FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A CCOP OPERATOR ABOARD THE USS GONZALAS (DDG 66) FROM XXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXX. CRYPTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN MAINTENANCE SECOND CLASS NELSON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES AS A CCOP OPERATOR IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING SUPERIOR MAINTENANCE EXPERTISE, SHE EXPERTLY PERFORMED ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL MAINTENANCE ON ALL FLEET CRYPTOLOGIC PERMANENT AND CARRY-ON EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, SHE MAINTAINED THE CCOP SYSTEM TO ENSURE OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE AND ASSISTED THE SHIP'S SIGNAL EXPLOITATIVE SPACE IN DAY-TO-DAY CRYPTOLOGIC OPERATIONS DURING THE USS GONZALAS DEPLOYMENT. PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS NELSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND THE UNTIED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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WHILE SERVING AS ATLAS/SPECIAL LANS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AT HOPPER INFORMATION SERVICES CENTER FROM XXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KISER EFFICIENTLY MANAGED 26 SAILORS AND 12 GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS WHO PROVIDED JWICS AND SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM (SAP) NETWORK SUPPORT TO OVER 100 FLEET CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING THE CNO, FLEET NUMBERED COMMANDS, COMBATANT COMMANDERS AND SUPPORT FACILITIES WORLDWIDE. HE AND HIS TEAM PLANNED, COORDINATED AND EXECUTED THE COMPREHENSIVE MODERNIZATION OF THE ATLAS NETWORK BACKBONE SUPPORTING 88 SHORE SITES AND 23 SHIPS FLEETWIDE. THEY LEVERAGED THE EXISTING JWICS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT SIX ATLAS WORLDWIDE NODE LOCATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN A SAVINGS OF $200,000 AND MONTHS OF FIELD WORK. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KISER'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNTIED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS ESSEX (LHD 2) AND USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) FROM MARCH 2011 TO MARCH 2015. PETTY OFFICER ROSE EXPERTLY LED 23 DIVISIONAL SAILORS DURING THE SUCCESSFUL INFORMATION OPERATIONS DURING TWO RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISES AND A 7TH FLEET DEPLOYMENT. AS THE DEPARTMENT 3M ASSISTANT AND COMBAT SYSTEMS TRAINING TEAM EVALUATOR, HER DEPARTMENT MAINTAINED A HIGH STATE OF READINESS AND ACHIEVED HIGH MARKS DURING ULTRA-C AND THE 3M CERTIFICATION LEADING TO THE CREW EARNING ITS SECOND CONSECUTIVE BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARD. ADDITIONALLY, SHE LED 13 FIRST CLASS AND A DEPARTMENT OF 73 SAILORS THROUGH THE LARGEST SURFACE AVAILABILITY IN HISTORY COMPLETING THE RESTORATION OF 34 SPACES, 12 TACTICAL SYSTEM UPGRADES, AND 123 WORK CANDIDATES RESULTING IN $1.2 MILLION IN SHIP'S FORCE COST SAVINGS, A SUCCESSFUL COMBAT SYSTEMS LIGHT OFF AND 100% READINESS FOR SEA TRIALS AND BASIC PHASE. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER ROSE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.