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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS POST OFFICE LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND CUSTODIAN OF POSTAL EFFECTS, ONBOARD USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) FROM JULY 2015 TO SEPTEMBER 2016. PETTY OFFICER JULIA HASTINGS' CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING TIRELESS PERSONAL COMMITMENT AND UNMATCHED PROFESSIONAL ABILITY IN POSTAL LOGISTICES, SHE EFFICIENTLY LED FOUR SAILORS IN PROCESSING OVER SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS OF INCOMING AND DISPATCHED MAIL AND SELLING NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN POSTAGE, SUPPORTING 6,000 SAILORS ONBOARD THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 11 EMBARKED UNITS, AND FOUR DEPLOYED SHIPS IN THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT STRIKE GROUP. ADDITIONALLY, SHE WAS SOUGHT OUT BY DEPLOYED SHIPS IN THE STRIKE GROUP, WHERE POSTAL KNOWLEDGE WAS MINIMAL, TO CONDUCT TRAINING WITH THE CUSTODIAN OF POSTAL EFFECTS (COPE) AND POSTAL OFFICER, PREVENTING POSTAL OFFENSES DURING DEPLOYMENT, AND SAVING THE STRIKE GROUP, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, AND THE NAVY COUNTLESS MANHOURS AND MONEY IN POSTAL INVESTIGATIONS. BY HER NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER HASTINGS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED TO FLEET AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER JACKSONVILLE DETACHMENT GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA FROM MARCH 2010 TO JULY 2012. PETTY OFFICER KESTER METICULOUSLY ADMINISTERED A $40,000 FLEXIBLE STAMP CREDIT ACCOUNT GENERATING OVER $1 MILLION IN REVENUE WITH NO LOSS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE POST OFFICE. AS THE CUSTODIAN OF PERSONAL EFFECTS, DIRECTORY, AND REGISTERED MAIL CLERK, HE PROFICIENTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY OFFLOADED, SORTED, RE-ROUTED, WEIGHED, CHARGED, AFFIXED POSTAGE ON, MANIFESTED, DISPATCHED, CERTIFIED, AND INSURED OVER 500,000 POUNDS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING MAIL FOR NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, JOINT TASK FORCE CAMP AMERICA, U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL AND OVER 70 DEPLOYED UNITS OPERATING IN THE CARIBBEAN FLEET AOR. HIS EFFORTS RESULTED IN A GRADE OF OUTSTANDING IN THE 2010 AND 2011 POSTAL ASSESSMENTS. PETTY OFFICER KESTER'S MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CUSTODIAN OF POSTAL EFFECTS (COPE) ON USS MOMSEN (DDG 92) FROM AUGUST 2019 TO MAY 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER JAVIER PROFICIENTLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY OFFLOADED, SORTED, RE-ROUTED, WEIGHED, CHARGED, AFFIXED POSTAGE ON, MANIFESTED, DISPATCHED, CERTIFIED, AND INSURED OVER 30,000 POUNDS OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING MAIL WITH ZERO LOSS OF ACCOUNTABILITY. HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE DRIVE FOR MISSION ACCOMPLISMENT ENSURED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POST OFFICE RECEIVING A GRADE OF OUTSTANDING DURING THE 2023 POSTAL ASSESSMENT VISIT. ADDITIONALY, HE MAINTAINED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN PURCHASES THROUGH METICULOUS RECORD KEEPING OF OVER 200 INCOMING AND OUTGOING PURCHASE REQUESTS, MAINTAINING REAL TIME ACCOUNT CURRENCY AND PAYMENTS AND MAINTAINING AN AVERAGE QUARTERLY AUDIT SCORE OF NINETY PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER JAVIER'S MANAGERIAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND SENIOR FLEET POSTAL ADVISOR, REGIONAL NAVY MAIL CENTER, FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER, NORFOLK FROM JULY 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 2014. AS AFLOAT TRAINING GROUP LEAD POSTAL INSPECTOR, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JACKSON LEAD HER TEAM'S EFFORTS IN PERFORMING 148 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSIST VISITS FOR 65 MID ATLANTIC SHIPBOARD POST OFFICES, AND METICULOUSLY MANAGED A 150,000 DOLLAR FLEET POSTAL FINANCE ACCOUNT. SOUGHT OUT FOR HER EXPERTISE, CHIEF JACKSON ORCHESTRATED FOUR GROUND BREAKING POSTAL SYMPOSIUMS FOR MORE THAN 130 SUPPLY PERSONNEL, IMPROVING THE MID ATLANTIC FLEET'S POSTAL PROFICIENCY BY AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT. HER SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES CULMINATED 20 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE U.S. NAVY, REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF 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 POSTAL SUPERVISOR AND LOGISTICS SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE, NAVSUP FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER YOKOSUKA SITE OKINAWA FROM MARCH 2013 TO FEBRUARY 2016. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS UNSURPASSED DEDICATION AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL ENABLED SITE OKINAWA TO RECEIVE A GRADE OF EXCELLENT DURING THE 2015 POSTAL ASSESSMENT VISIT. HE EFFICIENTLY COORDINATED THE DELIVERY OF OVER 450 THOUSAND POUNDS OF MAIL AND 1,800 PALLETS OF PROVISIONS AND CRITICAL CARGO WORTH OVER TWO MILLION DOLLARS, INCREASING THE COMBAT READINESS AND LOGISTIC ENDURANCE OF 15 FORWARD DEPLOYED NAVAL FORCES AND MARINE CORPS FORWARD DEPLOYED UNITS OPERATING IN THE SEVENTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S SUPERIOR PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.