Musician (MU) Citation Examples
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, FISCAL PO, AUDITION SUPERVISOR, GUITAR, AND FRENCH HORN INSTRUMENTALIST NAVY BAND SOUTHWEST, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA FROM XXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. AS LPO, SHE SUPERBLY MANAGED 36 PERSONNEL AND ENSURED 100% UNIT READINESS AND MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT BY DRAWING ON THE SKILLS OF SUBORDINATES. UNDER HER GUIDANCE JUNIOR PERSONNEL RECEIVED 13 NAVY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS AND A JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE QUARTER. AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OF THE PMG, SHE SUCCESSFULLY LED 11 PERSONNEL ON 67 ENGAGEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AOR, PERFORMING FOR AUDIENCES TOTALING OVER 800,000. HER UNIT WAS SINGLED OUT AS THE BEST MUSICAL PRODUCT OF THE NAVY MUSIC PROGRAM. UNDER HER LEADERSHIP AS CFL, THE COMMAND ACHIEVED A 100% PASSING RATE. AN OUTSTANDING CAREER COUNSELOR, SHE ADMINISTERED REQUIRED CDBs AND PROCESSED OVER 30 ONTIME PTS SUBMISSIONS ENSURING PERSONNEL WERE ELIGIBLE FOR ALL THEIR LOOKS FOR PTS QUOTAS. AS FISCAL PETTY OFFICER, SHE EXPERTLY MANAGED AN ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET OF $40,000 WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES, SAVING THE NAVY OVER $4,000 BY RESEARCHING AND OUTSOURCING TO LOWER PRICED VENDORS. PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXX'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FROM XXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX AS CLARINET INSTRUMENTALIST, ADMINISTRATION PETTY OFFICER, LIBRARIAN, AND ASSISTANT COMMAND FITNESS LEADER ASSISTANT WITH THE U.S. FLEET FORCES BAND. A SUPERIOR MUSICIAN, PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXXX EXPERTLY PERFORMED OVER 200 ENGAGEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR LIVE AND TELEVISED AUDIENCES EXCEEDING 6 MILLION PEOPLE. AS ADMINISTRATION PETTY OFFICER, HE EXPERTLY DRAFTED AND PROCESSED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE, PROCESSED XX TOPS TRANSACTIONS, AND MAINTAINED ALL DIVISION OFFICER FILES WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. ADDITIONALLY, HE INVENTORIED AND MAINTAINED OVER 10,000 MUSICAL SELECTIONS VALUED AT OVER $120,000 AND PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 100 SELECTIONS FOR REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES OF THE CEREMONIAL BAND AND WIND ENSEMBLE UNITS ENSURING 100% MISSION READINESS. PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXX'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES FROM MARCH 2010 TO MAY 2013. MASTER CHIEF WILLIAMS DISPLAYED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AS HE PROVIDED VISION AND GUIDANCE FOR OVER 2,000 MUSICAL PERFORMANCES ACROSS A NINE STATE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY AND CANADA, RESULTING IN OVER 35 MILLION POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF TWENTY-ONE NAVY WEEKS REACHING 23 MILLION LIVE AND BROADCAST AUDIENCE MEMBERS. WHILE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MASTER CHIEF WILLIAMS WAS KEY TO NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES’ ACHIEVING A 98 PERCENT RETENTION RATE. HE ENSURED THAT 100 PERCENT OF PERFORM-TO-SERVE QUOTAS WERE SUBMITTED ON TIME AND 100 PERCENT OF SCHEDULED CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS WERE CONDUCTED. HE CREATED A COMMAND CLIMATE THAT INSPIRED HIS SAILORS TO EARN 22 PROMOTIONS AND RECEIVE 47 PERSONAL AWARDS WITH A 100 PERCENT PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT PASS RATE. HE SUPERVISED ALL ASPECTS OF PERSONNEL, OPERATIONS, LOGISTICS, ADMINISTRATION, AND FISCAL SUPPORT WITH A $59,000 OPERATIONAL TARGET, WHILE FLAWLESSLY MAINTAINING $250,000 IN TRAVEL CARD EXPENDITURES AND A $1.5 MILLION INVENTORY. HIS KEEN FORESIGHT AND ASTUTE OPERATIONAL ACUMEN FACILITATED NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES' MONTH LONG DEPLOYMENT ABOARD THE USS DEWERT (FFG-45) AND HCMS VILLE DE QUEBEC (FFH-332). MASTER CHIEF WILLIAMS' 30 YEARS OF NAVAL EXPERIENCE WERE HEAVILY RELIED UPON DURING ALL ASPECTS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S HISTORICAL BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE WAR OF 1812, ALLOWING FOR NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES' MOST SUCCESSFUL TOUR TO DATE. THE EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, STEADFAST INITIATIVE, AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO DUTY EXHIBITED BY MASTER CHIEF WILLIAMS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIM AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
KNOW YE THAT SAXOPHONE INSTRUMENTALIST SHERMAN, MARINE BAND SAN DIEGO, DIDST PERFORM AN ACT OF UNPARALLELED INTESTINAL FORTITUDE UPON THE FIELD OF CEREMONIAL BATTLE AND IS HEREBY COMMENDED FOR GALLANTRY. ON THE OCCASION OF A RETIREMENT CEREMONY, GUNNERY SERGEANT SHERMAN, UNFLINCHING AND STEADFAST, DID VERILY SOIL HIS TROUSERS AMIDST A GATHERED HOST OF PEERS, SUBORDINATES, AND COMMANDING OFFICERS. THOUGH THE FOUL WINDS OF GASTROINTESTINAL BETRAYAL DID ASSAIL HIM, HE BRAVELY DISPOSED OF HIS FLATULENCE BY COMMENCING A CEREMONIAL SHIMMY OF THE LOWER EXTREMITY AND REMAINED MOTIONLESS THEREAFTER, ALLOWING THE TIDE OF DESTINY TO RUN ITS SORDID COURSE. LET IT BE KNOWN THAT HIS TROUSERS, THOUGH COMPROMISED, WERE NOT ABANDONED, NOR WAS HIS DIGNITY DISCARDED. THIS WAS NO ACCIDENT BORN OF COWARDICE, BUT A DELIBERATE ACT OF SYMBOLIC RESISTANCE AGAINST THE TYRANNIES OF TIME, AGE, AND DIGESTIVE REGULARITY. GUNNERY SERGEANT SHERMAN STOOD FIRM AS THE FAINT SCENT OF VALOR WAFTED UPON THE AIR. HIS ACTIONS, THOUGH MOIST, WERE A CALL TO ALL MARINES THAT HEROISM MAY EMERGE NOT ONLY FROM THE SMOKE OF BATTLE, BUT FROM THE DAMP ABYSS OF SHEER EMBARRASSMENT. FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND INTESTINAL RESOLVE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY, AND FOR MAINTAINING MILITARY BEARING WHILST HIS LOWER GARMENTS BORE THE BRUNT OF HISTORY, HE IS HEREBY AWARDED THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL.