Navy Construction Awards
Underwater Construction Technician (UCT)
If the rating is not provided with contributions, they will be listed below:
LT Fierro is cited for meritorious service from 01 JUL 2022 to 10 OCT 2025. During this time he served with distinction as a Company Officer with Naval Construction Battalion FOURTEEN.
Personal accomplishments
Completed 159 days on orders directly supporting Battalion operational readiness objectives. Earned the following qualifications, contributing to Battalion readiness: Seabee Combat Warfare, NCF Operations Basic Course, Tactical Leadership/Expeditionary Unit leader course, Command and Control Personal Computer, M9 & M4 qualification, 3M-301 Maintenance Person, TCCC Tier 1, KMI 301.
Detachment Orlando Officer in Charge 01September2022 through 31October2024
Lead the NCB14 Orlando Det of approximately 70 organic and non-organic members in drill weekend operations, ensuring all members maintained admin and medical readiness. Successfully mentored one member from BU1 through the DCO process to become a JAG Officer. Motivated sailors to help contribute to unit success by writing award packages to NRC Tampa resulting in 2-SOQ, 2-JSOQ, 1-BJSOQ, 1-BJSOY, and 1-NAM. Worked with Battalion leadership, NRC Tampa and NRC Orlando leaders, and REDCOM Jacksonville to dissolve Detachment Orlando, expertly transitioning 39 Seabees from NRC Tampa to NRC Orlando, saving the Navy $121,680 in lodging fees annually.
Minerals Processing Company Assistant Company Commander 01June2023 through 30June2024
Minerals processing/Water well drilling exercise planning Officer, October 2023 to March 2024
Lead the planning process to develop a world class plan to employ 143 Seabees in distributed operations across both NCBC Gulfport and Camp Shelby. His leadership resulted in the MPC team embarking three non-tactical convoys between NCBC Gulfport and Camp Shelby with zero safety incidents and 100% accountability of 41 PAX, 21 units of CESE, 41 Weapons, and 3 Crypto radios.
Minerals processing/Water well drilling Command Post (CP) exercise OIC, 04 March 2024 through 25 March 2024.
Through professionally managed TOC operations, LT maintained 100% accountability of 143 Seabees and 84 units of CESE and 57 items of non-CESE, valued at $15,600,000. He led a watch team through 24-hour operations, keeping constant communications with Higher Headquarters while responding to both exercise injects and real-world production complications.
Minerals Processing Company Commander 01July2024 through 30June2025
Led 102 Seabees in completion of 2,302 man days of training in support of Battalion Operations, including the FY25 Battalion FTX and BALTOPS25. Under His command, MPC sailors completed 35 schools to increase Battalion training readiness, three C-Schools were among these qualifications. Motivated his sailors to be high achievers and submitted their efforts for numerous recognitions, earning Battalion SOQ awards for two of his hard chargers. He then worked with these high achievers to help submit SOY packages, with one being selected. This sailor went on to be awarded SOY for NCG2, and NECC, making it to the top five Sailors under the CNRF.
BALTOPS25 Skrunda Site OIC 05June2025 to 25June2025
As the Skrunda site OIC, LT was responsible for 17 Seabees and 19 USMC Combat Engineers. He led his Sailors and Marines along side with Latvian Army engineers in combined construction operations. Under LT's leadership, the team completed two fully finished 5-Meter by 10-Meter buildings, a 200-meter-long experimental road section, and improved 200 meters trenches for trench warfare training. His team completed 3,600-man hours over a 15-day period in austere conditions with zero safety incidents.
In addition to leading the construction efforts, LT acted as the LNO between 22NCR and the Latvian's Mezaine training site leadership. He participated in daily leadership meetings deconflicting the BALTOPS construction operations with the Latvian Army's training schedule, ensuring safe movement for US service members moving throughout the training ranges. Allied relationships between the US Navy and Latvian Army were fostered through construction skills cross training, set up between LT Fierro and his Latvian Army Officer counterparts. His sailors taught the Latvian Army engineers valuable vertical construction skills in exchange for classes on portable saw mill operations.
GCC1 Mobilization Det Supply Officer 01July2025 through 10October2025
LT is the liaison officer between the Mobilization Det and Battalion Supply shop. He was responsible for coordinating lodging for the 118 PAX Mobilizing to NCBC Gulfport for Post-MOB training. He built BNRs for tracking mission specific uniform items and sizing for the 78 PAX supporting the SOF mission and worked with supply shop to down select a clothing supplier.
NCB14 Wardroom development
After earning his Seabee Combat Warfare qualification in August 2024, LT contributed to helping his fellow Junior Officers earn their SCW qualification by developing a JO SCW board scenario and sitting on the board panel for three JO SCWs boards.
FOR OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OPERATIONS OFFICER, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP TWO FROM 2022 TO 2025. LIEUTENANT FOWLER DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC VISION, AND OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE IN OVERSEEING THE READINESS, DEPLOYMENT, AND EXECUTION OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCE OPERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE COMBATANT COMMANDS. THROUGH PROGRAMMATIC IMPROVEMENTS, RELENTLESS INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION, AND OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, HE INCREASED ATLANTIC SEABEE CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT BY 165 PERCENT, AUGMENTING SEABEE READINESS AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE CAPABILITIES AT 16 DIFFERENT INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND THE CARIBBEAN. ADDITIONALLY, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE ACUMEN IN DEVELOPING DEPLOYMENT ORDERS PROVIDED CRITICAL MISSION DIRECTION, ENABLING CONSTRUCTION AND LOGISTICS EFFORTS VALUED AT OVER 10 MILLION DOLLARS. MOREOVER, HE SUPERVISED THE UNDERWATER CONSTRUCTION TEAM TWO RELOCATION FROM VIRGINIA TO MISSISSIPPI, SUCCESSFULLY MANAGING THE TRANSITION OF 73 PERSONNEL AND ENSURING THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO EXECUTE THEIR MISSION ON ARRIVAL. BY HIS VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO DUTY, LIEUTENANT FOWLER SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE SEABEES, REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND DEDICATION, CHIEF SEABEE IS COMMENDED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, PROJECT SUPERVISION, AND OPERATIONS. HIS LEADERSHIP ENSURED THE WELFARE, FITNESS, MORALE, AND DISCIPLINE OF 26 SAILORS AND FACILITATED THE COMPLETION OF ALL REQUIRED TRAININGS AND MAINTENANCE OF PGI EQUIPMENT. AS AN INSTRUCTOR, HE ENABLED SEVEN JUNIOR TROOPS TO COMPLETE BPME, PPME, AND IPME COURSES AND 14 USMAP ENROLLMENTS, RESULTING IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF FOUR PERSONNEL. HIS STRATEGIC PLANNING AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE IN PROJECT SUPERVISION LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF 150 CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OVER 2,059 MAN-DAYS AND IDENTIFIED MATERIAL SHORTFALLS VALUED AT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. ADDITIONALLY, HIS MENTORSHIP OF 64 SAILORS IN PLANNING AND ESTIMATING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OVERCAME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, LEADING TO THE COMPLETION OF PROJECTS TOTALING 12,423 MAN-DAYS ACROSS THE EUCOM THEATER. CHIEF SEABEE'S EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND DEDICATION REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT NAS PATUXENT RIVER FROM NOVEMBER 2023 TO MAY 2025. LTJG LENTZ'S LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN RESULTED IN SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF $XXM IN CONSTRUCTION. SHE MANAGED A $23M TO $43M PROJECT PORTFOLIO, WHILE ALSO TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP PROJECT SOPS AND TRAIN HER PEERS, OBTAIN COAR AND PW LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATIONS, AND COMPLETE 100% OF THE DAWIA CONTRACTING PROFESSIONAL COURSEWORK. LTJG LENTZ'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER 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 THE WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR FOR CONSTRUCTION DIVE DETACHMENT BRAVO IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDER, TASK FORCE SIX EIGHT FROM MARCH 2019 TO AUGUST 2019. PETTY OFFICER HAINES SCHEDULED AND SUPERVISED THE COMPLETION OF MAINTENANCE CHECKS FOR FOUR WORK CENTERS, RESULTING IN AROUND THE CLOCK, FULL MISSION READINESS. GOING ABOVE HIS NORMAL SCOPE OF DUTIES, HE IDENTIFIED AND RESTORED DEADLINED EQUIPMENT TO INCLUDE A 7M RHIB AND TWO OUTBOARD ENGINES. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE DETACHMENT'S HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HE LED A FOUR-MAN TEAM INTO LATVIA AND LITHUANIA, SURVEYING 945,000 SQUARE METERS AND IDENTIFYING HAZARDS TO NAVIGATION, ENSURING A SAFE AMPHIBIOUS LANDING FOR U.S. AND ALLIED FORCES DURING THE BALTIC OPERATIONS EXERCISE. PETTY OFFICER HAINES' EXCEPTIONAL 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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT PUBLIC WORKS WASHINGTON FROM JUNE 2021 TO MAY 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, LIEUTENANT JOHNSON MANAGED EIGHT HIGH VISIBILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ACROSS TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED FENCE LINES WITH A COMBINED VALUE OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. ADDITIONALLY, HE COORDINATED AND AWARDED TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN CLOSE OUT MODIFICATIONS FOR THE CENTURIES OLD MARINE CORP BARRACKS AND WASHINGTON'S COMMAND POST WHILE ENSURING PARADE SEASON WAS UNAFFECTED. FURTHER, HE COLLABORATED ON MULTIPLE LEVELS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL UNFORESEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND STATE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE ISSUES FOR THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE COMMAND'S ARCHIVE RENOVATION. LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE JOHNSON'S DISTINCTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS ALFA COMPANY OPERATIONS CHIEF. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER MARTIN PLANNED AND EXECUTED 21 DISPOSITION RUNS FOR 41 PIECES OF CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (CESE) TO NAVAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP ONE, PORT HUENEME. HE ENSURED THE SECURE TURNOVER OF CESE AND ASSETS VALUED AT MORE THAN NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN SUPPORT OF CBMU 303 REUTILIZATION, SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCING OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND ASSET ACCOUNTABILITY. FURTHERMORE, AS CBMU 303 DETACHMENT GUAM, OIC, HE LED 31 SAILORS IN DELIVERING HIGHER HEADQUARTER SUPPORT TO CTF 75/30TH NCR, DEVELOPING POWER DISTRIBUTION AND SECURITY PLANS FOR THE SITES, ERECTING TWO EXPEDITIONARY CAMPS, PROVIDING ALL SUSTAINMENT EFFORTS, AND RETROGRADED ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN TOA ASSETS. HIS PERFORMANCE ENHANCED THE PACIFIC COMMANDER'S STRATEGIC WAR FIGHTING ABILITIES THROUGHOUT THE AOR. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER MARTIN REFLECTED 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 AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE CENTER FOR SEABEES AND FACILITIES ENGINEERING (CSFE), FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI FROM AUGUST 2022 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, STAFF SERGEANT COLLINS PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED ENGINEERING CURRICULUM TO OVER 300 STUDENTS, RESULTING IN 30 STUDENTS RECEIVING ACCELERATED ADVANCEMENT AND LEADING TO HIS SELECTION AS NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND'S 2023 JUNIOR ENLISTED INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR. BY HIS UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGEMENT, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY, STAFF SERGEANT COLLINS REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS SAFETY CHIEF FOR CONSTRUCTION BATTALION MAINTENANCE UNIT TWO ZERO TWO FROM APRIL 2011 TO AUGUST 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SARDOON'S DILIGENT PERFORMANCE AS SAFETY CHIEF BECAME EVIDENT DURING THE BATTALION'S ANNUAL INSPECTION WHEN THE SAFETY PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS EXCEEDING STANDARDS. AS PROJECTS SAFETY INSPECTOR, HE CONDUCTED 456 DAILY INSPECTIONS ON FIVE ONGOING PROJECTS WHICH FACILITATED ZERO CLASS C OR ABOVE MISHAPS. ADDITIONALLY, DURING HIS TIME AT THE COMMAND, HE RECEIVED NEC QUALIFICATIONS AS 6021 MISHAP INSPECTOR, 5959 HAZMAT COORDINATOR, AND NAVAL SAFETY INSPECTOR. AS THE COMMAND MOTORCYCLE COORDINATOR, HE ENSURED ALL RIDERS STAYED UP TO DATE WITH THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING. AS CREW LEADER IN SUPPORT OF TWO NAVAL CONSTRUCTION DIVISION COMMAND POST EXERCISES, HE LED A CREW OF 12 PERSONNEL IN THE SET UP, MAINTENANCE, AND REMOVAL OF 14 BASE-X SHELTER SYSTEMS WHICH WERE KEY COMPONENTS DURING EACH EXERCISE. FINALLY, AS A CREW MEMBER ON LC6-806, HE INSTALLED 400 LINER FEET OF RST AND PLACED 370 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE. PETTY OFFICER SARDOON'S EXCEPTIONAL 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 MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION TWO TWO, FORT CARSON DETACHMENT FROM 11 OCTOBER 2020 TO 19 MARCH 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER JULIAN STEIN DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING THE SAILORS OF HIS DETACHMENT. HE OVERSAW THE GROWTH OF THE DETACHMENT FROM 34 TO 49 SAILORS WHILE MAINTAINING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, MORALE AND READINESS. IN ADDITION, HE CONDUCTED OVER 30 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, PLANNED AND EXECUTED THREE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO PROVIDE IN-RATE TRAINING DURING DRILL WEEKENDS, AND HELPED FOUR SAILORS ACHIEVE THEIR SEABEE COMBAT WARFARE QUALIFICATION. FINALLY, WHILE ACTING AS THE AIR CELL NCOIC DURING THE 2023 RELIEF IN PLACE/ TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY (RIP/TOA), HE COORDINATED 13 CARGO MOVEMENTS, SIX CUSTOMS INSPECTIONS, AND THREE JOINT INSPECTIONS LEADING TO THE REDEPLOYMENT OF 29 ISU CONTAINERS AND 160,000 POUNDS OF CARGO. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER STEIN'S ACHIEVEMENTS AS FORT CARSON DETACHMENT OFFICER IN CHARGE REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE SENIOR LIEUTENANT ON BOARD NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ELEVEN FROM OCTOBER 2022 TO MARCH 2023. LIEUTENANT MAXWELL'S MISCALCULATED ESTIMATIONS AND INATTENTION TO DETAIL FOR A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROJECT TO REFINISH THE OUTDOOR PATIO AT THE OFFICER'S BARRACKS ENSURED PRECIOUS LIBERTY TIME WAS WASTED ON THE AFTERNOON AND WEEKEND FOR ALL FELLOW WARDROOM MEMBERS BELOW THE RANK OF LIEUTENTANT COMMANDER. DUE TO HIS MISCALCULATIONS AND LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE, MULTIPLE PROCUREMENTS WERE MADE TO OBTAIN THE AMOUNT OF PAINT NECESSARY TO ADEQUATELY COMPLETE THE PROJECT. ADDITIONALLY, THE DUTY OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A NEW BATTALION EQUIPMENT EVALUATION PROGRAM STICKER SYMBOLIZING THE PRIDE OF NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ELEVEN WAS SMARTFULLY DELEGATED TO A COMPETENT FELLOW JUNIOR OFFICER, FURTHER EXEMPLIFYING HIS ABILITY TO DO AS LITTLE WORK AS POSSIBLE. HIS UNRELENTING SPIRIT AS A GOOD IDEA FAIRY REFLECTED PAIN AND MISERY UPON HIS FELLOW OFFICERS AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF DELEGATION, SELFISHNESS AND POOR PLANNING AND ESTIMATION.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMPANY COMMANDER FOR NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION ELEVEN, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, FROM SEPTEMBER 2021 TO FEBRUARY 2023. DURING THIS PERIOD, LIEUTENANT RUDOLF EXPERTLY LED 47 SAILORS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MORE THAN 400 PIECES OF CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (CESE) VALUED AT OVER EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS THREE ISLANDS, ENABLING AND SUSTAINING JOINT FLEET MANEUVERABILITY AND RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT AND INTEGRATION (RSO&I) CAPABILITIES IN THE SEVENTH FLEET AOR. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE OF THE UNIT'S SUCCESS DURING THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF 73 MOVEMENTS, NMCB-11 BECAME THE NAVY'S PREMIER OPTION FOR MOBILITY AND HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION FOR 17 UNITS. FINALLY, WHILE SERVING AS WATERFRONT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMMANDER, HE SUPERVISED 30 SEABEES IN THE SWIFT EXECUTION OF PORT DAMAGE REPAIR PROJECTS, ENSURING SUSTAINED HARBOR OPERATIONS IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR COMBAT OPERATION (MCO). LIEUTENANT RUDOLF'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION 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 ASSISTANT RESIDENT OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION FOR MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON FROM DECEMBER 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 2012. THROUGH HIS ROLE AS OPERATIONS OFFICER, LIEUTENANT BAKER MASTERFULLY ORCHESTRATED 52 MILCON AND SPECIAL PROJECTS WORTH AN EXTRAORDINARY 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS IN WIP, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LEADING AND MENTORING 12 JUNIOR OFFICERS. ADDITIONALLY, AS CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, HE MANAGED FIVE DEMANDING PROJECTS WORTH 19 MILLION DOLLARS, COMPLETING THE RENOVATION OF THE SCHOOL OF INFANTRY DINING FACILITY ON TIME, WHILE THE FACILITY REMAINED OPERATIONAL THROUGHOUT THE RENOVATION, CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING HOT MEALS FOR MARINES IN TRAINING. FURTHERMORE, LIEUTENANT BAKER ACHIEVED DAWIA LEVEL II CERTIFICATION AND OBTAINED LICENSURE AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AHEAD OF HIS PEERS. FINALLY, HIS DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE FACILITATED HIS ACCEPTANCE TO THE HIGHLY ESTEEMED OCEAN FACILITIES PROGRAM, WHERE HE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO HIS FELLOW SAILORS, MARINES, AND THE UNITED STATES NAVY. LIEUTENANT BAKER'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.