13B Workcenter Citations
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MAINTENANCE CONTROLLER, QUALITY ASSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE, AND AVIATION LIFE SUPPORT LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT AIR TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON NINE (VX-9), CHINA LAKE, CALIFORNIA FROM MARCH 2023 TO JUNE 2026. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS MARY SWANSON CONDUCTED 183 CORROSION INSPECTIONS, 73 AUDIT FOLLOW-UPS, 64 TECHNICAL DIRECTIVE (TD) VERIFICATIONS, 92 SPOT CHECKS, AND RELEASED 83 AIRCRAFT AS SAFE FOR FLIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, AS WORK CENTER 13A AND 13B LEADING PETTY OFFICER, SHE LED 30 SAILORS AND CIVILIANS IN THE COMPLETION OF 3,566 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAFE EXECUTION OF 3,771 SORTIES AND 7,434 FLIGHT HOURS. PETTY OFFICER SWANSON'S PROFESSIONALISM, PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON 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 EGRESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEADING PETTY OFFICER AT FIGHTER SQUADRON COMPOSITE TWELVE (VFC-12), NAVAL AIR STATION OCEANA, VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA FROM APRIL 2023 TO APRIL 2026. AS 13B LEADING PETTY OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER ROBERT PAULSON LED 17 SAILORS IN THE EXECUTION OF 1,253 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS TOTALING 5,550 MAINTENANCE MAN-HOURS. HIS EFFORTS WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALIFICATION OF SIX COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTORS, FOUR CDQAR, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SIX SAILORS TO THE NEXT PAY GRADE. ADDITIONALLY, AS KEY WEST DETACHMENT LPO, HE LED 157 SAILORS IN SUPPORT OF FLEET READINESS MISSIONS, ACCOUNTING FOR 122 SORTIES AND 146 FLIGHT HOURS, DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE 2024 GOLDEN WRENCH AND THE 2024 BATTLE "E". PETTY OFFICER PAULSON'S INITIATIVE, PROFESSIONALISM, AND UNWAVERING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS 13B SHIFT SUPERVISOR IN STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN (VFA-87) FROM OCTOBER 2016 TO NOVEMBER 2020. PETTY OFFICER MECHLING CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A METICULOUS AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, HE DIRECTED ELEVEN TECHNICIANS IN THE COMPLETION OF 16 728-DAY INSPECTIONS, 1100 SPECIAL INSPECTIONS, AND 2500 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS, ENABLING A NINETY NINE PERCENT SORTIE COMPLETION RATE. DURING HIS TOUR AT VFA-87, HE COMPLETED TWO COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS, ONE AIRCRAFT TRANSITION, AND WORKED IN TWO WORK CENTERS ONBOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS ENDURING FREEDOM AND INHERENT RESOLVE. PETTY OFFICER MECHLING'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AVIATION STRUCTURAL MECHANIC - EQUIPMENT (AME). DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER THIRD CLASS SIMMONS PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS WORK CENTER 13B COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR, HIS EFFORTS RESULTED IN THE INSPECTION OF 456 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AND THE INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF 78 FLIGHT CRITICAL DISCREPANCIES AND 33 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS, DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO A 93 PERCENT SORTIE COMPLETION RATE DURING THE 2024 COMBAT DEPLOYMENT. ADDITIONALLY, HIS TECHNICAL ACUMEN WAS CRUCIAL IN THE COMPLETION OF 225 HIGH RISK EVOLUTIONS ENCOMPASSING 400 MISHAP-FREE MAINTENANCE HOURS. PETTY OFFICER SIMMONS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.