200 SMALL BOAT OPERATIONS, AND LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF 250 HELICOPTERS. PETTY OFFICER TOLENTINO'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 AS CULINARY SPECIALIST, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA FROM AUGUST 2014 TO MAY 2017. DEMONSTRATING EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION TO THE NAVY'S CULINARY MISSION, PETTY OFFICER PONCE'S INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS TO ORCHESTRATE 42 EXQUISITE 5 STAR WHITE HOUSE EQUIVALENT MEALS FOR NUMEROUS DIGNITARY VISITS TO INCLUDE THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE HONORABLE JAINE DAVIDSON AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE HONORABLE FRANKLIN PARKER. AS ACTIVE MEMBER OF AUXILIARY SECURITY FORCE HE HAS DEDICATED OVER 936 HOURS PROTECTING AND ENFORCING ANTI-TERRORISM SAFETY MEASURES RESULTED IN 100% SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OVER 3,0000 STAFF AND STUDENTS. PETTY OFFICER PONCE'S EXCEPTIONAL 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 WHILE SERVING AS FLIGHT SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE, AIR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT, NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA, FROM APRIL 2015 TO JUNE 2017. PETTY OFFICER COUNTRYMAN PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP, HE MANIFESTED 40,000 PASSENGERS ON THE G-1 LOGISTIC SHUTTLE FLIGHTS, HANDLED 400,000 POUNDS OF CARGO, SAFELY PARKED 4,000 TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT, AND SCHEDULED 240 MISHAP-FREE COMBAT AIRCRAFT LOADING AREA EVOLUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, AS DIVISIONAL ACFL HE ASSISTED IN NAWS CHINA LAKE FITNESS PROGRAM BY PLAYING AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE READINESS OF 25 SAILORS IN FLIGHT SUPPORT DIVISION, BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE UTILILIZING NAVY'S EXERCISE PROGRAM RESULTING IN ZERO PFA FAILURES FOR CYCLE 2, 2016. PETTY OFFICER COUNTRYMAN'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION 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 HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS MAYPORT NAVAL STATION PORT OPERATIONS DOCK MASTER, BM2(SW) OLIVER HAS TRAINED AND QUALIFIED OVER 107 PERSONAL INCLUDING JOINT REGION SOUTHEAST AND METSON MARINE CIVILIANS IN SMALL BOAT, VACUUM TRUCK, HAZMAT, AND FORKLIFT OPERATIONS. DURING FORKLIFT OPERATIONS, BM2(SW) OLIVER HAS SAFELY MOVED OVER 2,349 LINES, BROWS, BROW STANDS, AND CONEX BOXES THROUGHOUT MAYPORT NAVAL STATION. AS DOCK MASTER, BM2 OLIVER HAS SUCCESSFULLY AND SAFELY UNDOCKED/DOCKED OVER 637 SHIPS HOME PORTED AND VISITING VESSELS AT NAVAL STATION MAYPORT. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER OLIVER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS INFORMATION SURVEILLANCE RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) MANAGER, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) OPERATOR, JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROLLER, AND COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT FOR COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON TWO FROM MARCH 2012 TO MAY 2017. A CRITICAL ASSET, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 750 HOURS OF TRAINING, QUALIFYING 39 EXPEDITIONARY WARRIORS. LED 7 SAILORS IN 16 UAV MISSIONS ENSURING THE CAPABILITY OF ISR. HAS SETUP A JOINT TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER TO ASISST THE COMMAND IN MAINTIANING 100% COMMUNICATIONS DURING EXERCISES INVOLVING OVER 46 COUNTRIES. IS ONE OF TWO QUALIFIED JTAC PERSONNEL AT THE COMMAND THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST AND ONLY WATERBORNE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT LIVE FIRE EVENT ABOARD THE MARK VI PATROL BOAT INVOLVING F-18 SUPER HORNETS. PETTY OFFICER MEYERS' SUPERIOR PROFESSIONALISM, LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM 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 GALLEY WATCH CAPTAIN, , ONBOARD USS CHUNGHOON FROM MARCH 2014 TO MARCH 2017. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL DILIGENCE AND INITIATIVE, PETTY OFFICER SHANNON'S SUPERB EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL DURING THE 2014 DSRA, BASIC PHASE, SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION RESULTING IN AN IMPRESSIVE 98 PERCENT PASS RATING AND WINNING THE SUPPLY EXCELLENCE AWARD. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER SHANNON VOLUNTEERED TO JOIN THE CHUNG-HOON FLIGHT DECK CRASH AND SALVAGE TEAM DURING THE 2016 SOUTH PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT WHILST MAINTAINING THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF GORDONS' GRILL. HIS LEADERSHIP WAS ESSENTIAL IN MANAGING A WATCH TEAM OF 3 CS'S AND THE TIMELY PRODUCTION OF OVER 3000 MEALS SERVED TO THE CREW. AS SUPPLY DEPARTMENT DAMAGE CONTROL PETTY OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER SHANNON COMPLETED OVER 4000 HOURS OF PMS RESULTING IN THE OVERALL MISSION READINESS OF CHUNG-HOON. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SHANNON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS THE REACT NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE, MARINE SECURITY GUARD, MARINE SECURITY DETACHMENT LONDON, FROM 4 JUNE 2009 TO 6 JUNE 2011. DURING THIS PERIOD SERGEANT RIVERA PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS DILIGENT WORK ETHIC, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND INNOVATIVE THINKING RESULTED IN THE REACT DIVISION RECEIVING AN OVERALL SCORE OF 100 PERCENT ON THE 2011 COMMAND GENERAL INSPECTION AND WAS RECOGNIZED AS NOTEWORTHY BY INSPECTORS. IN ADDITION TO HER REGULAR DUTIES, HE SERVED AS THE MARINE RECREATION AND WELFARE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE COORDINATING OVER 75 EVENTS. SERGEANT RIVERA'S MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SENIOR LINE CORPSMAN FOX COMPANY 2ND BATTALION 9TH MARINES UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 THOUGH FEBRUARY 2015 AND SENIOR LINE CORPSMAN GOLF COMPANY 2ND BATTALION 6TH MARINES DURING THE 26TH MEU FROM OCTOBER 2015 THROUGH APRIL 2016. DURING THIS TIME PETTY OFFICER MOORE WAS APPOINTED OVER AND MENTORED 19 JUNIOR SAILORS. HE OVERSAW THE ADMINISTRATION OF 3,700 IMMUNIZATIONS, 372 PHA'S AND THE HEALTH CARE OF 322 MARINES AND SAILORS MAINTAINING A 98% MEDICAL READINESS. WHILE TRAINING IN THE PHILIPPINES DURING UDP HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TRIAGE, CARE AND TRANSPORTION OF 14 HEAT CASUALTIES ON TWO SEPARATE MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS TO A HIGHER ECHELON OF CARE. DUE TO HIS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES ALL MARINES WERE RETURNED TO FIT FOR FULL DUTY. THROUGH MENTORSHIP 27 OF HIS JUNIOR SAILORS EARNED THEIR FMF WARFARE DEVICES, EIGHT EARNED THEIR SURFACE WARFARE QUALIFICATION AND SEVEN EARNED THEIR AVIATION WARFARE QUALIFICATIONS. AS A CLS INSTRUCTOR HE COORDINATED 12 CLS COURSES CERTIFYING 372 MARINES IN COMBAT LIFE SAVERS, ADDITIONALY DURING A BILATERAL TRAINING EXERCISE IN OMAN HE COORDINATED AND TAUGHT SIX COMBAT LIFE SAVER CLASSES TO 130 OMANI SOLDIERS THUS ENHANCING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER MOORE 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 NR NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION SAN DIEGO'S COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR FROM APRIL 2013 TO APRIL 2015. WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING, PETTY OFFICER PEREGRIN EXPERTLY ASSUMED HIS DUTIES, EXECUTING OVER 100 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS AND GIVING IT AND CAREER TRAINING TO THE ENTIRE COMMAND. HIS EFFORTS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMAND'S ADVANCEMENT SUCCESS RATE. AS THE UNIT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE ONBOARDED OVER 75 SAILORS, BOTH LOCALLY AND CROSS ASSIGNED TO THE COMMAND. HIS COMMAND PRESENCE ENSURES FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF ALL EVENTS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER PEREGRIN REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN THIRD CLASS, USS RED ROVER, JAMES A. LOVELL FEDERAL HEALTH CARE CENTER FROM MAY 2014 TO MAY 2016. PETTY OFFICER KUMROW CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT AS THE MILITARY ENTRANCE PROCESSING STATION COORDINATOR, SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERING 460 RECRUITS' MISSING MEDICAL DOCUMENTS DUE TO HIS DIRECT LIAISON WITH 65 MILITARY ENTRANCE POSSESSING STATIONS WHICH PREVENTED DELAYS IN TRAINING, SAVING THE NAVY 250,000 DOLLARS IN TEMPORARY HOLDING COSTS. PETTY OFFICER KUMROW WAS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL DURING THE CREATION OF 65,000 MEDICAL RECORDS, AND A COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPRESENTATIVE ASSISTING THE COMMAND IN RAISING 42,386 DOLLARS DURING THE 2014 CAMPAIGN. BY HIS MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER KUMROW REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS A JOINT TASK FORCE ELECTRICIAN DURING OPERATION FREEDOM SENTINEL FOR DETACHMENT 2 AFGHANISTAN, NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION TWO SEVEN FROM JULY 2015 TO FEBRUARY 2016. PETTY OFFICER AMOAKAH WAS ESSENTIAL IN THE COMPLETION OF 400 WORK ORDERS TOTALING OVER 300 MAN DAYS. HIS PERSONAL INITIATIVE RESOLVED A CRITICAL NEED FOR WELDING ON FORWARD OPERATIONAL BASE (FOB) IN KAIA. HE EXCELLED AT WELDING AND METAL FABRICATION WHICH RESULTED IN OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS IN MISSION READINESS BY REINFORCING BERTHING PLATFORMS AND OBSERVATION TOWER REPAIRS LEADING TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF FORCE PROTECTION ON THE FOB. PETTY OFFICERS AMOAKOH'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND 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 IN THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT FOR NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION FOURTEEN FROM 20 APRIL 2015 TO 1 MAY 2015. PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS SAILOR ASSISTED IN THE APPROVAL AND PROCESSING OF 230 SETS OF ORDERS IN NROWS WORTH AN ESTIMATED $995,900 ENSURING RESERVE SAILORS COULD ATTEND RTP AS WELL AS WELCOME ABOARD PACKAGES FOR EACH MEMBER. HER ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT LED TO A 24% RISE IN ATTAINMENT DURING THE MILEX. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S EXCEPTIONAL MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS COASTAL RIVERINE SQUADRON TWO MARITIME COMMAND TRAINING TEAM MEMBER AND CTU 56.7.1 PATROL LEADER FROM NOVEMBER 2014 TO AUGUST 2015. HAND-SELECTED PERSONNEL TASKED WITH DEVELOPING MARITIME TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR ISIC TRAINING AND EVALUATION UNIT WHICH RESULTED IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF 27 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AND UPDATING OF DEFENSE TACTICS WITHIN THE COASTAL RIVERINE FORCE. HIS METICULOUS MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE CERTIFIED 36 MARITIME BOAT CREWS. PETTY OFFICER JACKSON'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNTIED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, BRANCH MEDICAL CLINIC HANSEN, U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL OKINAWA JAPAN, FROM JULY 2012 TO AUGUST 2015. HM2 HUNT PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A SUPERIOR MANNER. HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE COUPLED WITH HIS EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ABILITIES WERE VITAL IN INTREGRATING 9 UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM BATTALIONS OF 458 MEDICAL STAFF TO JOINT COMMISION STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES LEADING TO EXCEPTIONAL MEDICAL CARE OF 9,000 MARINES. HIS EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN BMC HANSEN BEING THE LARGEST MARINE CENTERED MEDICAL HOMEPORT. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER HUNT REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN49 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT AEGIS TRAINING AND READINESS CENTER, DAHLGREN, VIRGINIA, FROM MARCH 2013 TO AUGUST 2014. PETTY OFFICER MARZ SUPERVISED 86 JUNIOR PERSONNEL IN THE DAILY UPKEEP, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF ATRC/CSCS FACILITIES. HIS MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND RESOURFULNESS SAVED THE NAVY OVER 140,000 DOLLARS IN OUTSOURCING CONTRACTOR COSTS; COORDINATED AND MANAGED TOOL ISSUE, ENGRAVING REQUESTS, ETRMS, VEHICLE PROCUREMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT VEHICLES. PETTY OFFICER MARZ 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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, AIR DETACHMENT, NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION TWENTY-TWO, DURING FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE, OPERATION BEARING DUEL, FORT HUNTER-LIGGETT, CALIFORNIA FROM 06 APRIL 2015 TO 26 APRIL 2015. HIS OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE, MOTIVATION, AND ONE-TEAM, ONE-FIGHT MENTALITY WERE PARAMOUNT TO BATTALION SUCCESS AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING CITATION: LSSN BARNES SHOWED OUTSTANDING PERSONAL INITIATIVE BY VOLUNTEERING FOR A POSITION 2 STEPS ABOVE HIS PAY-GRADE. KNOWING THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE MINIMAL TRAINING AND HAVE LIMITED SUPERVISION, HE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS BY ANTICIPATING MISSION CRITICAL SUPPLY NEEDS PRIOR TO MISSION EXECUTION. HE ALSO MAINTAINED ALL APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION AND INVENTORY CONTROLS FOR DETACHMENT SUPPLIES DURING THE EVOLUTION LEADING TO 100% ACCOUNTABILITY FOR INVENTORY DURING INSPECTION AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEPARTMENTAL SCORE OF EXCELLENT FOR THE EXERCISE. IN ADDITION, LSSN SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY STAGED AND ASSISTED IN LOADING 18 VEHICLES FOR CONVOY MOVEMENT OPERATIONS FROM THE LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA TO THE FORWARD OPERATING BASE ENSURING ALL CRITICAL SUPPLIES WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PROJECT EXECUTION QUICKLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT THE NEW TRAINING AREA. OTHER NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: SETTING-UP AND MANNING A FIGHTING POSITION; ASSISTING WITH CAMP SET-UP; WORKING OUTSIDE OF HIS RATE BY HELPING WITH THE DETACHMENT'S BUNKER PROJECT; AND SERVING ON ADVANCE PARTY, ASSISTING WITH CHECK-OUT OF REQUIRED PERSONAL GEAR ISSUE, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT REQUIRED FOR A SUCCESSFUL TRAINING EVOLUTION. SEAMAN BARNES' PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE LONE STAR BATTALION, AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE ONBOARD NAVAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT CENTER (NOSC) WASHINGTON FROM NOVEMBER 2011 TO SEPTEMBER 2015. PETTY OFFICER ORLANDA SUBMITTED 300 MRR SUBMISSIONS, INPUT OVER 600 DATA ENTRIES INTO THE MEDICAL READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM, AND CONDUCTED 50 PHYSICAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, REDUCING THE DEPARTMENT'S WORKLOAD BY 50 PERCENT AND IMPROVING MEDICAL READINESS BY 30 PERCENT. AS ASSISSTANT UPC, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT AND TESTING OF OVER 3,000 SELECTIVE RESERVISTS. HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION LED TO HIS SELECTION AS 2010 NAF WASHINGTON BLUE JACKET OF THE YEAR. PETTY OFFICER ORLANDA'S PROFESSIONALISM, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM 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 CANVASSING RECRUITER, RECRUITING SUB-STATION TOMS RIVER, RECRUITING STATION NEW JERSEY, 1ST MARINE CORPS RECRUITING DISTRICT, EASTERN RECRUITING REGION, MARINE CORPS RECRUITING COMMAND FROM 1 OCTOBER 2010 TO 31 DECEMBER 2010. SERGEANT PALAEZ CONSISTENTLY SET THE MARK FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE. SERGEANT PALAEZ LED HIS RECRUITING SUB-STATION BY EARNING 4.78 NET NEW CONTRACTS PER MONTH PLACING THIS SUB-STATION IN 1ST PLACE OF ALL 1ST MARINE CORPS DISTRICT. SERGEANT PALAEZ NOT ONLY EXCEEDED HIS MISSION BUT 70 PERCENT WERE MENTAL CATEGORY I THROUGH IIIA WITH 100 PERCENT BEING TIER I. DURING THIS TIME, SERGEANT PALAEZ EXPERIENCED A ZERO PERCENT MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT DISCHARGE RATE MEANING THAT ALL OF THE ENLISTEES ENLISTED BY SERGEANT PALAEZ GRADUATED FROM RECRUIT TRAINING. SERGEANT PALAEZ PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND STEAFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SUPPLY PETTY OFFICER, COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 24, 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FROM 1 JANUARY 2014 TO 1 MAY 2015. AS THE SUPPLY PETTY OFFICER FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES PLATOON, PETTY OFFICER GARCIA'S EFFORTS IN PROCURING AND MAINTAINING $1.2 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BATTALION MEDICAL CAPABILITIES AND DEPLOYABILITY, WHICH PROVIDED MISSION ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT. OPERATING WITH THE MINDSET TO SAVE MORE LIVES, HE CREATED MASS CASUALTY BAGS USING EXCESS MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PROCURED 60 COMBAT LIFESAVER BAGS AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE BATTALION, PROVIDING A SAVINGS OF $37 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE UNIT. ADDITIONALLY, HIS COORDINATION OF THE PREDEPLOYMENT LIMITED TECHNICAL INSPECTION OF ALL MEDICAL GEAR RESULTED IN A TIME SAVINGS THAT ALLOWED FOR EARLY EMBARK OF MEDICAL GEAR. PETTY OFFICER GARCIA'S LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, 2ND LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE COMPANY, BATTALION LANDING TEAM 3/6, 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, FROM 26 MAY 2014 TO 1 JUN 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD PETTY OFFICER SAVAGE PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER BY COORDINATING AND PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO 131 MARINES AND SAILORS, WHICH INCLUDED 500 IMMUNIZATIONS, 175 LABS ORDERED, 131 PRE-DEPLOYMENT HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, AND 131 AUTOMATED NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT MATRIXES COMPLETED, RESULTING IN INCREASED MEDICAL READINESS FROM 42 PERCENT TO 100 PERCENT. HE CREATED THREE VEHICLE TRAUMA ROLLOUT BAGS, NINE M9 MEDICAL BAGS, AND OUTFITTED THREE LAV-L'S AS POTENTIAL CASEVAC PLATFORMS AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE BATTALION, PROVIDING A SAVINGS OF $20K FOR THE UNIT. ADDITIONALLY, HE CONDUCTED EIGHT COMBAT LIFESAVER COURSES, RESULTING IN 80 MARINES LEARNING BASIC LIFE-SAVING TECHNIQUES AND GREATLY ENHANCING THE BATTLEFIELD SURVIVABILITY AND OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UNIT. PETTY OFFICER SAVAGE'S LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM SPECIALIST WITH 2D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP. PETTY OFFICER WOOD EXHIBITED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS IN DEMANDING POSITIONS WHILE SERVING WITH COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 6, COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 2, COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 27 AND 8TH ENGINEER SUPPORT BATTALION. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER WOOD REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE SENIOR QUARTERMASTER ON BOARD USS DEFENDER MCM2 AND USS CHIEF MCM14 FROM OCTOBER 2013 TO APRIL 2015. PETTY OFFICER TORTO CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS THE SENIOR QUARTERMASTER HE FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED OVER 100 SAFE NAVIGATION DETAILS DURING MULTIPLE INSPECTION CYCLES AND NAVCHECK RIDES RESULTING IN SCORING GRADES ABOVE 96%. DURING THE SHIP'S HULLSWAP, HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND METICULOUS PLANNING RESULTED IN THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF OVER $250,000 IN CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT, AND FLAGS FROM THE USS DEFENDER MCM2 TO USS CHIEF MCM14. PETTY OFFICER TORTO'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING OF THE HIGHEST TRADITION OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ENLISTED AIDE TO VICE ADMIRAL TED "SLAP SHOT" CARTER AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY FROM JUNE 2014 TO JUNE 2015. PETTY OFFICER MONOSKI WAS AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S OPERATIONS ENLISTED AIDE TEAM. HE SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE EXECUTION OF OVER 22 OFFICIAL EVENTS FOR MORE THAN 2,200 DISTINGUISHED GUESTS INCLUDING SECNAV, VCJCS, CNO FOREIGN DIGNITARIES AND CIVILIAN BUSINESS LEADERS. PETTY OFFICER MONOSKI INITIATED AND MAINTAINED OVER $20,000 IN GEAR AND SUPPLIES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD PRESERVATION AS APPROPRIATED PURCHASE CARD HOLDER. PETTY OFFICER MONOSKI SUPPERVISED TWO CIVILIAN CUSTODIAL STAFF MEMBERS WHO MAINTAINED THE MATERIAL AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE HISTORIC 16,000 SQUARE FOOT BUCHANAN HOUSE. PETTY OFFICER MONOSKI'S EXCEPTIONAL, 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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CREW LEADER FOR ACB2 HEAD RENOVATION PROJECT. LEADING A CREW OF 12 PERSONNEL, HE EXPERTLY OVERSAW THE PLANNING, ESTIMATING AND TIMELY COMPLETION OF A 17 BATHROOM FACILITY WITH A TOTAL COST OF $98,000. AS QC INSPECTOR AND SME DURING SPS14 HE MANAGED FOUR HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS, EACH ONE CRUCIAL IN THE STABILIZATION OF THE LOCAL AND MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER HARTLESS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AT NAVAL BRANCH HEALTH CLINIC JACKSONVILLE, FROM 15 JULY 2013 TO 8 JUNE 2015. HN JEFFERS ASSISTED IN THE LOCATING AND RETIRING OF 80 MEDICAL AND DENTAL RECORDS WHICH DECREASED NAVAL BRANCH CLINIC JACKSONVILLE'S RECORD BACKLOG BY 80%. TAKING INITIATIVE, SHE ASSISTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INPUTTING AHLTA NOTES ONTO A CD, WHICH ENABLED THE CREATION OF 300 ELECTRONIC RECORD COPIES ON CD, THUS SAVING NAVAL BRANCH HEALTH CLINIC $7,200 IN PAPER SUPPLIES ANNUALY. DEDICATED TO MISSION READINESS, SHE ADMINISTERED INFLUENZA SHOTS TO 667 ACTIVE DUTY AND 7,098 BENEFICIARIES FOR THE 2015 FLU SEASON RESULTING IN 100% COMPLIANCE AT NAVAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, HOSPITALMAN JEFFERS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ARMORY CHIEF FOR THE INSPECTOR-INSTRUCTOR STAFF, COMPANY G, 2D BATTALION, 24TH MARINES, 23D MARINE REGIMENT, 4TH MARINE DIVISION, MARINE FORCES RESERVE FROM 2 MARCH 2013 TO 20 APRIL 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT GARBO CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. WHILE SERVING AS THE ASSAULT SECTION LEADER SERGEANT GARBO DEVELOPED HIS MARINES INTO AN AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING FORCE, ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMPANY'S EFFORTS ON ALL LIVE FIRE EVENTS. HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEVOTION WERE FURTHER DEMONSTRATED BY HIS POSTING AS THE WEAPONS PLATOON SERGEANT. UNDER HIS TUTELAGE THE PLATOON ENSURED THAT COMPANY G ALWAYS HAD SUPPORT REQUIRED FOR TRAINING AND REINFORCING THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE SAME SUPPORT WOULD BE THERE IN COMBAT. AS A MEMBER OF THE INSPECTOR AND INSTRUCTOR STAFF SERGEANT GARBO FULFILLED MYRIAD DIFFERENT ADDITIONAL BILLETS TO INCLUDE MOTOR TRANSPORTATION, COLOR SERGEANT AND GSA REPRESENTATIVE WHICH ABLED MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT. SERGEANT GARBO'S UNSURPASSED PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION PACIFIC'S SHORE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS DETERMINATION REPRESENTATIVE FOR TECH CONTROL. PETTY OFFICER MYERS DEVOTED OVER 200 MAN HOURS OVERHAULING POSITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES, COORDINATING PERSONNEL MOVEMENT AND CREATING MULTIPLE DETAILED DATABASES THAT RESULTED IN THE INCREASE OF MANNING BY 45 PERCENT. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFICER MYERS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC, MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 1st TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT BATTALION FROM 01 APRIL 2002 TO 30 MARCH 2003. DURING THIS PERIOD, LANCE CORPORAL MOURA TRULY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELD AS AN EXEMPLARY MARINE. HIS HIGH LEVEL OF PERSONAL DEDICATION AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL ENSURED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF OVER 500 VEHICLE INSPECTIONS PRIOR TO UNIT'S DEPLOYMENT, WHILE SERVING AS A JUNIOR MARINE MECHANIC FOR MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 1st TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT BALLATION. LANCE CORPORAL MOURA'S PROFESSIONALISM HAS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, HIS UNIT, AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE AND CLINIC LAB MANAGER FROM JULY 2013 to NOVEMBER 2014. HOSPITALMAN MCFARLANE CONDUCTED 1-ON-1 ESAMS TRAINING FOR OVER 61 EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE THE HIGHEST SAFETY COMPLIANCY AT WRNMMC. HOSPITALMAN MCFARLANE ALSO MANAGED A ROSTER OF 14 ENLISTED ARMY AND NAVY PERSONNEL WITH A TOTAL OF OVER 520 TRAINING HOURS ENSURING EVERY MEMBER WAS COMPETENT TO WORK THE UROLOGY LAB INDEPENDENTLY FROM 80% LAST YEAR TO 100%. HOSPITALMAN MCFARLANE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A NEW SPECIMEN LOG FOR ACCURATE DOCUMENTATION REDUCING CLINICAL ERRORS BY 98%. HOSPITALMAN MCFARLANE'S DILIGENCE HAS PRODUCED FLAWLESS QUARTERLY INSPECTIONS WITH ZERO DISCREPENCIES, MAKING OUR CLINIC A TOP COMMAND PERFORMER. BY HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, HOSPITALMAN MCFARLANE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS SPECIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE (SSR) ONBOARD USS WAYNE E. MEYER (DDG 108) FROM MARCH 2012 TO DECEMBER 2013. PETTY OFFICER BRADY CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS SSR SHE WAS KEY IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF CYBER SECURITY INSPECTION (CSI) STAGES TWO AND THREE. PETTY OFFICER BRADY OVERSAW IMPLEMENTATION OF NINE NEW COMMAND TRADITIONAL SECURITY POLICIES AND RIGID ENFORCEMENT OF SHIPBOARD ACCESS CONTROL, PREPARING THIRTY-FOUR SPACES FOR REVIEW BY THE CSI TEAM. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER BRADY AUDITED 286 JOINT PERSONNEL ADJUDICATION SYSTEM RECORDS, WHICH ENSURED ABSOLUTE COMPLIANCE WITH PERSONNEL SECURITY STANDARDS. HER EFFORTS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO A FINAL CSI SCORE OF 84.1 PERCENT, WELL ABOVE THE FLEET AVERAGE. PETTY OFFICER BRADY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS TRAINING GROUP, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FROM OCTOBER 2012 TO NOVEMBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER CALIM EXPERTLY LED AND MANAGED 10 SAILORS WHILE COORDINATING OVER 400 HOURS OF COVERAGE FOR HIGH-RISK TRAINING COURSES SUCH AS CLOSE QUARTERS TACTICS; REALISTIC URBAN TRAINING; AND SECURITY ELEMENT TO OVER 150 MARINES IN SUPPORT OF 3 MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNITS. HE ENSURED HIS SAILORS RECEIVED CERTIFICATIONS THAT WERE VITAL TO MISSION COMPLETION, WHICH ENSURED ANY MEDICAL MISHAPS WERE EXPEDITIOUSLY ADDRESSED BY HIGHER ECHELON OF CARE. ADDITIONALLY AS ASSISTANT FLEET MARINE FORCE WARFARE SPECIALIST HE CONDUCTED VITAL TRAINING THAT RESULTED IN 10 SAILORS RECEIVING THEIR WARFARE QUALIFICATION. PETTY OFFICER CALIM'S LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
IN LIEU OF FOURTH AWARD
BOATSWIAN'S MATE FIRST CLASS(SURFACE WARFARE) BRADY L. LAXTON
UNITED STATES NAVY
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER IN USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD 41) FROM JULY 2011 TO FEBRUARY 2015. PETTY OFFICER LAXTON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE SUPERVISED AND MANAGED 13 PETTY OFFICERS AND 40 SEAMAN IN EVERY DAY OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL SEA EVOLUTIONS. AS REPAIR PARTS PETTY OFFICER, HE FLAWLESSLY ORDERED AND TRACKED THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PARTS. AS LANDING SIGNALMAN ENLISTED, HE CONDUCTED OVER 1,000 DAY AND NIGHT LANDINGS WITH ZERO MISHAPS. PETTY OFFICER LAXTON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, 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 EW REPAIR SHOP LPO. PETTY OFFICER LARIMER DIRECTLY SUPERVISED THE REFURBISHMENT OF 148 CHAFF LAUNCHERS, AND 8 SLQ-32 ANTENNAS ON 21 SHIPS ENSURING 100% FLEET READINESS AND SAVING THE NAVY OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS IN REFURBISHMENT COSTS. SHE EXPERTLY LED 6 SAILORS RESULTING IN 100% ADVANCEMENT FOR FALL 2014 CYCLE. AS DIVISIONAL CAREER COUNSELOR SHE DILIGENTLY TRAINED 3 SAILORS IN CHAFF OVERHAUL AND TESTING RESULTING IN INCREASED PRODUCTION AND GREATLY REDUCING REPAIR TIME. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER LARIMER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
