Embassy Security Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE SECURITY GUARD AT DETACHMENTS PRISTINA, KOSOVO AND GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA, MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP FROM JULY 2021 TO JUNE 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL POETER PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE PROVIDED OVER 4,900 HOURS OF ARMED INTERNAL SECURITY TO DEFEND HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND LOCAL PERSONNEL, SAFEGUARD CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, PROTECT MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES AND OTHER INTERESTS VITAL TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. HIS OPERATIONAL ACUMEN AND UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX EMBASSY REGULATIONS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SUSTAINING COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION AT THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS IN WHICH HE SERVED. IN ADDITION, HIS OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO THE DETACHMENTS IN WHICH HE SERVED AND HIS LEADERSHIP ABILITIES EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS AS HE AGGRESSIVELY SUPPORTED AND TRAINED THE MARINES AROUND HIM. CORPORAL POETER'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL 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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEAD SEABEE TECHNICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST AT NAVAL SUPPORT UNIT, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, U.S. EMBASSY MEXICO CITY, MEXICO FROM MAY 2018 TO JUNE 2022. PETTY OFFICER SPANGLER FLAWLESSLY COMPLETED 47 TDY MISSIONS, CRITICAL TO SAFEGUARDING CLASSIFIED MATERIAL, 7,500 PERSONNEL, AND MISSION CRITICAL EQUIPMENT AT DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES ACROSS THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS REGION. HE WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTALLING, TROUBLESHOOTING, AND MAINTAINING TECHNICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS VALUED AT MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS 21 POSTS. HIS SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE COUPLED WITH HIS STRONG WORK ETHIC LED TO HIS SELECTION AS THE NAVAL SUPPORT UNIT JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SPANGLER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE SECURITY GUARD, MARINE SECURITY GUARD SECURITY AUGMENTATION UNIT, MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP, FROM 12 JANUARY 2015 TO 17 JANUARY 2018. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT CERECEDES DISPLAYED UNPARALLELED INITIATIVE AND CONSISTENT PROFESSIONALISM, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING SEVEN SECURITY MISSIONS, DEDICATING OVER 3110 HOURS TO ARMED SECURITY AND COUNTLESS HOURS TO IMPROVING THE INITIAL CERTIFICATION TRAINING, INCORPORATING MORE REALISTIC TRAINING SCENARIOS WHICH GREATLY ENHANCED THE MARINES' TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY AND UNDERSTANDING OF SECURITY AUGMENTATION OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, SERGEANT CERECEDES, THROUGH HIS FORESIGHT AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE, WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MODIFICATION AND COMPLETION OF FIVE INITIAL CERTIFICATION CLASSES, TRAINING 151 MARINES. FURTHER, HE INSTRUCTED OVER 50 MARINES IN MARINE CORPS MARTIAL ARTS PROGRAM THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AT THE UNIT, AWARDING 35 BELTS. STAFF SERGEANT CERECEDES' PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE SECURITY GUARD, MARINE SECURITY GUARD SECURITY AUGMENTATION UNIT (MSAU), MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP, FROM 4 MAY 2015 TO 31 JANUARY 2018. STAFF SERGEANT CUTLER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER, SKILLFULLY COORDINATING AND SUPERVISING FIVE INITIAL CERTIFICATION CLASSES, CERTIFIYING 151 MARINES FOR MSAU. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF SERGEANT CUTLER DISPLAYED CONSISTENT PROFESSIONALISM IN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING ONE SECURITY AUGMENTATION MISSION AND TWO VERY IMPORTANT PERSONS MISSIONS, DEDICATING 3090 HOURS TO ARMED SECURITY AND CONDUCTING 60 TRAINING RESPONSE DRILLS. MOREOVER, HE SERVED AS THE RANGE SAFETY OFFICER FOR 25 LIVE FIRE RANGES, EXPENDING OVER 280,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION TO TRAIN 375 MARINES WHICH GREATLY ENHANCED THE UNIT'S OPERATIONAL READINESS. FINALLY, HE COMPLETED THE REMOTE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COURSE, AND USED THIS KNOWLEDGE AND PAST EXPERIENCE TO BRIEF 384 CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES ON MSAU MEDICAL CAPABILITIES AND TRAINING. STAFF SERGEANT CUTLER'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE SECURITY GUARD, MARINE SECURITY AUGMENTATION UNIT, MARINE SECURITY GUARD DETACHMENTS ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE, AND GUANGZHOU, CHINA FROM AUGUST 2013 TO JULY 2016. SERGEANT REID'S LEADERSHIP, SUPERIOR SKILLS, AND UNWAVERING DETERMINATION WERE CLEARLY EVIDENT AS HE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLICATED EMBASSY SECURITY REGULATIONS AND OPERATIONS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION AT THE DIPLOMATIC POSTS WHERE HE SERVED. SERGEANT REID PROVIDED OVER 3,200 HOURS OF ARMED INTERNAL SECURITY TO EFFECTIVELY SAFEGUARD CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND LOCAL PERSONNEL, AND MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. THE SUCCESS OF THE DETACHMENTS DURING THIS PERIOD WAS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND GUNG HO ATTITUDE. SERGEANT REID'S PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A MARINE SECURITY GUARD ASSIGNED TO UNITED STATES EMBASSY OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO, ATTACHED TO REGION SEVEN, MARINE CORPS EMBASSY SECURITY GROUP FROM 1 AUGUST 2016 TO 10 OCTOBER 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT JUMAILI DEMONSTRATED DILIGENCE, BRAVERY, DISCIPLINE, AND TACT UNCOMMON FOR A MARINE IN HIS GRADE. ON 21 SEPTEMBER, IN DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH GENERAL ZHAMBANDI, SERGEANT JUMAILI DISPLAYED BEARING AND PROFESSIONALISM AND PREVENTED GENERAL ZHAMBANDI FROM SEEKING ASYLUM ABOARD THE EMBASSY COMPOUND. ADDITIONALLY, ON 21 SEPTEMBER, SERGEANT JUMAILI MAINTAINED POISE AND COMPOSURE UNDER INDIRECT FIRE DURING A COUNTRY WIDE COUP DE'TAT AND VALIANTLY LED AMERICAN EMPLOYEES AND LOCAL STAFF TO DESIGNATED SAFE HAVENS BEFORE ASSUMING AN OVERWATCH POSITION OF THE COMPOUND. SERGEANT JUMAILI'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCE LIAISON ELEMENT NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER, UNITED STATES EMBASSY YAOUNDE, CAMEROON FROM SEPTEMBER 2015 TO MARCH 2016. PETTY OFFICER KANKAM FLAWLESSLY COORDINATED OVER 200 AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT CAMEROON, ASSISTING THE SENIOR DEFENCE ATTACHE OFFICIAL IN MAINTAINING ACCOUNTABILITY OF ALL U.S. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TRANSITING INTO THE COUNTRY. HE SUPERVISED DAILY POSTAL OPERATIONS, RECEIVED AND DISPATCHED OVER 55,000 POUNDS OF MAIL TO VARIOUS OUTSTATIONS TO INCLUDE TEAM LIMBE AND TEAM MAROUA. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE FACILITIES MANAGER FOR TASK UNIT CAMEROON, HE FLAWLESSLY DIRECTED THE EFFORTS OF 80 MAINTENANCE WORKS WHICH REDUCED OUSTANDING FACILITY WORK ORDERS BY 95 PERCENT. HE SKILLFULLY MANAGED 75,000 DOLLARS IN OPERATIONAL FUNDS AND THE RECEPTION, STAGING, ONWARD MOVEMENT, AND INTEGRATION OF OVER 350 PERSONNEL. PETTY OFFICER KANKAM'S INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING 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 ASSISTANT DETACHMENT COMMANDER DURING THE CIVIL UNREST THAT OCCURRED IN BRAZZAVILLE, THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO FROM 18 OCTOBER 2015 TO 15 OCTOBER 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT CALDERON AND OTHER MARINES RESPONDED TO THE EMBASSY FOR A PERIOD OF SEVEN DAYS WHERE THEY PROVIDED CONTINUOUS SECURITY FOR THE CHANCERY. SERGEANT CALDERON COORDINATED WITH NUMBEROUS OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO OBTAIN RESOURCES AND PREPARE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAINING THE WATCH SCHEDULE AND PARTICIPATING IN QUICK REACTION FORCE OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, SERGEANT CALDERON MANAGED AND IMPLEMENTED TRAINING THAT HAD A DIRECT AND SUSTAINED IMPACT ON THE PREPAREDNESS AND SURVIVABILITY OF THE DETACHMENT. STAFF SERGEANT CUTLER'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.