Intelligence Specialist Citations
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST AND INSTRUCTOR AT EODTEU ONE FROM 01 OCT 10 TO MAY 11. PETTY OFFICER CARNEY CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING HIS EXPERTISE IN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST HE PROVIDED MISSION CRITICAL IED, VBIED, AND INCIDENT REPORTING INFORMATION TO OVER 350 EXPLOSIVE ORDANCE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL DURING MORE THEN 15 MISSION/TRAINING BRIEFINGS ON CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM AND AFRICOM AREAS OF OPERATION. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER CARNEY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS INDEPENDENT DUTY INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST ONBOARD USS AUGUSTA, FROM OCTOBER 2025 TO MARCH 2026. PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ'S SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF OPERATION BORDER TRIDENT 2026. WHILE ONBOARD AUGUSTA, PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ CONDUCTED 53 OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS, CREATED 75 DAILY SLIDES AND FOUR STORYBOARDS, AND MAINTAINED AWARENESS OF 200 VESSELS OF INTEREST, DIRECTLY BOLSERING AUGUSTA'S WARFIGHTING CAPABILITY. PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST WITH THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION COUNTER NARCOTICS AND CONTRABAND BRANCH FROM 9 FEBRUARY 2025 TO 26 JUNE 2025. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER AMANDA D. SMITH DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL ANALYTICAL SKILL AND INITIATIVE WHILE COLLABORATING WITH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ANALYSTS. SHE COORDINATED WITH THE AIR AND MARINE OPERATIONS CENTER (AMOC), THE CENTER FOR AIR AND MARINE DRONE EXPLOITATION (CAMDEX), THE JOINT PED OPERATIONS CENTER (JPOC), THE OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS (OFO), AND THE UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL (USBP) TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC LEVEL ASSESSMENT OF THE THREAT FROM UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) TO THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION, SHE PRODUCED A DETAILED INTELLIGENCE REFERENCE ON UAS THREATS TO BORDER SECURITY AND WEEKLY REPORTS ON WEAPONS SEIZURES, GREATLY ENHANCING OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING AND EFFICIENCY. FURTHER, SHE HELPED REVISE SEVERAL DRAFT INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS AND CO-AUTHORED A KEY ARTICLE ON BORDER VIOLENCE, IMPROVING ACCURACY AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON THE BORDER. PETTY OFFICER SMITH'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST FROM MARCH 2017 TO AUGUST 2017. PETTY OFFICER VETROMILE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS A KEY MEMBER OF THE THIRD FLEET MARITIME INTELLIGECE ANALYSIS CELL, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OPERATION TOMADACHI'S SUPPORT WATCH, PRODUCING TWELVE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS AND DEVOTING OVER 40 HOURS TO PROVIDING TIME SENSITIVE, IN DEPTH ANALYSIS. DEMONSTRATING UNMATCHED INITIATIVE, HE MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THREE TRAINING BRIEFS WHICH WERE VITAL TO THE TRAINING OF NAVAL OFFICERS, IMPROVED THE SKILLS OF THE DIVISION, AND PROVIDED DAILY STRATEGIC SUPPORT FOR THE COMMANDER UPDATE BRIEFS. PETTY OFFICER VETROMILE'S FORESIGHT AND EXPERIENCE ENSURED ALL THIRD FLEET MARITIME FORCES, ASSOCIATED JOINT COMMANDS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MAINTAINED TIMELY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE THIRD, FIFTH, AND SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. PETTY OFFICER VETROMILE'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST FOR PATROL SQUADRON SIXTEEN FROM APRIL 2010 TO JULY 2012. AS THE LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, IS1 VASQUEZ WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE TRAINING OF 12 COMBAT AIRCREWS AND OVER 150 AIRCREWMEN DURING THE SQUADRON’S 2011 OPERATIONAL READINESS EVALUATION (ORE) FOR THE UPCOMING PACOM DEPLOYMENT. HIS ALL-INCLUSIVE TRAINING REGIMENT RESULTED IN AN OVERALL SCORE OF 99% ON THE PLATFORM RECOGNITION EXAMINATION WITH ZERO FAILURES. AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HIS UNMATCHED TECHNICAL ABILITY ALLOWED HIM TO PROVIDE RELEVANT AND USEFUL MISSION BRIEFS AND POST MISSION PRODUCTS IN FOUR DIFFERENT AORS. PETTY OFFICER VASQUEZ'S PERSERVERANCE, AND UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL INITIATIVE AND SUPERB ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN THE SUPERVISION AND TRAINING OF SEVEN INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS. HER EXCEPTIONAL ENTHUSIASM, OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS FACILITATED THE TIMELY PRODUCTION OF 40 CRITICAL INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS, SUPPORTED PLANNING AND EXECUTING OF 2 RESPONSE OPTION MISSIONS, SUPPORTED PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF 14 LFS/LFE MISSIONS, SUPPORTED 4 WORLD SERIES EVENTS, SUPPORTED 7 TSTS, AND INVENTORIED AND ORGANIZED ALL OF CVN77 GNC, JNC, ONC, AND TPC CHARTS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF GHWB CSG C2X/JTFX. IN ADDITION, HER DEVOTION TO THE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF OTHERS INCREASED THE OVERALL READINESS OF THE SIAC WORK CENTER. IS1 BARTON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF 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 INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST AND INSTRUCTOR AT EODTEU ONE FROM 01 OCT 10 TO MAY 11. PETTY OFFICER CARNEY CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING HIS EXPERTISE IN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST HE PROVIDED MISSION CRITICAL IED, VBIED, AND INCIDENT REPORTING INFORMATION TO OVER 350 EXPLOSIVE ORDANCE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL DURING MORE THEN 15 MISSION/TRAINING BRIEFINGS ON CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM AND AFRICOM AREAS OF OPERATION. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER CARNEY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS THE COMMAND'S FIRST INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST (IS), IS1 SULLIVAN'S INTEL BRIEFS FOR LVL III ACTC SYLLABUS EVENTS WERE IMPLEMENTED AS THE NEW STANDARD FOR ALL WEST COAST HSC SQUADRONS TO FOLLOW. HIS DEDICATION TO EXCELLENCE AT MISSION PLANNING RESULTED IN NSAWC RECOGNITION OF HSC-15 AND HIMSELF DURING REBLUE 2014. IS1'S TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN THE JOINT MISSION PLANNING SYSTEM (JMPS) WAS CRITICAL TO CVW-17’S SUCCESSFUL PREPARATION FOR THE 2014 DEPLOYMENT. HE AUTHORED ALL 21 OF AIR WING FALLON PRE-FLIGHT STRIKE BRIEFS WHILE CONTINUING TO LEAD 10 INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE DAILY FLAG INTEL BRIEF AS THE SENIOR SIAC WATCH SUPERVISOR. IS1 TRAINED CVW-17 PILOTS AND AIRCREW ON INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS OF THREATS, RESULTING IN PRECISE AND SAFE MISSION PLANNING AND EXECUTION DURING OVER 4,500 OPERATIONAL AND TRAINING FLIGHT HOURS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SULLIVAN REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST, COASTAL RIVERINE GROUP ONE, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT COMMAND FROM OCTOBER XXXX TO NOVEMBER XXXX. IS1 SULLIVAN'S LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL INIATIVE AS ASSISTANT SECURITY MANAGER WERE INTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING ALL RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL MAINTAINED THE PROPER CLEARANCES, CLASSIFIED MATERIALS AND SPACES REMAINED SECURE, AND ANNUAL INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT AND COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS WERE MET. DURING THIS PERIOD HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE 3912 NEC AND ACHIEVED DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED ANTI-TERRORISM SPECIALIST. PETTY OFFICER SULLIVAN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY THROUGHOUT REFLECT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST THIRD CLASS MICHAEL A. OHANISAIN, UNITED STATES NAVY, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, J2 INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, JOINT TASK FORCE GUANTANAMO, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, FROM 5 APRIL 2014 TO 1 MAY 2015 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR. INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OHANISAIN'S STRONG WORK ETHIC AND MATURE LEADERSHIP LED TO HIS SELECTION AS THE J2 INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR'S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. IN THIS KEY POSITION, HIS EFFORTS WERE PARAMOUNT IN THE DIRECTORATE'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE CRITICAL STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT JOINT TASK FORCE PRIORITIES AND UPPER ECHELON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PLANNING. HIS INNOVATIVE USE OF RESOURCES WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING DIRECTORATE DIVISION'S 100% OPERATIONAL CAPACITY AND A WORKFORCE OF OVER 150 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WHILE REMAINING WITHIN STRICT BUDGET PARAMETERS. AS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPLOITATION CELL, HE SUPERVISED THE DETAINEE CALL TRACKER AND SHAREPOINT INTEGRATION TO ENSURE ACCURATE FUSION CELL ANALYSIS AND ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS TO SUSTAIN THE JOINT TASK FORCE MISSION. DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OHANISAIN ACHIEVED OUTSTANDING RESULTS IN EXECUTING THE COMMAND'S 2014 CYCLE 2 NAVY PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT FOR 100% ACCOUNTABILITY OF OVER 200 SAILORS. THROUGH HIS DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OHANISAIN REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE UNITED STATES NAVY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
FOR HEROISM IN CONNECTION WITH GROUND OPERATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS PATRICK B. KELSO, UNITED STATES NAVY, DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF ON 31 MARCH 2007, WHILE SERVING AS AN AUXILIARY SPECIAL OPERATIONS CAPABLE INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ. WHILE SET UP IN A NIGHT DEFENSIVE POSITION, PETTY OFFICER KELSO, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE PLATOONS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, CAME UNDER INTENSE ROCKET, GRENADE, AND SMALL ARMS FIRE FROM A NUMERICALLY SUPERIOR ENEMY FORCE. DESPITE THE OVERWHELMING ODDS, PETTY OFFICER KELSO MAINTAINED HIS POSITION AND DELIVERED ACCURATE AND DEVASTATING SUPPRESSIVE FIRE UPON EMEMY FORCES. HE CONTINUALLY EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THE INTENSE BARRAGE OF INDIRECT AND DIRECT FIRE, RETURNED FIRE, AND ADMINISTERED AID TO THE WOUNDED. PETTY OFFICER KELSO DEMONSTRATED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF GALLANTRY AGAINST AN OVERWHELMING ARMED ENEMY AND CONTINUED TO PUT HIMSELF IN THE LINE OF ENEMY FIRE AS HE MANEUVERED AN INDEPENDENT FIRE TEAM TO A COVERED POSITION FROM WHICH THEY COULD EFFECTIVELY DEFEND THEMSELVES AND REESTABLISH CONTROL OVER ENEMY POSITIONS. THOUGH WOUNDED EARLIER THAT EVENING, HE CONTINUED TO LEAD HIS TEAM IN A MANNER THAT WOULD DELIVER A PRECISE, ACCURATE, AND EFFECTIVE RESPONSE. HIS LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONALISM UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE INSPIRED HIS PEERS TO FIGHT, RESULTING IN THE ENEMY'S EVENTUAL RETREAT AND HIS PLATOON'S SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH THE AMBUSH KILL ZONE. PETTY OFFICER KELSO'S PERSONAL COURAGE, TACTICAL EXPERTISE, AND PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE WAS UNDOUBTABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH ECHO AND LIMA PLATOON ACHIEVING OVERALL MISSION SUCCESS AND TEAM SURVIVAL. HIS BATTLEFIELD MANAGEMENT AND BRAVERY UNDER FIRE WHILE WOUNDED REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE JOINT NAVY/ARMY TASK FORCE, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE BRONZE STAR WITH THE "V" DEVICE IS AWARDED. BRAVO ZULU.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST AND INSTRUCTOR AT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL TRAINING AND EVALUATION UNIT (EODTEU) ONE FROM 01 OCT 2011 TO 20 MAY 2012. PETTY OFFICER WINCHESTER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DEMONSTRATING EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE AS AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, HE PROVIDED MISSION CRITICAL IED, VBIED, AND INCIDENT REPORTING INFORMATION TO OVER 350 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL DURING MORE THAN 15 MISSION OR TRAINING BRIEFINGS ON THREATS IN THE CENTCOM, PACOM, EUCOM AND AFRICOM AREAS OF OPERATION. ADDITIONALLY, HE PREPARED AND EXECUTED 23 FLAG AND COMMAND LEVEL INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS WHICH WERE VITAL TO THE SAFETY AND MISSION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) COMBAT OPERATIONS. FINALLY, HE PROVIDED VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE DURING THE FORMATION OF THE COMMAND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SPECIALIST PROGRAM. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER WINCHESTER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.