Fire Marshal Awards
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MER 1 AND MER 2 WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR ON MAHAN FROM AUGUST 2021 TO AUGUST 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR SERVED AS FIRE MARSHAL FOR ALL 8010 DRILLS DURING MAHAN'S SELECTED RESTRICTED AVAILABILITY AND WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS PERFORMANCE. HE SAVED THE SHIP FROM SEVERAL CASUALITES INCLUDING THE FLOODING OF SHAFT ALLEY, WHICH, WITHOUT HIS IMMEDIATE ACTIONS, WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS FOR MAHAN. PETTY OFFICER SAILOR'S LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE WITHIN MAIN PROPULSION IS UNMATCHED AND WAS INDISPENSABLE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE FLIGHT DECK CREW ON MAHAN'S COMFIFTHFLEET AND COMSIXTHFLEET DEPLOYMENT. MOREOVER, HE WAS CRUCIAL TO THE DAMAGE CONTROL MATERIAL ASSESSMENT, ASSISTING WITH 30 CHECKS AND LIGHT OFF ASSESSMENT, CORRECTING OVER 30 CRITICAL SAFE TO OPERATE HITS AND OVER 50 MATERIAL DESCREPANCIES. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS DUTY FIRE MARSHAL ON 24 FEBRUARY 2024. ON THAT DAY, DESPITE THE DANGER AND THE RISK TO HER PERSONAL SAFETY, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN COMBATING A CLASS ALPHA FIRE, RAPIDLY EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE AND SAVING THE SHIP AND ITS PERSONNEL FROM IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE AND INJURY. WITH EXCEPTIONAL POISE AND LEADERSHIP, SHE TOOK CONTROL OF FIRE FIGHTING EFFORTS AT THE SCENE AND ASSISTED IN THE REMOVAL OF QUICK DISCONNECT SERVICES, AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES. THROUGH HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SAILOR 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 FIGHTING A SHIPBOARD FIRE ON 24 FEBRUARY 2024. ON THAT DAY, PETTY OFFICER MORRIS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN COMBATING A CLASS ALPHA FIRE. HIS EXPEDITIOUS DEPLOYMENT TO THE SCENE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RAPID EXTINGUISHING OF THE FIRE, SAVING THE SHIP FROM POTENTIALLY IMMEASURABLE DAMAGE. HE EXECUTED HIS DUTIES QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND MET THE CHALLENGE OF FIGHTING A QUICKLY EXPANDING FIRE HEAD-ON, PREVENTING THE FIRE FROM ESCALATING AND SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE PASSAGEWAY. THROUGH HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER MORRIS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.