Aerographer's Mate (AG) Citations
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE UNMANNED UNDERWATER SUPPORT (UUS) LEADING PETTY OFFICER (LPO) AND COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR (LPO) AT NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHY SPECIAL WARFARE DETACHMENT, SAN DIEGO FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO NOVEMBER 2022. PETTY OFFICER CADILLAC PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER, DIRECTLY RESULTING IN HIS SELECTION AS THE 2022 NAVAL OCEANOGRAGRAPHY SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND SAILOR OF THE YEAR. AS LPO, PETTY OFFICER CADILLAC LED NINE SAILORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF OVER 200 METOC PRODUCTS AND 55 UUS MISSIONS SUPPORTING TWO UUV SEAL TEAM DEPLOYMENTS WITH MINIMAL OPERATIONAL IMPACT. PETTY OFFICER CADILLAC'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS 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 UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE (UUV) TECHNICIAN FOR EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL MOBILE UNIT FIVE DETACHMENT FROM JULY 2015 TO NOVEMBER 2015. AS A UUV OPERATOR, PETTY OFFICER SOCRATES MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VERY SHALLOW WATER (VSW) PLATOON 1-4-2 BY ASSISTING IN MULTIPLE EXERCISES, SUPPORTING MINE HUNTING OPERATIONS, AND DISSEMINATING POST MISSION ANALYSIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INITIAL PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENT, SEARCH CLASSIFY MAP MISSIONS, AND REACQUIRE AND IDENTIFY MISSIONS. MOREOVER, HE DEVELOPED A CURRICULUM FOR BASIC UUV PROGRAM FAMILIARIZATION AND TRAINING FOR NAVY SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP (NAVSOG), PHILIPPINES. HE TRAINED 23 PHILIPPINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP MEMBERS IN MK 18 MOD ONE SWORDFISH OPERATIONS, POST MISSION ANALYSIS, AND CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS, EXPANDING JOINT CAPABILITIES BY FIFTY PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY, AEROGRAPHERS MATE FIRST CLASS SOCRATES PROVIDED DETAILED WEATHER ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS INCLUDING MANILA, PHILIPPINES FOR OPERATION SUBJECT MATTER EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE FOR EXERCISE WESTERN PACIFIC NAVAL SYMPOSIUM 2015, DUGONG TASMANIA AND CHINHAE NAVAL BASE, KOREA FOR EXERCISE CLEAR HORIZON. PETTY OFFICER SOCRATES' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTS CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING FROM 10 APRIL 2013 TO 30 MAY 2014 AS FORECAST DUTY OFFICER AT USS FANNING OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. PETTY OFFICER KALE'S SELECTION AS NAVY REGION HAWAII'S JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR RECOGNIZED HIS EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL EXECUTION OF HIS RESPONSIBILITIES. AS ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE MANAGED 11 SAILORS AND OVERSAW THE PRODUCTION OF 423 FORECASTS IN SUPPORT OF HELICOPTER ANTI-SUBMARINE SQUADRON. IN ADDITION, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PFA 99% PASS RATE IN 2013 AND HIS ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY TRAIN LED TO 6 WATCHFLOOR QUALIFICATIONS MITIGATING AN FDO MANNING SHORTAGE. PETTY OFFICER KALE'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MOBILE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF STRIKE GROUP OCEANOGRAPHY TEAM AT FLEET WEATHER CENTER, SAN DIEGO FROM NOVEMBER 2015 TO NOVEMBER 2018. AG1 EXPERTLY LED 132 DEPLOYABLE SAILORS IN ACHIEVING 177 QUALIFICATIONS, 29 WARFARE DEVICES, 22 PERSONAL AWARDS, WHILE TRACKING OVER 350 TRAINING HOURS, ENSURING 100% DEPARTMENTAL MISSION READINESS. WHILE SERVING AS USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) HE LED 17 SAILORS IN THE PRODUCTION 9,602 PRODUCTS IN SUPPORT OF 2-17 CSG-11 DEPLOYMENT. AS REACHBACK CELL WATCH COORDINATER, HIS TEAM WAS ESSENTIAL IN DELIVERING 1,815 TACTICAL METOC PRODUCTS, SUPPORTING GLOBALLY DEPLOYED NAVAL AND JOINT ASSETS. PETTY OFFICER BLESOCH'S PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
WEATHER FORECASTER FOR OCEAN LOOK TASK UNIT, MAHE, SEYCHELLES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER TASK FORCE 67, SIGONELLA, SICILY, FROM JUNE XXXX TO XXXXX XXXX. PETTY OFFICER ROBERTS' TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND ABILITY TO FORECAST IN A DATA SPARSE REGION ENABLED HIM TO ACCURATELY FACILITATE OVER 1,800 MISHAP FREE FLIGHT HOURS, RESULTING IN THE SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF OVER 200 MISSIONS. IN ADDITION, AS THE SPECIAL SECURITY REPRESENTATIVE, HE ENSURED THE SAFEGUARDING AND TRACKING OF HIGHLY SENSITIVE DATA AND HARDWARE WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. AM2'S SUPERIOR PROFESSIONALISM, SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY AND DILIGENT PERFORMANCE REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND FORECAST DUTY OFFICER ASSIGNED TO USS ESSEX (LHD 2) FROM XXXX XXXX TO XXXX XXXX. PETTY OFFICER CASEY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL SKILLS, HE WAS CRITICAL TO THE DELIVERY OF OVER 10,000 HIGHLY ACCURATE AND TACTICALLY RELEVANT METOC PRODUCTS TO EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE GROUP SEVEN, COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ELEVEN, AND 31ST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT DURING 19 OPERATIONS AND EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THE SEVENTH FLEET AOR. AS THE LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HIS EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE PRODUCED A DIVISIONAL 98 PERCENT ACCURACY RATE FOR OVER 9,000 SHIPBOARD AVIATION AND AMPHIBOUS FORECASTS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS SELFLESS EFFORTS AS AN ENLISTED AVIATION WARFARE SPECIALIST BOARD MEMBER AND TRAINER RESULTED IN THE QUALIFICATION OF OVER 100 WARFARE SPECIALISTS. PETTY OFFICER CASEY'S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, EXCEPTIONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNWAIVERING DEDICATION TO THE MISSION REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
WEATHER FORECASTER FOR OCEAN LOOK TASK UNIT, MAHE, SEYCHELLES IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER TASK FORCE 67, SIGONELLA, SICILY, FROM NOVEMBER XXXX TO MARCH XXXX. PETTY OFFICER COLEMAN'S SUPERB LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND UNMATCHED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE WERE VITAL TO THE SAFE EXECUTION OF MORE THAN 100 OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS LEADING TO 1600 SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL MISHAP FREE FLIGHT HOURS. HER METICULOUS SUPERVISION AND ABILITY TO IMPART HER KNOWLEDGE OF SECURITY PROCEDURES ENSURED THE SAFEGUARDING AND TRACKING OF HIGHLY SENSITIVE DATA AND HARDWARE WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. AM1'S PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR FOR NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHIC RESERVE ACTIVITY 1994 SAN DIEGO FROM XXXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXXXXX. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KELLOG HAS MADE IMMEASUREABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS COMMAND BY DELIVERING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY SUPPORT. HIS CONSIDERABLE AND EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WAS THE SOURCE OF VALUABLE MENTORING AND TRAINING TO SUBORDINATE AEROGRAPHER MATES. HIS TECHNICAL SKILLS WERE ACTIVELY AND REPEATEDLY SOUGHT TO SUPPORT ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE EXERCISES AT HOME AND ABROAD. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KELLOG'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, MENTORSHIP, PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, AND LOYAL 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 HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS WATCH SUPERVISOR, FORECAST DUTY OFFICER AND WEAX CONTROL PETTY OFFICER AT NAVAL MARITIME FORECAST CENTER, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII FROM MAY 2009 TO APRIL 2012. PETTY OFFICER OCAMPO'S LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING OVER 7,000 TIMELY AND ACCURATE METOC PRODUCTS, THE QUALIFICATION OF SEVEN WATCH SUPERVISORS, AND EIGHT FORECAST DUTY OFFICERS. PETTY OFFICER OCAMPO'S PROFESSIONALISM, DILIGENCE AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC FORECASTER FROM XX XXXXXXX 2014 TO XX XXXXXXXX 2014 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS VALIANT SHIELD AND FORAGER FURY. CORPORAL REEHM CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, SHE PROVIDED FORECASTS AND WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR 755 SORTIES IN SUPPORT OF 12,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL, 29 FLYING SQUADRONS, 2 NAVAL CARRIERS, AND 15 NAVAL SHIPS, WITH A TOTAL OF 1,700 HOURS OF SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TIME, WITH ZERO WEATHER RELATED MISHAPS. IN ADDITION, SHE RAPIDLY BECAME A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT IN THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY BY OBTAINING OVER 100 HOURS OF AIR FORCE TRAINING, CONCLUDING WITH A JOURNEYMAN/5-LEVEL FORECASTER QUALIFICATION WHICH ENABLED HER TO COMPETENTLY ISSUE 88 WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR DANGER DUE TO WEATHER INCLUDING FLOODING, LIGHTNING, THUNDERSTORMS, CROSSWINDS, CEILING, VISIBILITY AND TYPHOONS TO PROTECT ALL PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATIONS. CORPORAL REEHM'S EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN HER FIELD ALSO FACILITATED THE SETUP AND TAKE DOWN OF AN AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEM SITE FOR USE DURING BOTH VALIANT SHIELD AND FORAGER FURY TO ENSURE THE MOST ACCURATE OBSERVATIONS WERE DISSEMINATED. CORPORAL REEHM'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND FLEET METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY FORECASTER ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER, U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND FROM XXXXXXXX 2012 THROUGH XXXXXXX 2015. AEROGRAPHER'S MATE FIRST CLASS DAVID M. XXXXXXXX DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. NAVY OPERATIONS. AS METOC LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE MANAGED ALL ASPECTS OF METOC SUPPORT TO CTF-80, ADVISING ON OVER 100 TRANSATLANTIC ROUTE PROPOSALS AND OVER 200 ADVISORIES AND DIVERTS THAT MAINTAINED THE SAFETY OF AFLOAT ASSETS DURING HAZARDOUS WEATHER AND PROVIDED CLIMATOLOGY AND ADVICE FOR VOYAGE PLANNING FOR ALL CTF-80 ASSETS. AG1'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTS CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NAVAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY LEADING PETTY OFFICER ON BOARD JOHN C. STENNIS, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON FROM OCTOBER 2010 TO NOVEMBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER LEIGH PLAYED AN INTREGAL ROLE IN THE CERTIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STENNIS ENLISTED INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE SPECIALIST (EIDWS) PROGRAM. PETTY OFFICER LEIGH DEVELOPED TRAINNG AND TESTING MATERIAL THAT INCLUDED BOTH COMMON CORE AND UNIT SPECIFIC PQS'S AND BECAME THE FIRST ENLISTED SAILOR TO QUALIFY AS AN INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE SPECIALIST ONBOARD STENNIS. ADDITIONALLY, DURING AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE DEPLOYMENT TO AL UDEID, QATAR, PETTY LEIGH ESTABLISHED AND MANAGED A TRAINING PROGRAM TO PREPARE DEPLOYED SAILORS FOR THEIR UPCOMING ADVANCEMENT CYCLE. MOREOVER, HE SERVED AS NAVY AND MARINE CORPS RELIEF SOCIETY FUNDRAISING KEYPERSON, MANAGING ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TOTALLING 24,000 DOLLARS IN DONATIONS. FINALLY, HE SELFLESSLY VOLUNTEERED FOR THE IN-THEATRE-CARE-PROGRAM PROVIDING 200 SERVICE HOURS TO A TOTAL OF 36 WOUNDED WARRIORS IN POST OPERATIVE REHAB CARE. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER LEIGH REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.