MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS AN ACOUSTIC DATA ANALYST AT COMMANDER, SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET DATA REDUCTION CENTER AND COMMAND FITNESS LEADER (CFL) AT SUBMARINE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT PROGRAM FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 TO OCTOBER 2024. PETTY OFFICER COOKSON ANALYZED FIVE MISSION DATA COLLECTIONS OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ACOUSTIC INTELLIGENCE CONTAINED IN 26 HOURS OF ACOUSTIC DATA, PROVIDING VITAL FEEDBACK TO PACIFIC FLEET SUBMARINES AND CONTRIBUTING TO FLEET OPTIMAL ACOUSTIC READINESS. AS A CFL, HE AUDITED AND MANAGED 48 SAILORS' PFA RECORDS, CONDUCTED 12 PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENTS, AND CREATED A FITNESS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM THAT INCREASED COMMAND PHYSICAL READINESS, AND, IN TURN, IMPROVED THE CFL PROGRAM AND ENSURED THE COMMAND WAS IN EXCELLENT STANDING PRIOR TO THE END OF PFA CYCLE 2023. PETTY OFFICER COOKSON'S UNWAVERING VIGILANCE, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE DATA ANALYST FOR MARINE AVIATION LOGISTICS SQUADRON 49, MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 49, 4TH MARINE AIRCRAFT WING FROM 11 OCTOBER 2016 TO 22 MARCH 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT TENNANT ANALYZED, VALIDATED, AND PROCESSED OVER 26,000 MAINTENANCE ACTION FORMS WHICH ENABLED THE SQUADRON TO SAFELY ACCOMPLISH 90,000 MAINTENANCE MAN HOURS WITH A REPAIR RATE OF 72 PERCENT. SERGEANT TENNANT'S UNRELENTING WORK ETHIC WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SQUADRON'S PREPARATION FOR MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO SUCCEED WAS EVIDENT DURING THE AVIATION MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT TEAM INSPECTION, WHERE THE DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAM RECEIVED A GRADE OF ON-TRACK WITH NO SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES. SERGEANT TENNANT'S ENTHUSIASM, EFFICIENCY, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS CMA DATA ANALYST IN NAVY BLUE TEAM FROM AUGUST 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2022. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER HARDING PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS RESOURCEFULNESS AND LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF OVER 100,000 NETWORK VULNERABILITIES ACROSS MULTIPLE NAVAL NETWORKS. ADDITIONALLY, HE SPENT OVER 200 HOURS TESTING AND INCORPORATING NUMEROUS CYBER SECURTIY TOOLS TO IMPROVE NAVY BLUE TEAM'S MISSION. PETTY OFFICER HARDING'S TECHNICAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.