Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) Awards
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FROM APRIL 2014 TO AUGUST 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER RICHARDSON PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS SITE LEADING PETTY OFFICER, HE OVERSAW THE TRANSITION FROM A CONTRACTOR TAUGHT COURSE TO AN ALL MILITARY LED COURSE, INCREASING THE STUDENT GRADUATION RATE BY 125 PERCENT. HE QUALIFIED 13 ENLISTED INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTED IN THE QUALIFICATION OF FOUR COMMAND MASTER TRAINING SPECIALISTS. IN ADDITION, AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, PETTY OFFICER RICHARDSON DELIVERED OVER 2,100 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION TO MORE THAN 370 SAILORS, MARINES, AND FOREIGN NATIONALS, SUSTAINING AND IMPROVING MATERIAL READINESS AND SAFETY ACROSS THE FLEET. FURTHER, HE METICULOUSLY TRACKED AND MANAGED ALL INSTRUCTORS, COURSE MATERIAL, AND SUPPLIES FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION SCHOOL, ENSURING READINESS YEAR ROUND. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER RICHARDSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING'S LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER MEYERS PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. WHILE SERVING AS THE ONLY QUALIFIED COMMAND EXAMINER, HE REINTEGRATED MILITARY PERSONNEL INTO CODE 630 AFTER AN EIGHT YEAR MILITARY ABSENCE. HIS EXTENSIVE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND METICULOUS ATTENTION TO DETAIL WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE 2019 NAVSEA AUDIT WITH ZERO PROGRAM DEFICIENCIES AND THE SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCE OF TRIDENT REFIT FACILITY BANGOR AS AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND. PETTY OFFICER MEYERS' DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT) EXAMINER AT MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (MARMC) NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, FROM 14 MAY 2015 TO 30 JUNE 2018. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FRASHER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. A RECOGNIZED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HE OVERSAW THE COMPLETION OF OVER 3,000 WORK PACKAGES REQUIRING OVER 15,000 WELD INSPECTIONS DURING 646 MAINTENANCE AVAILABILITIES, SAVING THE NAVY TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN REPAIR COSTS. ADDITIONALLY, HE MANAGED THE COMMAND WELDER/BRAZER PROGRAM WITH METICULOUS ACCURACY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND CERTIFIED 600 WELDER/BRAZER QUALIFICATIONS, AND TRAINED AND CERTIFIED 14 NDT INSPECTORS FROM AFLOAT COMMANDS. HIS EXCEPTIONAL EFFORT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY EARNED MARMC A RATING OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND THE TITLE OF "THE BEST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER OF ALL" DURING THE 2017 FLEET MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT. BY HIS UNSWERVING DEDICATION TO DUTY, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FRASHER REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS P-8A POSEIDON COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION COORDINATOR, AIR TEST AND EVALUATION SQUADRON TWO ZERO, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, FROM 14 AUGUST 2015 TO 20 SEPTEMBER 2018. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SCOTT SKILLFULLY SUPERVISED THE SAFE LOADING AND DOWNLOADING OF 1,235 SONOBUOYS, 22 MK-54 HIGH ALTITUDE ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE WEAPONS CONCEPT TORPEDOES, 13 AGM-84/D HARPOON MISSILES AND THREE AGM-65 MAVERICK MISSILES, CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXECUTION OF 11,000 MISHAP FREE FLIGHT HOURS WHILE SUPPORTING SIX NAVAIR PROJECTS. AS ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVES MANAGER, HIS SUPERB ATTENTION TO DETAIL LED TO ZERO DISCREPANCIES ON THE 2017 NAVAL ORDNANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY ACTIVITY EXPLOSIVE SAFETY INSPECTION. PETTY OFFICER SCOTT'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST INSPECTOR, PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD (PSNS) AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON FROM NOVEMBER 2009 TO MARCH 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, HT1 NORDE FACILITATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING INSPECTION METHOD FOR COPPER-NICKEL PIPE WELDS THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAVE MILLIONS IN SHIP MAINTENANCE COSTS AS IDENTIFIED BY NAVSEA 05 AND NSWC CARDEROCK. THE NEW INSPECTION METHOD THAT HT1 NORDE HELPED DEVELOP WILL ALLOW FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING (RT) OF COPPER-NICKEL PIPING WELDS ON SUBMARINES, SHIPS, AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS WITH PHASED ARRAY ULTRASONIC TESTING (PAUT), PROVIDING FOR MORE RELIABLE DETECTION OF UNFAVORABLE WELD CONDITIONS AT REDUCED COSTS. IN ADDITION, HE PERFORMED PHASED ARRAY ULTRASOUND (UT) EVALUATIONS ON WELDS FOR THE CVN-68, RESULTING IN A SAVINGS TO PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD OF 50,000 DOLLARS. MOREOVER, HE PERFORMED AN EMERGENT PHASED ARRAY UT INSPECTION ON A CRITICAL WELD FOR THE USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN-74) WHICH RESULTED IN THE CVN-74 DEPARTING ON TIME TO RETURN TO SEA AND SAVED PSNS 57,000 DOLLARS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER NORDE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.