0621 Transmissions System Operator
- Supervised a total of three subordinates for 14 days resulting in two radio networks on six radios and bilateral support of two geographically separate sites.
- Operated as the senior Transmission Systems Operator (STSO) to provide the most remote location with the most experienced communicator for the 15 day duration of (Name of exercise).
- Maintained accountability of four pieces worth $20,000 of Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI) in accordance with III MEF and Navy Security Guidelines.
Radio operator LCpl Clark showed great initiative and creativity while attached to Motor Transportation Company and supporting 13 tactical convoys. He quickly applied his knowledge of radio communication to give the convoy multiple, redundant means of communication in every scenario and developed a method to change radio batteries while the convoy was in motion. Due to his efforts, the convoy was able to maintain secure loads and ensured internal and external communications were always operational.
0621 Transmissions System Operator
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR, COMPANY F, 2ND BATTALION, 7TH MARINES FROM 8 JUNE 2025 TO 29 JUNE 2025, IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL PROTECTION MISSION. DURING THIS PERIOD, LANCE CORPORAL ORTEGAVALDIVIESO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING COMPANY F'S OPERATIONAL SUCCESS. IN RESPONSE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT TO THE WILSHIRE FEDERAL BUILDING, HE FACILITATED A ROBUST COMMUNICATION PLAN BY EFFICIENTLY DISTRIBUTING EQUIPMENT, PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT, AND LIAISING WITH THE BATTALION COMMUNICATION SECTION. HIS INITIATIVE WAS CRUCIAL IN MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OVER 200,000 DOLLARS WORTH OF ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. WHILE ON WATCH IN THE COMPANY OPERATIONS CENTER, HE METICULOUSLY LOGGED AND REPORTED OVER 400 INCIDENTS, ENHANCING THE COMMAND TEAM'S DECISION-MAKING AND RESPONSE TIMES. HIS DILIGENT MANAGEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND PROMPT INCIDENT REPORTING ENSURED CONTINUOUS CONNECTIVITY AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. LANCE CORPORAL ORTEGAVALDIVIESO'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
0621 Cadre, 2D Radio Battalion
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CADRE, 2D RADIO BATTALION, II MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE INFORMATION GROUP, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FROM FEBRUARY 2017 TO DECEMBER 2020. SERGEANT SAPP WAS VITAL TO THE EXECUTION OF THE COMPANY TRAINING CONTINUUM, TEACHING OVER (15) CLASSES, PLAYING CRITICAL ROLES DURING THE EXECUTION OF FIELD EXCERCISES, AND SERVING AS THE TEAM LEADER FOR THE ADVERSARY FORCES TEAM. WHILE IN MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT SUPPORT COMPANY, SERGEANT SAPP SERVED AS A TEAM LEADER DURING BOTH BATTALION AND EXTERNAL EXCERCISES. WHILE DEPLOYED WITH THE 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, SERGEANT SAPP TAUGHT CLASSES ON RADIO THEORY, SCANNERS, AND LAND NAVIGATION. HE WAS SELECTED TO ATTACH WITH THE HUMAN INTELLIGENCE DETACHMENT AND CONDUCT WEEKS OF PHASE 0 COLLECTIONS OPERATIONS. SERGEANT SAPP WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN LEADING BEGINNER AND INTERMIDEATE WATER SURVIVAL QUALIFICATION TESTS, CERTIFIYING OVER 100 MARINES. SERGEANT SAPP'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERENCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
0621 Field Radio Operator
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS FIELD RADIO OPERATOR, 4TH COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, 4TH MARINE DIVISION, FROM NOVEMBER 1998 TO JANUARY 2001. LANCE CORPORAL SMITH PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER, DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE AND SUPERIOR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING COMBINED ARMS EXERCISE, MARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTY-NINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA. DURING THIS PERIOD, LANCE CORPORAL SMITH EXPERTLY IMPLEMENTED MULTIPLE EFFECTIVE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS THAT RESOLVED COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS FOR NEARLY 3,400 MARINES, ENSURING CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS WERE SUSTAINED. HIS METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND EXPERTISE LED TO THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT TIMELY AND SUSTAINED MIL-2-MIL OPERATIONS, AND ONE CULMINATING LIVE FIRE EXERCISE. LANCE CORPORAL SMITH'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
0621 Radio Operator
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS RADIO OPERATOR, FIRETEAM LEADER, AND SQUAD LEADER IN CHARLIE COMPANY FROM APRIL 2015 TO MAY 2016. LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND CONSISTENTLY SET THE MARK FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE. HIS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, TENACIOUS DESIRE FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP HAVE ALLOWED THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF (1) UNIT DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM, (4) BATTALION LEVEL EXERCISES, (7) COMPANY LEVEL RANGES, AND (15) PLATOON LEVEL EVENTS AND RESULTED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OVER (12) MARINES UNDER HIS DIRECT SUPERVISION. HIS ACTIONS DURING LAVA VIPER INCLUDED EASTABLISHING COMMUNICATIONS FOR SIX SEPARATE LIVE FIRE RANGES, 20 HOURS OF RADIO WATCH DURING A TWO-DAY PATROL EXERCISE, MAINTANING ACCOUNTABILITY OF OVER 12 RADIOS, ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRC-119 AT EACH PATROL BASE, NEVER LOSING COMMUNICATIONS WITH HIGER, AND EXECUTING A SPEEDY AND FLAWLESS TURNOVER WITH THE SUCCESSIVE PLATOON RADIO OPERATOR. AS A TEAM LEADER, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE DURING EXERCISE FUJI VIPER DEMONSTRATED HIS ABILITY AS AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER. DURING THE ATTACK, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP LED HIS TEAM IN EXTRACTING TWO CHERRYPICKER CASUALTIES OVER 800 METERS OF DIFFICULT SNOWEY TERRAIN. AFTER TWO TRIPS CARRYING CASUALTIES VIA LITTER, TRAVELING MORE THAN 3200 METERS AND OVERSEEING TWO SUCCESFUL CASUALTY EVACUATIONS, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP PERFORMED A LINK-UP WITH THE REST OF THE PLATOON TO INCREASE COMBAT POWER. AS A SQUAD LEADER, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP CONTINUTED TO SET A HIGH STANDARD DURING KOREAN MARINE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. DURING INTEGRATED BOAT TRAINING, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP AND HIS BOAT CREW WERE THE FIRST OUT OF THE COMPANY TO REACH A DESIGNATED OBJECTIVE OVER TWO MILES AWAY IN POHANG HARBOR THROUGH A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF PHYSICAL PROWESS, LEADERSHIP, AND TEAMWORK. LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP ALSO PERSONALLY INSTRUCTED AND SUPERVISED (8) HOURS OF INSTRUCTION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN URBAN TERRAIN (MOUT) TO SOUTH KOREAN MARINE FORCES. HE INDIVIDUALLY DEVELOPED (5) HOURS OF NIGHT OPERATION TRAINING INCLUDING (2) AMBUSHES, (4) NIGHT PATROLS, AND (1) QUICK REACTION FORCE (QRF) DRILL. HE CONTINUED THIS TREND AT KOREAN RANGER SCHOOL BY CONSISTENTLY LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND DEMONSTRATED TRAVERSING VARIOUS HEIGHT AND RAPELLING OBSTACLES FOR PEERS, SUBORDINATES, AND SENIORS. THROUGHOUT EVERY EVENT, LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP HAS BEEN AN EXAMPLE TO SUBORDINATES, PEERS, AND SENIORS BY CONSTANTLY RAISING THE BAR PERFORMANCE WISE FOR EACH OF HIS SUCCESSIVE BILLETS. LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP HAS RISEN THROUGH THE BILLET STRUCTURE AT AN ASTOUNDING RATE, DEMONSTRATING EXTREME PROFICIENCY AS PLATOON RADIO OPERATOR, FIRETEAM LEADER AND MOST RECENTLY AS SQUAD LEADER. LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP WAS HAND PICKED OUT OF PEERS AND SENIORS TO BE THE ONLY ENLISTED MEMBER OF CHARLIE COMPANY TO PARTICIPATE IN A JOINT FIRES OBSERVOR PRIMER COURSE ABOARD MCBJ CAMP HANSEN DUE TO HIS MATURITY AND OUTSTANDING CAPABILITES. LANCE CORPORAL BISHOP'S PROFFESIONALISM, EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY IN BILLETS ABOVE HIS GRADE, INITIATIVE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
0621 Transmissions Systems Operator
Professional Achievement in the superior performance of his duties while serving as a Transmissions Systems Operator, Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 39, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing from MONTH 2025 to MONTH 2026. During Exercise STEEL KNIGHT 25, Corporal Borjas served as the primary communications operator, expertly programming and managing six communications nets across 34 PRC-163 radios in support of three Forward Arming and Refueling Point sites, ensuring uninterrupted interoperability and coordination across multiple units. While operating at Mather Air Force Base, he maintained continuous multi-net communications in direct support of squadron operations, enabling reliable real-time command and control that directly contributed to daily mission success. He demonstrated exceptional communications security proficiency by maintaining 100 percent accountability of Controlled Cryptographic Items and cryptographic keys, strictly adhering to COMSEC procedures and preserving the integrity of command and control networks. During FARP TIDE, he enhanced command situational awareness by compiling and submitting accurate log statistics and personnel status reports, while also mentoring junior Marines on FARP communications and integrated waveform employment, improving platoon readiness and resilience. He further established SATCOM connectivity at AGSOC Main, enabling secure NIPR and SIPR services for multiple users in support of mission planning and execution. Corporal Borjas' technical expertise, professionalism, and devotion to duty reflected credit on him and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.