PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS A COMBAT GUNNERY WORKCENTER SUPERVISOR ON USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) FROM MARCH 2023 TO JUNE 2024. PETTY OFFICER SEEPALO'S EXPERTISE AND OPERATION OF THE SHIP'S CREW SERVED WEAPONS AND THE MK-38 25MM CHAIN GUNS ENSURED SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH EIGHT STRAIT OF HORMUZ TRANSITS, TWO SUEZ CANAL TRANSITS, AND FACILITATED THE SEIZURE OF OVER 2,000 TRAFFICKED WEAPONS AND TWO IRANIAN DOWS. ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS PIVOTAL IN THE INSTALLATION OF 11 READY SERVICE LOCKERS AND THE UPKEEP OF SIX MAGAZINES AND SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, KEEPING THE SHIP READY FOR SAFE STOWAGE AND OFFLOAD OF 84,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION WITH ZERO MISHAPS. PETTY OFFICER SEEPALO'S PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS MAGAZINE SPRINKLER SUPERVISOR, SMALL ARMS DIVISION, WEAPONS DEPARTMENT, IN USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FROM JANUARY TO MAY 2015 WHILE PERMANENTLY FORWARD DEPLOYED TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. PETTY OFFICER MAESTAS PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. DISPLAYING SUPERB LEADERSHIP SKILLS, HE LED AN 18-MAN DIVISION IN THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 52 PREVENTATIVE AND CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS ON 34 MAGAZINE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND SUPERVISED THE REBUILD OF FOUR MAGAZINE SPRINKLER VALVES WHICH SAVED THE NAVY 120,000 DOLLARS AND RESULTED IN AN IMMACULATE MAGAZINE SPRINKLER SYSTEM VERIFICATION WITH NO MAJOR DISCREPANCIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS A TORPEDO BANDING TEAM MEMBER, HIS EFFORTS LED TO A FLAWLESS OTTO FUEL DRILL WITH NO SAFETY INCIDENTS AND A SATISFACTORY TORPEDO READINESS ASSESSMENT. PETTY OFFICER MAESTAS' EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS G-2 DIVISION ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND MAGAZINE SPRINKLER LEAD OPERATOR, WEAPONS DEPARTMENT, ONBOARD USS NEVERSAIL (HOM-E 80) FROM AUGUST 2009 TO AUGUST 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER OSBORNE PERFORMED HER DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. SHE WAS AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT IN SUPERVISING 15 AMMUNITION ONLOADS AND OFFLOADS AND QUALIFYING 2500 SHIPBOARD SAILORS IN SMALL ARMS. ADDITIONALLY, SHE PLANNED AND CONDUCTED 18 MAGAZINE SPRINKLER TESTS AND CERTIFICATIONS ON 78 MAGAZINES. FURTHERMORE, SHE CONDUCTED SUCCESSFUL ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVES ACOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS WITH ZERO DISCEPANCIES. DEMONSTRATING CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATIVE SUPPORT WAS THE HALLMARK OF HER TOUR ONBOARD USS NEVERSAIL. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER OSBORNE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.