Language Program Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS A LANGUAGE ANALYST AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND MARYLAND FROM APRIL 2014 TO FEBRUARY 2018. DEMONSTRATING UNPARALLELED INITIATIVE, PETTY OFFICER COSBY ISSUED MORE THAN 50,000 TIME SENSITIVE REPORTS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. ADDITIONALY, WHILE SERVING AS A DEPARTMENT LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGER, HE DEVOTED 500 HOURS TO MENTORING FIVE SAILORS, LEADING TO THOSE SAILORS ACHIEVING 3/3 ON THEIR MOST RECENT DEFENSE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (DLPT). PETTY OFFICER COSBY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS TRAINING DEPARTMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, ASSISTANT EDUCATION SERVICES OFFICER, ASSISTANT COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGER, AND ASSISTANT COMMAND CAREER COUNSELOR AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, TEXAS FROM AUGUST 2018 TO DECEMBER 2021. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER TOOLE LED 97 SAILORS INCLUDING 77 FIRST TERM SAILORS, IN THE EXECUTION OF THE COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM, EDUCATION SERVICES, AND NAVY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH EXCEEDED TYPE COMMANDER BENCHMARKS. ADDITIONALLY, AS THE ASSISTANT CRITIC ACTION OFFICER, HE DELIVERED INVALUABLE INSTRUCTION TO ALL FIVE WATCH TEAMS AND WAS INDISPENSABLE IN PROVIDING ADVANCEMENT IN RATE AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE TRAINING, ENSURING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE WITH AGENCY GUIDELINES AND REPORTING STANDARDS. FINALLY, PETTY OFFICER TOOLE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESS OF THE FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER ASSOCIATION AS PRESIDENT AND SERVED AS MWR TREASURER, INCREASING MORALE FOR ALL SAILORS AT NIOC TEXAS. PETTY OFFICER TOOLE'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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE COMMAND LANGAUGE READINESS DIVISON. CHIEF CRUZ OVERSAW THE INTEGRATION OF MORE THAN 200 NIOC MARYLAND CTIs AND METICULOUSLY MANAGED MORE THAN 14,000 HOURS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING, RESULTING IN 300 IMPROVED DLPT SCORES AND 23 SAILORS RETURNING TO TYCOM STANDARDS. AS A TRAINING SME, HE SUPPORTED THE 2014 NAVIDFOR IG INSPECTIONS FOR NCTS AND NIOC BAHRAIN'S COMMAND TRAINING PROGRAMS, FACILITATED LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR MORE THAN 200 COMMAND SAILORS, AND LED A TEAM OF SEVEN SAILORS IN THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE GUIDANCE OF 410 COMMAND LINGUSTS. HIS DIVISION WAS LAUDED AS A "BEST PRACTICE" FOR COMMANDS BY THE C10F IG TEAM. AS THE HEAD OF THE 2015 FORT MEADE JOINT LANGUAGE WARS HE LED 11 JOINT SERVICE LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANGERS AND 40 SERVICE REPS IN A LANGUAGE COMPETITION FOR 96 COMPETITORS IN SIX LANGUAGES. AS A COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGER, HE OVERSAW THE COMPLETION OF MORE THAN 44,000 HOURS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING AND OVER 400 DLPTS IN 47 LANGUAGES. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER CRUZ'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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, COURSE MANAGER, AND INSTRUCTOR AT THE INFORMATION WARFARE TRAINING SITE HAWAII, FROM MARCH 2014 TO JULY 2017. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER LAMONE PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF FOUR INSTRUCTORS RESULTED IN THE DELIVERY OF 26 ITERATIONS OF THE APPRENTICE CRYPTOLOGIC LANGUAGE PROGRAM, TOTALING 6970 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION FOR 220 STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED 3500 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, RESULTING IN A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PASS RATE. MOREOVER, HE LEVERAGED HIS TECHNICAL TRAINING BACKGROUND TO OVERHAUL 24 TRAINING MODULES TO INTEGRATE NEW TACTICS AND CAPABILITIES INTO THE COURSE CURRICULUM. FINALLY, AS COMMAND EIDWS COORDINATOR, HE ENSURED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION BY QUALIFYING SEVEN SAILORS. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER LAMONE'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE AND INSPIRING DEVOTION TO DUTY CULMINATED 24 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS THE 2015 CRYPTOLOGIC WARFARE GROUP SIX SAILOR OF THE YEAR. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER AMANDA YORK PERFORMED HER DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AS A LANGUAGE ANALYST WITHIN THE OFFICE OF TARGET DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED A PREVIOUSLY UNRECOGNIZED DIALECT IN SUPPORT OF DIRECT SUPPORT OPERATIONS, CRYPTOLOGIC WARFARE MARITIME SIXTY-ONE. IN ADDITION, PETTY OFFICER YORK QUALIFIED AS AN ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR AND DELIVERED 110 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION TO 60 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ANALYSTS WHILE FACILITATING FIVE ADET COURSES. FURTHER, AS THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGER, SHE COORDINATED MANDATORY LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR 78 SAILORS. PETTY OFFICER YORK'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CYBERSPACE COMMAND INDIVIDUAL MOBILIZATION AUGMENTEE DETACHMENT, MARINE FORCES RESERVE FROM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGUST 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, GUNNERY SERGEANT BRANSON CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMAND'S SUCCESS IN THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ALL INTELLIGENCE MISSIONS, TO INCLUDE SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COMBATANT COMMAND OPERATIONS, SUPPORTING UNIT TRAINING, ADMINISTERING SECURITY PROCEDURES, AND FACILITATING COMMAND INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS. SHE RECRUITED PROSPECTIVE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL AND SUPERVISED 25 MARINES ACTIVELY MOBILIZED WITH THE JOINT FORCE HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS COMPONENT, UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. HER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE IN DELIVERING A COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM FOR CRYPTOLOGIC CYBER PROFESSIONALS LED TO THE INTEGRATION AND ADOPTION OF COMBAT TARGET DEVELOPMENT TOOLS IN FIVE MAJOR CYBER CAMPAIGN PLANS. GUNNERY SERGEANT BRANSON'S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, COMMENDABLE INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.