PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS KEY OPERATING ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR WEAPONS STATION YORKTOWN VAULT DURING THE 2022 COMSEC MATERIAL SYSTEM AUDIT. AS COMSEC ACCOUNT MANAGER, IT1 SHIELDS REVIEWED AND UPDATED 75 LINE ITEMS TO INCLUDE THE VAULT'S EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN, ACCOUNT TRACKING TOOL, ACCESS LISTS, CERTIFICATIONS TO OPERATE, AND DESIGNATION LETTERS, LEADING TO A SUCCESSFUL AUDIT, WITH WEAPONS STATION YORKTOWN RECEIVING A PASSING SCORE FOR ITS AUDIT. PETTY OFFICER SHIELDS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERENCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS INFORMATION SYSTEM TECHNICIAN IN MILITARY SEALIFT FLEET SUPPORT COMMAND FROM FEBRUARY 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 2014. AS THE PRIMARY MSC EKMS LOCAL ELEMENT ACCOUNT MANAGER, PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON COORDINATED AND EXECUTED FLAWLESSLY IN THE BI-ANNUAL COMSEC INVENTORY MATERIAL OFFICE INSPECTION, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER 40 COMSEC LINE ITEMS AND 18 EKMS USERS WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES LEADING TO 100% ACCURACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF COMSEC ASSETS IN THE ACCOUNT. HIS EXPERT TECHNICAL SKILLS WERE ALSO PARAMOUNT AS THE COMMAND NAVY REGIONAL ENTERPRISE MESSAGING SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR WHERE HE ASSISTED WITH 15 SIPRNET ACCOUNT USERS' MESSAGE TRAFFIC DATA AND INFORMATION MIGRATION TO THE NEW COMMAND AND CONTROL OFFICE INFORMATION EXCHANGE MESSAGE SYSTEM WITH A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR PERSONNEL TO RECEIVE AND REVIEW OVER 2000 OFFICIAL MILITARY NAVAL MESSAGES. PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON'S METICULOUS WORK ETHIC, PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED AS NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MASTER STATION (NCTAMS) ATLANTIC EKMS CLERK FROM APRIL 2013 TO AUGUST 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER KNIGHT REVISED ALL LOCAL ELEMENT FILES AND IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED ANY DISCREPANCIES IN A TIMELY MANNER. SHE ENSURED THAT ALL LOCAL ELEMENTS' MANDATORY MONTHLY TRAINING, AUDITS, AND CO SPOT CHECKS WERE COMPLETED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 450 DOCUMENTED TRAINING EVOLUTIONS, NEARLY 300 AUDIT CHECKS, AND 300 CO SPOT CHECKS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE ASSISTED WITH THE TRANSCRIBING OF 42 CRITICAL INVENTORIES, SEVERAL CHANGE OF COMMAND INVENTORIES, AND THE COMMAND'S 2014 FIX CYCLE INVENTORY WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR OVER 1,000 SEGMENTS OF COMSEC KEYING MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT ISSUED TO SUBORDINATE COMMANDS. HER EFFORTS ENSURED ALL 42 LOCAL ELEMENTS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED KEY DOCUMENTS THAT WERE CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUED EKMS SUPPORT FROM NCTAMS LANT, SUSTAINING THE MISSION WITHOUT INTERRUPTION. PETTY OFFICER KNIGHT'S UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.