MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS CHIEF, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BLAZ FROM APRIL 2022 TO JUNE 2023. MASTER SERGEANT DONATUS PROVIDED CRITICAL OPERATIONS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE DURING THE COMMAND'S ASCENSION FROM THE INITIAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY PHASE. HE FLAWLESSLY ESTABLISHED COMMANDING GENERAL READINESS INSPECTION FUNCTIONAL AREA PROGRAMS FOR THE OPERATIONS SECTION, SUPPORTED FLEET MARINE FORCE OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND SERVED AS THE MARINE CORPS' AMBASSADOR FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS EVENTS ACROSS GUAM AND THE SECOND ISLAND CHAIN. HIS PROFICIENCY AS A LEADER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THE REACTIVATION AND NAMING CEREMONY FOR MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BLAZ. HE SERVED AS THE LEAD PLANNER IN SUPPORT OF 180 MARINES FROM THE III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FOR THIS SEVEN DAY EVOLUTION. THE SUCCESFUL EXECUTION OF THE CEREMONY WAS A MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT TO REAFFIRM OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC REGION. MASTER SERGEANT DONATUS' DECISIVE ACTIONS, DETERMINATION, AND COMPLETE DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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ASSISTANT OPERATIONS CHIEF, 2D BATTALION, 7TH MARINE REGIMENT, FROM APRIL 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2021. SERGEANT BUCHKO HAS PROVEN HIMSELF A SELFLESS LEADER GIVING HIS ENERGY, EFFORT, AND TIME TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOLF COMPANY, PRODUCING A PROFESSIONAL, LETHAL, AND COHESIVE UNIT. HE ILLUSTRATED HIS PROWESS IN MULTIPLE FIELD OPERATIONS, NAMELY, IN HIS DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR-DAY FIELD EXERCISE WHICH CULMINATED IN A FORCE-ON-FORCE EXERCISE BETWEEN TWO RIFLE COMPANIES, ULTIMATELY TRAINING OVER 320 MARINES. SERGEANT BUCHKO IS A FORCE THAT RESONATES WITHIN THE COMPANY WHICH ALLOWS HIS SUPERIORS THE CONFIDENCE TO OPERATE DECENTRALIZED. FURTHERMORE, SERGEANT BUCHKO'S INITIATIVE CULTIVATED AN ENVIRONMENT IN THE COMPANY THAT MADE HIS SUBORDINATES, PEERS, AND SUPERIORS PERFORM AT A LEVEL THAT WAS PROPORTIONATE TO HIS. OVERALL, SERGEANT BUCHKO MADE IT A HABIT TO PERFORM ABOVE WHAT WOULD BE COMMENSURATE OF HIS GRADE AND CONTINUOUSLY EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. SERGEANT BUCHKO'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.