Administration Awards
Mass Communication Specialist (MC)
Religious Program Specialist (RP)
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MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS PRODUCTION CONTROL MAIN PRINTER DURING OPERATION PAPER STORM AND OPERATION ENDURING INK. OPERATING UNDER THE EXTREME PRESSURE OF END OF TOUR AWARDS AND TRANSFER EVALUATIONS OFFENSIVE, IT FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED ITS DUTIES WITH UNWAVERING FORTITUDE. THIS BATTLE-HARDENED MACHINE COURAGEOUSLY PROCESSED A RELENTLESS BARRAGE OF LAST-MINUTE EVALUATION CORRECTIONS. WITHOUT REGARD FOR ITS OWN PERSONAL SAFETY, IT PRINTED, RE-PRINTED, AND RE RE-PRINTED COUNTLESS AWARD REVISIONS AND EVAL CORRECTIONS, DEMONSTRATING A PROFOUND COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING OUR SHORTCOMINGS, NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE EVAL SPACING MYSTERIOUSLY REQUIRED "JUST ONE MORE TINY TWEAK." ITS ABILITY TO OVERCOME STRATEGICALLY-TIMED "LOW TONER" WARNINGS AND CREATIVELY BYPASS THE PHANTOM "PAPER TRAY 3 EMPTY" ERROR. THIS MACHINE'S VALOR IN THE FACE OF IMPENDING DEADLINES AND ITS REFUSAL TO SURRENDER REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON ITSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
Pay and Personnel Leading Chief Petty Officer and Operations Administrative Chief for Special Reconnaissance Team TWO from January 2023 to January 2027. Chief Petty Officer Guerrero led Naval Special Warfare's largest administrative department and developed the command's administrative architecture, establishing a scalable framework that transformed enterprise-wide personnel and administrative operations. His innovative program set the standard for efficiency and accountability, resulting in its replication across Naval Special Warfare components and the Joint Special Operations community. He provided critical support to CONUS and OCONUS operations and exercises, ensuring administrative and personnel readiness across globally dispersed forces. He expertly tracked and transmitted time-sensitive administrative data, enabling theater commanders to maintain a common operational picture of the global battlespace. His efforts directly enhanced operational effectiveness and mission success.
ASSISTANT BRANCH HEAD, OFFICER RETIREMENTS (PERS-835); ACTION OFFICER, POST-SELECTION BOARD MATTERS (PERS-833); AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, NAVY PERSONNEL COMMAND FROM MAY 2021 TO FEBRUARY 2026. LIEUTENANT SEALES EXHIBITED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ACUMEN ACROSS MULTIPLE CRITICAL BILLETS. AS ASSISTANT BRANCH HEAD FOR PERS-835, SHE RE-ENGINEERED RETIREMENT PROCESSING WORKFLOWS, REDUCING THE LONG-STANDING BACKLOG BY 100% AND OVERSEEING THE ACCURATE ADJUDICATION OF OVER 200 STATEMENTS OF SERVICE, WAIVERS, AND RETIREMENT REQUESTS. IN PERS-833, SHE METICULOUSLY MANAGED THE DELICATE ADMINISTRATION OF 570 ACTIVE-DUTY PROMOTION WITHHOLD AND DELAY CASES. HER EXPERT COORDINATION OF HIGH-LEVEL PACKAGES THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENSURED THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROMOTION PROCESS FOR 180 APPROVED APPOINTMENTS AND 25 REMOVALS, PROVIDING ESSENTIAL COUNSEL TO SENIOR LEADERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, VOLUNTEERING AS THE PERS-8 INFORMATION SYSTEMS COORDINATOR, SHE ORCHESTRATED A FLAWLESS TRANSITION FROM NMCI TO THE NAUTILUS DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT. HER TECHNICAL STEWARDSHIP PROVIDED SEAMLESS CONTINUITY FOR COMMAND OPERATIONS WITH ZERO DOWNTIME, DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE "NO-FAIL" MISSION FOR THE ENTIRE FLEET.
LIEUTENANT DIANNE F. MALAKAS, JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERALS CORPS, UNITED STATES NAVY, DISTINGUISHED HERSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED TO REGION LEGAL SERVICE OFFICE (RLSO) MIDWEST FROM 13 MAY 2020 TO 5 APRIL 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, LIEUTENANT MALAKAS SERVED IN THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT FOR RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND FOR 18 MONTHS, SIX MONTHS AS THE STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE FOR NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES AND NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY CRANE, AND NINE MONTHS AS THE REGION LEGAL SERVICE MIDWEST COMMAND SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEAD WHERE SHE SPEARHEADED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY WITH COMMAND CLIENTS AND FORMALIZE RLSO SUPPORT TO ADDITIONAL COMMANDS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE LED HER TEAM OF FIVE ATTORNEYS, EIGHT PARALEGALS, AND TWO CIVILIANS THROUGH A SERIES OF MANNING SHORTFALLS AND A PERIOD OF LEGAL CHALLENGE AND EVOLVING POLICY, PROVIDING STEADY AND COMPETENT SUPPORT THOUGHOUT. THE DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF LIEUTENANT MALAKAS REFLECT CREDIT UPON HERSELF, THE UNITED STATES NAVY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND OFFICER IN CHARGE FROM OCTOBER 2015 THROUGH JANUARY 2023. LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PATTY DEMONSTRATED EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE IN SUPPORT OF THE 95-SAILOR UNIT WITH THE EXECUTION OF OVER 190 SETS OF ORDERS RESULTING IN 4,700 DAYS OF SUPPORT, WHICH DELIVERED VITAL OPERATIONAL, TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO COMUSNAVCENT. HIS TIRELESS SHEPHERDING OF CUSNC/C5F INTEL'S FIRST DETACHMENT, BASED IN FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS IS A CASE STUDY IN STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION AND BEING SOLUTION-DRIVEN ON A COMPLEX ASSIGNMENT. LCDR PATTY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT, NAVAL ROTC UNIT, VIRGINIA TECH FROM DECEMBER 2018 TO MAY 2019. DUE TO AN EMERGENT STAFF MEDICAL CONDITION AND AN UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION, ENSIGN MORIN SUPERBLY PERFORMED IN THE CRITICAL ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT FOR THE NROTC STAFF, A POSITION NORMALLY FILLED BY A FULL-TIME GOVERNMENT SCHEDULE CONTRACTOR. WITH NO TURNOVER OR TRAINING, HE PROACTIVELY GAINED ACCESS TO ALL REQUIRED DATABASES AND WEBSITES, COMPLETING ALL REQUIRED STUDENT AND STAFF PROCESSING AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNIT'S SUCCESS THIS SEMESTER. IN THIS ROLE, HE GENERATED AND TRACKED ALL SCHOLARSHIP AND SECURITY CLEARANCE PAPERWORK FOR NEARLY 300 PERSONNEL AND SUPPORTED THE UNIT BY CONDUCTING 14 PHYSICAL TRAINING SESSIONS AND MORE THAN 20 VETERAN FUNERALS. ENSIGN MORIN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PETTY OFFICER MEEHAN WAS CRITICAL IN THE PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF ENSURING OVER 200 PERSONNEL RECEIVED LODGING UPON ARRIVAL TO AIR WING FALLON AND WAS LAUDED BY CARRIER AIR GROUP NINE'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER FOR HER EFFORTS. ADDTIONALLY, SHE COORDINATED SHORT NOTICE TRAVEL AND ROOM ARRANGEMENTS FOR SIX SAILORS ENSURING THEY ARRIVE IN FALLON TO SUPPORT THE COMMAND'S MISSION.