Diving Medical Technician Awards
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT UNIT TWO FROM JULY 2022 TO JUNE 2025. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER PATTERSON DEPLOYED AS THE SOLE MEDICAL PROVIDER FOR TASK FORCE 56.1 ACROSS BAHRAIN, OMAN, KUWAIT, AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION PROSPERITY GUARDIAN. IN THIS IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT, HE SUPPORTED 52 ANTI-TERRORISM AND FORCE PROTECTION DIVES FOR 30 U.S. AND JOINT MARITIME ASSETS AND DEVELOPED AND BRIEFED EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, EXECUTED JOINT TRAINING WITH ALLIED FORCES, AND COORDINATED A TWO MILLION DOLLAR HYPERBARIC CHAMBER EXCHANGE WITH NAVAIR AND HOST-NATION PARTNERS. IN GARRISON, HE LED FIVE CORPSMEN THROUGH 2,700 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS, ADMINISTERED 2,000 COVID-19 VACCINES DURING A PRESIDENTIALLY DIRECTED MISSION, AND MAINTAINED MEDICAL READINESS ABOVE 90 PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER PATTERSON'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
SENIOR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE AND DIVING INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN FROM FEBRUARY 2014 TO JULY 2015. HM1 SPOCK ESTABLISHED AND MANAGED THE COMMAND'S FIRST MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDED OVER 4000 HOURS OF PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE, SICK CALL, AND HEALTH PROMOTION POLICY ENFORCEMENT. AS THE DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AND PRIMARY INSIDE TENDER, HE PROVIDED OVER 10,000 MAN HOURS OF HIGH RISK MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR DIVING AND CHAMBER OPERATIONS AND WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 49 HOURS OF BOTTOM TIME WITH ZERO MISHAPS OR INCIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, HE ORGANIZED AND INSTRUCTED 4200 HOURS OF TRAINING ON ADVANCED DIVING, HYPERBARIC MEDICINE, CPR, AND FIRST AID SKILLS RESULTING IN A MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT COMMAND DIVE TEAM AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMAND'S FIRST BLUE H PENNANT FROM THE NAVY SURGEON GENERAL. PETTY OFFICER SPOCK'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND UNSWERVING DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A DIVE INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN AT SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON 5, SPECIALIZED RESEARCH DIVING DETACHMENT, FROM NOVEMBER 2013 TO MARCH 2014. SENIOR CHIEF SULLIVAN'S EXPANSIVE MEDICAL AND DIVING KNOWLEDGE WAS CRITICAL IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF A HIGHLY SENSITIVE OPERATION CRITICAL TO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES. AS A DIVER, HE COMPLETED AN INTENSE TRAINING CYCLE THAT FOCUSED ON PREPARING FOR THE FIRST OPERATIONAL USE OF THE MK-28 MOD 0. AS THE MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVE HE WAS THE SOLE MEDICAL PROVIDER ONBOARD A VESSEL OF OPPORTUNITY IN AN ISOLATED LOCATION WERE HE OVERSAW THE HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE OF ALL PERSONNEL. ADDITIONALLY, DURING MULTIPLE HIGH RISK EVOLUTIONS HE WAS THE OVERALL SAFETY OBSERVER AND CONSISTENTLY IMPLEMENTED OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE THAT EVOLUTIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE SAFEST MANNER POSSIBLE. SENIOR CHIEF SULLIVAN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION 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 WHILE SERVING AS THE DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AT THE U.S. NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY AND JAPAN REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER, YOKOSUKA, JAPAN FROM 21 SEPTMBER 2018 THROUGH 20 FEBRUARY 2019. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER STARLING PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE AND COVERAGE TO 93 PERSONNEL. AS ASSISTANT LPO, HE HELPED QUALIFY TWO INSIDE TENDERS, TWO CHAMBER OPERATORS, TWO DLSS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, AND MENTORED A NEWLY QUALIFIED, NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EMT. ADDITIONALLY, HE QUALIFIED EMT, BLS INSTRUCTOR, TACTICAL CASUALTY COMBAT CARE INSTRUCTOR, AND NOFFS ACFL. MOREOVER, HE HELPED STREAMLINE THE HIRING OF TWO JAPANESE DIVERS BY PROVIDING MEDICAL INPUT TO A MULTI-COMMAND APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WHICH INCREASED CODE 338 MANNING BY TEN PERCENT. HIS EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO SRF-JRMC'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS MISSION OF "KEEPING THE SEVENTH FLEET OPERATIONALLY READY" AND DIRECTLY LED TO HIS SELECTION AS SRF JRMC'S SAILOR OF THE YEAR. PETTY OFFICER STARLING'S PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT 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 DIVE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AT THE NAVAL EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT FROM DECEMBER 2011 TO DECEMBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER HOLLINGSHEAD EXPERTLY SERVED AS TASK LEADER, MEDICAL DECK TECHNICIAN, AND HUMAN RESEARCH TECHNICIAN MAKING HIM INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COLLECTION OF OVER 37,000 DATA POINTS. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED FOR 26 SEPARATE DIVING PROTOCOLS INCLUDING SATURATION DIVES, TRI-MIX STUDIES, AND HEATED GARMENT TESTING LOGGING OVER 330 HOURS TOTAL BOTTOM TIME. PETTY OFFICER HOLLINGSHEAD'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, 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 WHILE SERVING AS DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AT U.S. NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY (SRF) AND JAPAN REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (JRMC), YOKOSUKA, JAPAN FROM FEBRUARY 2015 TO AUGUST 2017. PETTY OFFICER AVIGNONE CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS SRF-JRMC'S SOLE MEDICAL CORPSMAN, HE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE PREPARATION FOR TWO MAJOR INSPECTIONS. HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL ENSURED ALL MEDICAL SUPPLIES WERE ON-HAND AND EMERGENCY LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WERE CERTIFIED CURRENT AND AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MEDICAL READINESS. ADDITIONALLY, HE MAINTAINED AND MANAGED 73 U.S. NAVY PERSONNEL AND MLC DIVERS' MEDICAL HEALTH AND DIVE PHYSICAL RECORDS WHICH RESULTED IN A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DIVING SAFETY CENTER SURVEY AND DIVING OPERATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT WHICH GREATLY INPRESSED NAVAL SEA SYSTEM COMMAND INSPECTORS. PETTY OFFICER AVIGNONE'S PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, SECOND RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, SECOND MARINE DIVISION, FROM JUNE 2012 TO FEBRUARY 2015. AS UNLIMITED DIVING SUPERVISOR, HOSPITAL CORPSMAN FIRST CLASS WEBSTER CONDUCTED 745 INCIDENT FREE DIVES AND 15 PRESSURE TESTS. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF 227 PRE-DIVE STUDENTS, HE PROVIDED FLAWLESS MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR NUMEROUS PRE-DIVE CLASSES RESULTING IN 116 RECONNAISSANCE MARINES COMPLETING COMBATANT DIVER SCHOOL. HIS EXPERTISE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A 400,000 DOLLAR BUDGET, MAINTAINED 60 CERTIFIED MK-25 AND TWO CERTIFIED RECOMPRESSION CHAMBERS AND PROVIDED ON-SITE MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR SIX PARACHUTE DROPS AND BOTH OPEN AND CLOSED CIRCUIT DIVE OPERATIONS. AS FLEET MARINE FORCE PROGRAM COORDINATOR, HOSPITAL CORPSMAN FIRST CLASS WEBSTER ORGANIZED AND TRAINED 29 SAILORS RESULTING IN ALL RECEIVING THEIR WARFARE DESIGNATOR. HOSPITAL CORPSMAN FIRST CLASS WEBSTER'S INITIATIVE, PERSERVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A DIVING MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (DMT) AT U.S. NAVAL SHIP REPAIR FACILITY AND JAPAN REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (SRF-JRMC), YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, 25 APRIL 2014. ON THIS DATE, PETTY OFFICER EDWARDS DEMONSTRATED METICULOUS DEDICATION TO PROFESSIONALISM AS A DMT DURING THE 2014 NAVAL SAFETY CENTER DIVING SAFETY SURVEY. HE SOLEY ENSURED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MEDICAL READINESS OF 27 USN/MLC DIVERS, AND MAINTAINED AND INVENTORIED FOUR DIVING MEDICAL KITS, OXYGEN SYSTEMS, AND DEFIBRELATORS. AS A RESULT OF HIS DETAILED AND DILIGENT PERFORMANCE, THE COMMAND RECEIVED AN OUTSTANDING SURVEY RESULT WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES FOUND AND THE SENIOR OFFICER FROM THE SURVEY TEAM STATED THAT HIS MEDICAL READINESS AND ORGANIZATION WERE THAT OF A SEASONED AND EXPERIENCED IDC/DMT. PETTY OFFICER EDWARDS' OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.