MOS 80 Miscellaneous, non MOS-specific
8002 JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROLLER
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROLLER, G COMPANY, 2D BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARINE DIVISION FROM 29 MARCH 2023 TO 8 AUGUST 2026. CORPORAL LOGAN CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS A JUNIOR MARINE, HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY GRADUATING AS THE HONOR GRADUATE FROM THE JOINT FIRES OBSERVER AND TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY COURSES. HIS TECHNICAL ACUMEN WAS PIVOTAL DURING NUMEROUS EXERCISES, WHERE HE FLAWLESSLY CONTROLLED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND INTEGRATED FIRES AS A JOINT FIRES OBSERVER AND A JOINT TERMINAL ATTACK CONTROLLER. CORPORAL LOGAN IS A DEDICATED MENTOR, AND HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRAINING OVER 50 MARINES AS JOINT FIRES OBSERVERS, SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCING THE BATTALION'S WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES. HIS EXPERTISE CULMINATED IN HIS DESIGNATION AS THE ONLY CORPORAL TO SERVE AS A JOINT FIRES OBSERVER - EVALUATOR IN THE REGIMENT, A POSITION OF GREAT OPERATIONAL IMPORTANCE. CORPORAL LOGAN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND 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.
8005 Deputy Training Operations Officer
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS DEPUTY TRAINING OPERATIONS OFFICER, CENTER FOR NAVAL AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING DETACHMENT EGLIN, MARINE AVIATION TRAINING SUPPORT GROUP 23, FROM JULY 2014 TO JULY 2017. MASTER SERGEANT HIGGS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DURING THE INFANCY OF THE F-35 TRAINING SYSTEM, MASTER SERGEANT HIGGS EXHIBITED EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORT OF 59 PERMANENT STAFF PERSONNEL. UNDER HIS KEEN LEADERSHIP, THE UNIT CONVENED 193 CLASSES TO GRADUATE 1,221 STUDENTS AS F-35B/C MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPKEEP OF FIFTH GENERATION ARMAMENT, AVIONICS, STRUCTURES, FLIGHT EQUIPMENT, AND POWERPLANTS. DEMONSTRATING EXEMPLARY ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS, MASTER SERGEANT HIGGS COORDINATED WITH HIGHER HEADQUARTERS TO OBTAIN CRITICAL LOGISTICS IN SUPPORT OF TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, HIS COORDINATION RESULTED IN IMPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUPPLY POOL IN SUPPORT OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. HIS EXCEPTIONAL FORESIGHT AND TIRELESS PURSUIT OF A SOUND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PRODUCED WELL-ROUNDED INSTRUCTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SHAPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF F-35 MAINTAINERS. THROUGH PROACTIVE AND ENGAGED COMMAND DECK SUPPORT, THE UNIT CAME OUT OF TWO EVALUATIONS ON PAR WITH LEARNING SITES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES. HIS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE CULMINATION OF 23 YEARS OF HONORABLE AND DEDICATED SERVICE. MASTER SERGEANT HIGGS' INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
8014 Operational Support Marine
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS AN ACTIVE DUTY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT MARINE FOR 440 DAYS AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS AND LANCE CORPORAL FROM JULY 2019 TO NOVEMBER 2021. SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ PARTICIPATED IN OVER 200 FUNERAL HONORS ON ACTIVE DUTY OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ PARTICIPATED IN OVER 160 FULL HONOR SERVICES, HONORING OUR NATION'S FALLEN HEROES. HE TRAINED MULTIPLE MARINES IN THE INTRICACIES OF PROPER RIFLE MOVEMENTS AND THE PROPER ETIQUETTE FOR FUNERAL CEREMONIES. AS A JUNIOR MARINE AND AS A NON COMISSIONED OFFICER, SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ DEMONSTRATED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN FUNERAL HONORS AND INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP. AS A LANCE CORPORAL, SERGEANT RUIZPERZ DEVELOPED A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG HIS SUBORDINATES AND HELD THE BILLET OF 3RD ANGLICO'S HQMT TOOL ROOM NCO FOR OVER ONE YEAR WITHOUT INCIDENT. IN ADDITION, SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ HOSTED MULTIPLE HIP POCKET CLASSES IN THE FIELD ENVIRONMNT WHICH LED TO HIS FELLOW MARINES BEING TECHNICALLY PROFICIENT IN THEIR SPECIALTIES. IN ADDITION TO CROSS-TRAINING HQMT MARINES IN THE MAINTENANCE FIELD, SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ ALSO TRAINED AND ASSISTED 3RD ANGLICO MARINES IN COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP AS A COMBAT MARKSMANSHIP COACH. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, SERGEANT RUIZPEREZ REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
8056 Hazardous Material Section NCOIC
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SECTION NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE, SUPPLY COMPANY, 1ST SUPPLY BATTALION, COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT 15, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, FROM SEPTEMBER 2018 TO MAY 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL BARRERA PROCESSED AND SUPERVISED THE PROPER PACKAGING OF OVER 135,000 LINE ITEMS VALUED IN EXCESS OF 1,956 MILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF I MEF. IN ADDITION, CORPORAL BARRERA CERTIFIED OVER 6,972 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL ITEMS FOR WORLDWIDE SHIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF I MEF. FURTHER, BY USING THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS AND LEAN SIX SIGMA, CORPORAL BARRERA INCREASED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT OPERATORS FROM THREE TO 10 OPERATORS AND REDUCED THE DEFECT PERCENTAGE BY 43% IN THE WOODEN FABRICATION SECTION. CORPORAL BARRERA'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 MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
8060 Program Analyst
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A PROGRAM ANALYST, ORGANIZATION BRANCH, PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION DIVISION, PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, FROM JANUARY 2018 TO MARCH 2021. MAJOR CESARZ SERVED AS A PROGRAM ANALYST FOR THE OPERATING FORCES PROGRAM EVALUATION BOARD, PROVIDING CRITICAL, INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION ACROSS 14 MARINE CORPS PROGRAMMING CODES, TOTALING OVER $7 BILLION ACROSS THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PLAN. WITH SUPERIOR ANALYTICAL ABILITIES AND IN-DEPTH OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE, MAJOR CESARZ REPRESENTED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES IN MULTIPLE STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO REVIEWS AND PROGRAM BUDGET REVIEWS WHICH INFORMED FUTURE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESOURCING DECISIONS. IN ADDITION, HE SERVED AS THE DEPUTY FOR THE PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING, EXECUTION, AND ASSESSMENT REFORM AND CO-LED A COMMANDANT-DIRECTED FRONT END ASSESSMENT REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IN THE MARINE CORPS SUPPLY CHAIN. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO DUTY, MAJOR CESARZ REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
8071 Special Operations Capability Specialist
FOR MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS SPECIAL OPERATIONS CAPABILITY SPECIALIST - F, MARINE RAIDER SUPPORT GROUP, FROM 29 SEPTEMBER 2025 TO 05 JANUARY 2026. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT OTONIEL DELGADO JR., UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL INITIATIVE, SUPERIOR TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY, AND UNWAVERING PROFESSIONALISM IN A COMPLEX JOINT-SERVICE ENVIRONMENT. OPERATING WITHIN A HIGH-VISIBILITY EMBASSY SETTING, SERGEANT DELGADO SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED WITH INTER-AGENCY PARTNERS AND MEMBERS OF MULTIPLE MILITARY BRANCHES, ENSURING MISSION SUCCESS UNDER DEMANDING CIRCUMSTANCES AND ASSISTING WITH METICULOUS TECHNICAL TASKS. SERGEANT DELGADO DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THROUGH EXEMPLARY TECHNICAL ACUMEN, FOSTERING PROFESSIONALISM WITH INTER-AGENCY PARTNERS. HIS ABILITY TO SOLVE HIGHLY TECHNICAL CHALLENGES, PROVIDE TIMELY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AS PART OF A THREE-MAN TEAM STREAMLINED MISSION SUPPORT BETWEEN DEPARTMENT OF STATE ELEMENTS AND JOINT-SERVICE COMPONENTS. SERGEANT DELGADO'S BOLD LEADERSHIP, WISE JUDGEMENT, AND 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.
8R31 Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI)
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR, NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS UNIT, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, FROM MAY 2023 TO JUNE 2026. GUNNERY SERGEANT CASTRO CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND STEADFAST DEDICATION TO DUTY WHILE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE THAN 161 FUTURE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS OFFICERS. AS THE PRINCIPAL SENIOR ENLISTED ADVISOR TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER, HE PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL MENTORSHIP, GUIDANCE, AND LEADERSHIP TO STAFF OFFICERS AND MIDSHIPMEN, EMPHASIZING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONALISM, AND LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. HE PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THREE NEW STUDENT ORIENTATIONS, INTEGRATING 78 NEW STUDENTS INTO THE UNIT AND CONTRIBUTING TO 53 STUDENTS COMMISSIONING AND EARNING THEIR GOLD BARS. HE DIRECTED AND SUPPORTED HIGH-VISIBILITY TRI-SERVICE EVENTS, MILITARY EXCELLENCE TRAINING EVENTS, AWARDS CEREMONIES, AND COMMISSIONING CEREMONIES THAT STRENGTHENED UNIT READINESS, INTER-SERVICE RELATIONSHIPS, AND NAVAL TRADITIONS. BY HIS SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP, WISE JUDGMENT, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY, GUNNERY SERGEANT CASTRO REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR, COLORADO UNIVERSITY BOULDER, NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS FROM MARCH 2020 TO MARCH 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, GUNNERY SERGEANT MANNICOTTI WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HIS DUTIES AS THE MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR, MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE NAVAL OFFICERS. ON A DAILY BASIS, HE MENTORED AND INSTRUCTED THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS MIDSHIPMEN, HELPING THEM ASSIMILATE INTO THE MILITARY LIFESTYLE AND COLLEGIATE DEMANDS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ENSURING THAT CRITICAL UNIT FUNCTIONS OPERATED WITHOUT DISRUPTION ON A CONSISTENT BASIS INCLUDING THE COLORADO MEET, SEA SERVICE BALLS, NEW STUDENT ORIENTATIONS, COMMUNITY OUTREACHES, AND UNIVERSITY SPONSORED EVENTS. GUNNERY SERGEANT MANNICOTTI'S EXTENSIVE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE INDISPENSABLE TO THE SUCCESS, READINESS, AND OVERALL MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE UNIT. GUNNERY SERGEANT MANNICOTTI'S BOLD LEADERSHIP, WISE JUDGMENT, 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.
Assistant Marine Officer Instructor, NROTC
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR, NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, FROM JUNE 2022 TO JULY 2025. GUNNERY SERGEANT DURKEE DISPLAYED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP WHILE MENTORING 120 MIDSHIPMEN IN MILITARY DISCIPLINE AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT THROUGH THE EXECUTION OF 48 DRILLS AND CEREMONIES, AND 76 COLOR GUARD EVENTS. HE PAINSTAKINGLY DEVELOPED A PLATOON OF 55 OFFICER CANDIDATES, GREATLY ENHANCING THEIR TACTICAL AND PHYSICAL PROFICIENCY. ADDITIONALLY, HE ORGANIZED 12 JROTC DRILL COMPETITIONS AND LOGISTICAL MOVEMENTS OVER 1,500 MILES FOR CRITICAL FIELD EXERCISES. GUNNERY SERGEANT DURKEE'S LEADERSHIP, COMMITMENT, AND EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
Life Representative
MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS MARINE FOR LIFE REPRESENTATIVE FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. SPECIFICALLY, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE DURING AND FOLLOWING THE MARINE FOR LIFE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, AUGUST 15-27, 2011 AT MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VIRGINIA. SPECIFICALLY, MAJOR WELSH PLAYED A DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP ROLE THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE BY LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARINE FOR LIFE REPRESENTATIVE FIELD HANDBOOK. IN PARTICULAR, THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP, MAJOR WELSH CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE MARINES THROUGHOUT THE CONFERENCE WERE INSPIRED TO SHARE IDEAS AND COLLABORATE TOWARD GENERATING, DOCUMENTING AND PUBLISHING BEST PRACTICES FOR EXECUTING THE MARINE FOR LIFE MISSION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. MAJOR WELSH ALSO INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED A KEY CHAPTER ON TRANSITIONING MARINE JOB SEARCH ADVOCACY WHICH IMMEDIATELY RESULTED ONE TRANSITIONING MARINE GETTING HIRED INTO A CIVILIAN JOB; MAJOR WELSH ALSO PRESENTED THIS CHAPTER TO THE UNIT AT CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE, TO VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE. MAJOR WELSH'S CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE CONFERENCE AND IN THE MARINE FOR LIFE PROGRAM GENERALLY (AS EVIDENCED BY MERITORIOUS WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE FROM ONE MARINE CORPS BRIGADIER GENERAL, TWO TRANSITIONING MARINES AND ONE EMPLOYER) ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE OF HIS PEERS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, MAJOR WELSH REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.