MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS FLIGHT DECK OFFICER ONBOARD USS LEWIS B. PULLER (ESB 3) FROM NOVEMBER 2017 TO SEPTEMBER 2018. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER TOMASETTI PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS FLIGHT DECK OFFICER, HE PROVIDED GUIDANCE FOR 26 FLIGHT DECK CREWMEN DURING 40 HOURS OF CH-47 HELICOPTER FLIGHT OPERATIONS. IN ADDITION, HE CONDUCTED INTEGRATED MILITARY TRAINING WITH FOREIGN MILITARY FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IN SUPPORT OF EASTER EAGLE AND FIFTH FLEET'S LARGEST COALITION EXERCISE. HE WAS INSTUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF OVER 50 HOURS OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS AND 350 LAUNCH AND RECOVERIES WITH H-60S, MV-22S, AND H-1 HELICOPTERS DURING PULLER'S DYNAMIC INTERFACE TESTING. BY HIS DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHIMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY, CHIEF TOMASETTI REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.