Equal Opportunity (CMEO) Advisor Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, AND ACTING LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE WHILE ASSIGNED TO NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMP LEJEUNE FROM JULY 2022 TO JANUARY 2024. PETTY OFFICER WASHINGTON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE SKILLFULLY AIDED IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF 25 CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS FOR OVER FOUR HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS ACROSS THE BASE. HER CONTRIBUTIONS AS A MEMBER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND LEADING PETTY OFFICER FAR SURPASSED EXPECTATIONS AND LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE TO THOUSANDS OF ACTIVE DUTY, CIVILIAN, AND FAMILIES STATIONED ON CAMP LEJEUNE. MOREOVER, PETTY OFFICER WASHINGTON HELD TRUE TO HER DUTIES AND EXCEEDED THEM BY PERSONALLY LEADING 15 OF THESE CRITICAL EVENTS HERSELF. PETTY OFFICER WASHINGTON'S EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS NAVY EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT COMMAND FORCE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADVISOR. FROM JULY 2014 TO JUNE 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF WRIGHT PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF WITH OUTSTANDING EXPERTISE AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF DUTY. HE MANAGED FOURTEEN ECHELON IV COMMANDS, ALONG WITH OVER 300 SUBORDINATE COMMANDS, AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF COMMAND CLIMATE ASSESSMENTS FOR A FORCE OF OVER 30,000 PERSONNEL. AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT FOR NECC FORCES, HE TRACKED AND REVIEWED OVER 50 FORMAL EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMPLAINTS TO ENSURE ALL NAVY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WERE ADHERED TO. THROUGH HIS LEADERSHIP AND SOUND KNOWLEDGE IN PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND TRAINING TO SUBORDIANATES, PEERS, AND SENIORS, HE WAS ABLE TO BRING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY BACK TO THE FOREFRONT OF OUR PRIORITIES. AVIATION BOATSWAIN'S MATE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT'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 HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS DIVERSITY ACTION OFFICER AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND MARYLAND FROM JUNE 2014 TO AUGUST 2016. AS THE CORNERSTONE FOR ALL DIVERSITY EVENTS AT NIOC MARYLAND AND TWO EVENTS FOR U.S. FLEET CYBERCOMMAND, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER LEFTOVICH DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ABILITY BY LEADING A TEAM OF 15 SAILORS AND ONE DOD CIVILIAN TO FURTHER THE NAVY'S DIVERSITY GOALS. HER TIRELESS EFFORTS LED TO THE HIGH PROFILE SUCCESS OF THE 2015 FORT MEADE GARRISON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY OBSERVANCE WHERE SHE PLANNED AND COORDINATED THE GUEST SPEAKER, DEPUTY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE NAVY, AND OVERSAW THE LOGISTICS FOR 300 JOINT SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CIVILIANS IN ATTENDANCE. ADDITIONALLY, SHE WAS A KEY FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OF THE 2015 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH OBSERVANCE WHERE SHE PLANNED AND COORDINATED THE ARRIVAL OF GUEST SPEAKERS, MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE NAVY, AND COMMANDER U.S FLEET CYBERCOMMAND, AND OVERSAW THE LOGISTICS FOR OVER 100 SAILORS IN ATTENDANCE. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER LEFTOVICH'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS DIVERSITY ACTION OFFICER AT NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION ATLANTIC (NCTAMS-LANT) FROM JUNE 2015 TO AUGUST 2018. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BROWN'S ACTIONS IN THIS KEY POSITION PROVIDED A LASTING FOUNDATION FOR THE NAVY'S DIVERSITY OBJECTIVES. HIS SUPERB MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS WHILE ONBOARD LED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE 2014-2016 TOWN HALL MEETING ATTENDED BY OVER 110 COMMANDS. COMMITTED TO BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A STRONG WORKING ENVIRONMENT, HE EDUCATED OVER 1,000 PERSONNEL THROUGH THE IMMERSIVE PROGRAMS THAT HE AND HIS TEAM DEVELOPED WHICH RECOGNIZED INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS AND FACILITATED A CULTURE OF DIVERSITY THROUGHOUT NCTAMS LANT AND ITS NINE SUBORDINATE COMMANDS. HE DISPLAYED VITAL LEADERSHIP, COHESION AND VIGOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING OF FUTURE CPOS DURING MCPONS CPO 365 AND INDUCTION SEASON OF PRIDE. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER BROWN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
WHILE SERVING AS A RACE RELATIONS EDUCATION SPECIALIST FOR TRAINING AIR WING ONE, NAVAL AIR STATION, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, FROM 22 AUGUST 1973 TO 17 JANUARY 1975. DURING THIS PERIOD PETTY OFFICER WATSON DISPLAYED EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION AND TIRELESS DEVOTION WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE RACE RELATIONS EDUCATION PROGRAM AS A SEMINAR FACILITATOR. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAINING AIR WING ONE PROGRAM AS WELL AS PERSONALLY FACILITATING OVER ONE THOUSAND MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. PETTY OFFICER WATSON'S CAPABILITIES AS A FACILITATOR AND DESIRE TO EXCEL HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE NAVY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY GOALS AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE IDEALS EMBODIED IN THE DOD HUMAN GOALS CREDO. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER WATSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.