Combat Systems Leading Petty Officer
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, USS LAKE ERIE FROM SEPTEMBER 2020 TO OCTOBER 2021. PETTY OFFICER SULLIVAN CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING UNPARALLELED LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ABILITY, SHE FLAWLESSLY LED 11 SAILORS IN THE ON-TIME COMPLETION OF OVER 4,900 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS ONBOARD 177 TENDED SHIPS, DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE MISSION READINESS OF THE SECOND FLEET AND SAVING THE NAVY 4.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR COSTS. ADDITIONALLY, HER PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MENTORSHIP AND SAILORIZATION RESULTED IN 15 SAILORS ADVANCING TO THE NEXT PAYGRADE AND 11 SAILORS CHOOSING TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREERS IN THE NAVY. PETTY OFFICER SULLIVAN'S SUPERB ACHIEVEMENTS CULMINATED A CAREER OF LOYAL AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO HER COUNTRY AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, USS BILLINGS (LCS 15), FROM MARCH 2020 TO APRIL 2024. AS A PLANKOWNER CREW MEMBER, PETTY OFFICER BRICE WAS VITAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF CYBER, CCC, C4I, READ-E5, AND FCT CERTIFICATIONS. HIS MENTORSHIP LED TO FOUR SAILOR OF THE YEAR, JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR, AND BLUE JACKET OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS AND SIX ADVANCEMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN PROVED VITAL IN THE OVERSIGHT AND COMPLETION OF MORE THAN 20,000 MAINTENANCE CHECKS, FIVE CREW TURNOVERS, AND THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF 24 SAILORS IN OVER 200 INDIVIDUAL PERSONNEL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS. AS TSCE SUPERVISOR, HE PROVIDED CRITICAL 24/7 COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT AND CRUCIAL C4I SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY IN SUPPORT OF C4F DEPLOYMENT TASKING. PETTY OFFICER BRICE'S PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER ONBOARD USS McCAMPBELL (DDG 85) FROM APRIL 2016 TO APRIL 2019 WHILE FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. AS DEPARTMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER HANNAH LED 41 SAILORS ACROSS 10 WORKCENTERS IN THE COMPLETION OF 13,321 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS. HIS RELENTLESS EFFORTS ENSURED THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ENGINEERING LOA & DCMA CERTIFICATION RESULTING IN ALL IC SENSORS TESTING 100 PERCENT WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. HIS TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2018 AVIATION AND NAVIGATION CERTIFICATION RESULTING IN AN OVERALL SCORE OF 93 PERCENT, THE HIGHEST IN FOUR YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, AS COMMAND ESWS COORDINATOR, HE LED AND TRAINED 320 SAILORS THROUGH 87 TRAINING LECTURES, 72 SHIP-WIDE WALK-THROUGHS, AND 88 ESWS BOARDS LEADING TO 133 QUALIFICATIONS AND ZERO DELINQUENCIES, EARNING THE MCCAMPBELL ESWS SILVER PENNANT. PETTY OFFICER HANNAH'S PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS COMBAT SYSTEMS LEADING PETTY OFFICER, USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS-2) FROM NOVEMBER 2014 TO NOVEMBER 2016. PETTY OFFICER HAMILTON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS TOTAL SHIP COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT LEAD SUPERVISOR, HE CREATED SHIP SPECIFIC COMBAT DRILL CARDS TO QUALIFY TSCE SUPERVISORS, RADIO WATCH TEAMS, AND INTEGRATED COMBAT WATCH TEAMS. ADDITIONALLY, HE INSTRUCTED ALL FACETS OF TSCE SUPERVISOR TO THE COMPANY CUBIX WHICH WILL BE BUILDING STATE OF THE ART COMPUTER BASED TRAINING FOR ALL FUTURE INDEPENDENCE CLASS SHIPS. FURTHER, HE DEVELOPED AND PLANNED AN ANTENNA RADIATION MATRIX TO BE USED BY SESEF RANGE FOR ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATION DRILLS. FINALLY, HE LED HIS DEPARTMENT THROUGH TWO USS INDEPENDENCE POST SHAKEDOWN AVAILABILITIES AND OVER 10 CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AVAILABILITIES, COMPLETING 456 MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND WRITING OVER 250 MISSION CRITICAL JOBS. PETTY OFFICER HAMILTON'S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.