Command Career Counselor Citations
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS THE REGIONAL COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR FOR INFORMATION DOMINANCE CORP REGION NORTHWEST FROM 01 OCTOBER 2014 TO 20 OCTOBER 2016. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S DILIGENT EFFORTS IN TRAINING AND MENTORING ALL FOUR UNIT COMMAND CAREER COUNSELORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE REGION's OUTSTANDING 94% AVERAGE ADVANCEMENT RATE OVER FOUR CYCLES. A CHAMPION FOR HELPING SAILORS STAY NAVY, HE PROVDED UNITS WITH THE TIMELY INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE NEEDED TO RETAIN THEIR TALENTED SAILORS WHICH DIRECTLY LEAD TO A 97% REENLISTMENT RATE DURING HIS TENURE. HIGHLY PROACTIVE IN SEEKING OUT IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HIS SAILORS, HE COMPLETED THE CAREER INFORMATION PROGRAM REVIEW ASSESSMENT FOR NOSC KITSAP THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PREPARING UNITS FOR THEIR TRIENNIAL QUALITY INSPECTION VISITS. CHIEF SAILOR'S SUPERIOR DEDICATION TO THE REGION AND ITS SAILORS BRINGS GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, NAVY ENTOMOLOGY CENTER, FROM XXXXX TO XXXXXX. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S EXTENSIVE CAREER COUNSELOR KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP WERE VITAL IN THE COMMAND'S RETENSION EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR FY 20XX. HE CHAIRED 27 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, COMPLETED SIX RE-ENLISTMENTS, SEVEN EXTENSIONS, ELEVEN PERFORM-TO-SERVE APPLICATIONS ALONG WITH FIVE SAILOR ADVANCEMENTS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGMENT, AND COMPLETE DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS COMMAND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBER, NAVY MEDICINE TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, FROM APRIL 2014 TO MARCH 2016. PETTY OFFICER NAZARENO PROVIDED CONSISTENT, RELIABLE, AND EXPERT CAREER ADVICE AS LIAISON BETWEEN CAREER COUNSELORS AND STUDENTS. OS2 NAZARENO CONDUCTED 14 REENLISTMENTS, 74 EXTENSIONS, AND 12 CAREER WAYPOINT APPLICATIONS, WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMAND ACHIEVING ITS FIRST EVER GOLDEN ANCHOR RETENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER NAZARENO REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR FROM XXXXXXX TO XXXXXXX. SHE PROCESSED 98 REENLISTMENTS, 65 EXTENSIONS, 11 APPROVED "C" SCHOOL PACKAGES, AND 2 MEDICAL ENLISTED COMMISSIONING PROGRAM PACKAGES, RESULTING IN AN OVERALL 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN RETENTION. DURING HER ASSIGNMENT TO BATTALION LANDING TEAM 1/6, SHE DEVELOPED AND GUIDED 13 ADVANCEMENT CLASSES FOR 33 ELIGIBLE SAILORS AND 7 INSTRUCTORS FOR CYCLE XXX WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO A 30 PERCENT ADVANCEMENT RATE FOR HER DEPARTMENT. AS COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, SHE MANAGED A 25-MEMBER CAREER DEVELOPMENT TEAM. THE TEAM SPIRIT, OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR. PETTY OFFICER PORTER LED AND FACILITATED THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SEVEN SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND PARTICIPATED IN OR PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF 48 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. HER METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND SINCERE CARE FOR THE WELFARE OF THE NAVY'S MEMBERS DROVE A 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN RETENTION AND A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN MORALE AS MEASURED BY A 30 PERCENT EXPANDED PARTICIPATON IN NAVY BENEFIT PROGRAMS. THROUGH HER PERSONAL INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER PORTER REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
AS ASSISTANT COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, LCS SQUADRON ONE, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM XXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. WITH NO FORMAL TRAINING OR PRIOR EXPERIENCE, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR FULLY EMBRACED THE ASSISTANT CAREER COUNSELOR POSITION. HE ORGANIZED AND DOCUMENTED 890 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, REVIEWED AND PROCESSED 110 PERFORM TO SERVE APPLICATIONS, 210 REENLISTMENTS AND EXTENSIONS, 46 FLEET RESERVE/RETIREMENTS, AND 26 TAP REQUESTS, RESULTING IN OPTIMUM RETENTION AND ESTABLISHED RETENTION BENCHMARKS ABOVE THE NAVY-WIDE AVERAGE, LEADING COMLCSRON ONE TO THREE CONSECUTIVE RETENTION EXCELLENCE AWARDS. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE 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 HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CAREER COUNSELOR AT NAVAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP (NCG) 1 FROM XXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. MAINTAINING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE WHILE DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCEFULNESS AND DEDICATION, HE ADMINISTERED THE NCG'S MONTHLY REPORTING COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR DASHBOARD, ENSURING CDBS WERE CONDUCTED AND THE NCG'S MONTHLY COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR REPORT WAS ACCURATELY COMPLETED. SHE FACILITATED FIVE REENLISTMENTS, FIVE CONTRACT EXTENSIONS, AND THE PROCUREMENT OF MORE THAN 200 ADVANCEMENT EXAMS. AS THE CORNERSTONE OF ALL CAREER COUNSELING ACTIVTIES, HER EFFORTS SIGNIFICANTLY INPROVED THE NCG's CAREER COUNSELING PROGRAM. HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR AND COMMAND SPONSOR COORDINATOR FOR JOINT BASE CHARLESTON WEAPONS STATION FROM XXXXX TO XXXXX. AS COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR, SHE COUNSELED OVER 100 SAILORS, ENSURING EACH MEMBER RECEIVED THE GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO REACH THEIR CAREER MILESTONES. HER EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS RESULTED IN HER CAREER COUNSELOR PROGRAM RECEIVING A GRADE OF OUTSTANDING DURING THE ANNUAL REGIONAL INSPECTIONS. AS COMMAND SPONSOR COORDINATOR, SHE PERSONALLY CONTACTED ALL PROSPECTIVE GAINS, AND PROMPTLY EXECUTED OVER 40 TRANSFER PACKAGES. ADDITIONALLY, AS A MEMBER OF THE FUNERAL HONORS DETAIL, SHE PARTICIPATED IN TEN MILITARY FUNERAL HONORS CEREMONIES DIRECTED FROM COMMANDER NAVY REGION SOUTHEAST FUNERAL HONOR SUPPORT PROGRAM. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.