PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS CE05 WORKCENTER SUPERVISOR, COMBAT SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT, USS MIGUEL KEITH (ESB 5) GOLD FROM 29 AUGUST 2020 TO 17 MARCH 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER FILIPIAK TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 30 BLUE AND GOLD SAILORS IN THE SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR GOING ALOFT AND THREE SAILORS IN 3M 301-302, STRENGTHENING THE COMMAND'S MAINTENANCE AND COMMUNICATIONS READINESS. ADDITIONALLY, HE QUALIFIED IN THREE OUT-OF-RATE QUALIFICATIONS AND PRODUCED 15 POWER AND CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS SUITE, IMPROVING GOLD CREW'S READINESS FOR ANY MISSION OR CASUALTY. FURTHER, HE ASSISTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MIGUEL KEITH GOLD'S JUNIOR ENLISTED ASSOCIATION (JEA) AND PLANNED 12 JEA EVENTS, INCREASING MILCREW AND EMBARK FORCES MORALE. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER FILIPIAK REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CE05 WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) FROM FEBRUARY 2013 TO JANUARY 2017. DEMONSTRATING SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL, PETTY OFFICER WALLACE LED TWO WORK CENTERS TO COMPLETE 3,022 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS FOR NAVIGATION, ENGINEERING, AIR, AND COMBAT SYSTEMS. ADDITIONALLY, HE SERVED AS ER09 LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR, LEADING 27 PERSONNEL IN THE PREVENTATIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF ALL DAMAGE CONTROL PETTY OFFICER EQUIPMENT, ACCUMULATING 18,952 MAN-HOURS AND COMPLETING 53,000 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS. MOREOVER, HE ACCOMPLISHED MOBB-D 1.1 THROUGH 1.4 FOR ER09 TROUBLED SYSTEMS INSPECTION AND RECEIVED A SCORE OF 96 PERCENT. FURTHERMORE, HIS EFFORTS LED TO A SUCCESSFUL MID CYCLE INSPECTION, TWO 3M INSPECTIONS, AND THE VITAL COMMUNICATION SUPPORT OF EMBARKED COMMANDERS DURING SEVEN DEPLOYMENTS, EIGHT MULTI-NATIONAL EXERCISES, AND TWO HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE EFFORTS. PETTY OFFICER WALLACE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.