Machinist's Mate (MM) Nuclear Citations
FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS A NUCLEAR MARINE MACHINIST AT NUCLEAR REGIONAL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, KINGS BAY, FROM JANUARY 2022 TO JANUARY 2025. PETTY OFFICER WARD CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS SUPERIOR MECHANICAL KNOWLEDGE AND CAN DO ATTITUDE WERE PARAMOUNT IN THE COMPLETION OF FOUR PRIMARY RELIEF VALVE TESTING EVOLUTIONS, RESULTING IN OVER 500 HOURS OF PREPARATION AND DECK PLATE WORK. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER WARD WAS AN INSTRUMENTAL ASSET IN TWO DUEL MEDIA DISCHARGE CASUALTY ASSISTANCE TEAMS, KEEPING WARSHIPS READY AND CAPABLE TO PERFORM THEIR ASSIGNED TASKING. HIS CONSISTENT TOP PERFORMANCE AND DRIVE TO EXCEL SET THE STANDARD FOR HIS PEERS. PETTY OFFICER WARD'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATED NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE KEY EVENTS TEST COORDINATIOR DIVISION AT NUCLEAR REGIONAL MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT (NMRD), KINGS BAY FROM JULY 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 2024. AS THE LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE KEY EVENT TEST COORDINATOR, PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT EFFECTIVELY LED A TEAM OF THREE SAILORS, SUCCESSFULLY COORDINATING OVER 275 CRITICAL TESTING MILESTONES FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA'S REFIT PERIOD. PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT EXEMPLIFIES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, MILITARY BEARING, AND INITIATIVE, RESULTING IN HIS SELECTION AS THE NRMD JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE QUARTER, FOURTH QUARTER 2024. PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT'S STERLING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATED NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS S6G FLEET INTERACTIVE DISPLAY EQUIPMENT (FIDE) LEAD INSTRUCTOR, NAVAL SUBMARINE SCHOOL, GROTON, CONNECTICUT FROM JULY 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 2024. CHIEF RIOS WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAXIMIZING WARFIGHTING READINESS ON THE NEW LONDON WATERFRONT WITH HIS ADROIT GUIDANCE OF OVER 75 TRAINING SESSIONS ACROSS SIX COMMANDS. NOTED AS A KEY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN LEADING THE STAFF TO EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS ON THE MOST RECENT NUCLEAR PROPULSION EXAMINATION BOARD WITH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN TRAINING, EVALUATION, AND INSTRUCTOR LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE. DUE TO HIS PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR AND FERVENT DEDICATION TO IMPROVING STAFF READINESS, HE FACILITATED ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETION OF MASTER TRAINING SPECIALIST QUALIFICATION BETWEEN S6G FIDE STAFF AND NUCLEAR QUALITY MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTORS. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER RIOS' PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE AND ENDURING DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS REACTOR CONTROLS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE NUCLEAR PROPULSION SECTION, ENGINEERING DIVISION, ABOARD THE USS BAINBRIDGE (DDG 96) FROM 15 FEBRURAY TO 15 JUNE 1999, WHILE DEPLOYED WITH THE FIFTH FLEET TO THE PERSIAN GULF, NORTH ARABIAN SEA, AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. MM1 JOHNSON'S EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH AS WELL AS THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF MARITIME INTERCEPT OPERATIONS IN THE ARABIAN GULF UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES, CENTRAL COMMAND. DISPLAYING NOTABLE INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY AS A NUCLEAR PROPULSION SPECIALIST, PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON AUTHORITATIVELY GUIDED HER WORKCENTER THROUGH A CHALLENGING AND PROLONGED DEPLOYMENT AND A SUCCESSFULL TRANS-ATLANTIC CROSSING. PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON'S EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE WAS RECOGNIZED AND PRAISED BY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, WHICH FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES WITH ANY PROGRAM UNDER HER WATCH. PETTY OFFICER JOHNSON'S PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND HER SHIP AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE NAVAL BASE GUAM EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) FROM JULY 2022 TO JUNE 2023. PETTY OFFICER OSWALDO MOBRAY SUPERVISED AROUND THE CLOCK OPERATIONS AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROTECTION OF U.S. NAVY ASSETS ASSIGNED TO GUAM AND TRANSITING ITS SURROUNDING WATERS. HE DIRECTED THE COORDINATED ACTIONS OF MORE THAN 40 PERSONNEL ACROSS MULTIPLE COMMANDS WHICH LED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND OVERALL READINESS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER MOBRAY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS MACHINERY DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER ABOARD USS INDIANA FROM FEBRUARY 2022 TO DECEMBER 2022. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF NELSON PLANNED AND LED THE EXECUTION OF TWO PRE-OVERSEAS MOVEMENT AVAILABILITIES. HE GUIDED HIS DIVISION THROUGH MULTIPLE AIR CONDITIONING REPAIRS AND HEADED EMERGENT REPAIRS TO A MAIN STEAM SAFETY MECHANISM, RESULTING IN THE SHIP GETTING UNDERWAY ON TIME FOR A CRITICAL TASKING. IN ADDITION, CHIEF NELSON MENTORED FOUR JUNIOR OFFICERS AND 10 DEPLOYABLE SAILORS WHICH ULTIMATELY IMPROVED HIS DEPARTMENT'S LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO USS INDIANA'S SUCCESS DURING OPERATIONAL REACTOR SAFEGUARD EXAMINATION (ORSE). CHIEF PETTY OFFICER NELSON'S PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND IS IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS REACTOR CONTROLS LEADING PETTY OFFICER FOR THE NUCLEAR PROPULSION SECTION, ENGINEERING DIVISION, ABOARD THE USS ATOM (SSN 127) WHILE DEPLOYED WITH THE FIFTH FLEET TO THE PERSIAN GULF, NORTH ARABIAN SEA, AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. MMN1 JOE GAGE'S EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH AS WELL AS THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTION OF MARITIME INTERCEPT OPERATIONS IN THE ARABIAN GULF UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE COMMANDER, U.S. NAVAL FORCES, CENTRAL COMMAND. DEMONSTRATING INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO DUTY AS A NUCLEAR PROPULSION SPECIALIST, PETTY OFFICER GAGE CONFIDENTLY GUIDED HIS WORKCENTER THROUGH A CHALLENGING AND PROLONGED DEPLOYMENT AND A SUCCESSFULL TRANS-ATLANTIC CROSSING. MOREOVER, HIS EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE WAS RECOGNIZED AND PRAISED BY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, WHICH FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES WITH ANY PROGRAM UNDER HIS WATCH. PETTY OFFICER GAGE'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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS ONE PLANT REACTOR MECHANICAL DIVISION LEADING PETTY OFFICER FROM OCTOBER 2020 TO OCTOBER 2021. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER MARQUIS WARREN'S LEADERSHIP ABILITY AND SUPERVISION SKILLS LED TO THE CORRECTION OF MORE THAN 450 MATERIAL DEFICIENCIES AND FACILITATED THE FIRST ON TIME UNDOCKING OF A CVN IN OVER TEN YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, HE DEVELOPED A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGED PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RESULTING IN THREE SAILORS PURSUING ADVANCED WATCHSTATION QUALIFICATIONS, SEVEN REENISTMENTS, AND 11 PERSONNEL ADVANCING TO THE NEXT PAY GRADE. PETTY OFFICER WARREN'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.