Tactical Air Operations/ Air Defense Systems Technician

DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL SKILL, LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SERGEANT SYKES WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE EQUIPMENT AND MARINES THAT SUPPORTED OVER 40 TEST AND ENGINEERING EVENTS. HIS EFFORTS LED TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MOBILE TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS MODULE, AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM, AND INFLUENCED FIELDING AND ACQUISITION DECISIONS. HIS ENDURING ENTHUSIASM TOWARDS MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO A GUNG HO ATMOSPHERE AMONG HIS MARINES WHICH ENABLED THEM TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF RELIABLE PERFORMANCE AND EQUIPMENT READINESS IN THE FACE OF A DEMANDING OPERATIONAL TEMPO. SERGEANT SYKES'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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Tactical Data Systems Crew Chief (5974)

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL DATA SYSTEMS CREW CHIEF AND PLATOON SERGEANT, EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL DETACHMENT, MARINE AIR CONTROL SQUADRON 2, FROM JUNE 2017 TO AUGUST 2020. DURING THIS TIME, SERGEANT SYKES DISPLAYED UNPARALLELED LEADERSHIP AND INITIATIVE SHOWN BY TANGIBLE RESULTS WITHIN THE DETACHMENT. SERGEANT SYKES IMPROVED DETACHMENT PHYSICAL STANDARDS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORMING AS TACTICAL DATA SYSTEM MAINTENANCE PLATOON SERGEANT, LEADING OVER 40 MARINES IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY. SERGEANT SYKES SUPPORTED AND SUPERVISED WEAPONS AND TACTICS INSTRUCTOR COURSES 1-19 AND 2-19 AS CREW CHIEF, TOTALING OVER 600 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS FLIGHT OPERATIONS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO A FULLY OPERATIONAL TACTICAL AIR OPERATIONS CENTER. SERGEANT SYKES'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.