MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF NAVAL SUBMARINE SUPPORT FACILITY (NSSF) NEW LONDON (NLON) BOAT SHOP FROM OCTOBER 2022 TO AUGUST 2025. PETTY OFFICER MERRIT DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE CREATING AND ADMINISTERING THE SMALL CRAFT AND CRAFT MASTER INSIGNIA PROGRAMS FOR NSSF NLON. HE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED SAILORS ACROSS THE WATERFRONT AS EXCEPTIONAL DIVE TENDER PETTY OFFICERS IN CHARGE. ADDITIONALLY, HIS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AS AN ENGINEER LED TO HIS COORDINATION OF TWO DIVE TENDER AVAILABILITY PERIODS, MAINTAINING SAILOR LED REPAIRS. FURTHER, AS THE REGIONAL SUPPORT GROUP (RSG) FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER ASSOCIATION (FCPOA) PRESIDENT, HE LED CONTINUOUS MORALE EVENTS FOR SAILORS ASSIGNED TO NAVAL SUBMARINE SUPPORT FACILITY (NSSF) NEW LONDON (NLON) AND THE COMMUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE COMMAND. PETTY OFFICER MERRIT'S DETERMINATION AND COMPLETE DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS PRIMARY RANGE SAFETY OFFICER AND HARBOR PATROL SECTION LEADING PETTY OFFICER, U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, CRETE, GREECE FROM MAY 2018 TO JUNE 2020. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL FORESIGHT AND PLANNING ABILITY, PETTY OFFICER MOBLEY LED 180 SAILORS IN THE COMPLETION OF WEAPONS TRAINING, QUALIFICATION, AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT FOR NAVAL, AUXILIARY, AND RESERVE SECURITY FORCES. AS THE PRIMARY RANGE SAFETY OFFICER, HE OVERSAW 470 SMALL ARMS COURSES OF FIRE WITH ZERO SAFETY INCIDENTS AND A NINETY NINE PERCENT QUALIFICATION RATE. IN ADDITION, HIS LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE 2019 COMMANDER'S ASSESSMENT OF READINESS AND TRAINING INSPECTION. FURTHER, HE ASSISTED IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, SOUDA BAY SMALL CRAFT INSIGNIA PROGRAM, QUICKLY QUALIFYING TWELVE SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER MOBLEY'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.