Ordnance Team Leader Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ORDNANCE BRANCH LEADING PETTY OFFICER IN STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT THREE FROM JULY 2015 TO JUNE 2020. PETTY OFFICER YOUNG PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. BY EXHIBITING SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP AND UNRIVALED ATTENTION TO DETAIL, HE FLAWLESSLY ORCHESTRATED THE SAFE LOADING AND EXPENDITURE OF 20,000 POUNDS OF CONVENTIONAL ORDNANCE BY TWENTY EIGHT PERSONNEL. HIS SUPERIOR TRAINING SKILLS WERE EVIDENT AS HE MENTORED HIS SUBORDINATES, RESULTING IN THE QUALIFICATION OF SIX COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTORS, FIVE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENTS, FOUR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SAFETY OBSERVERS, FOUR ENLISTED AIR WARFARE SPECIALISTS, AND THREE ORDNANCE TEAM LEADERS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAINING 100 PERCENT WEAPONS RELIABILITY. PETTY OFFICER YOUNG'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS ORDNANCE TECHNICIAN IN HELICOPTER MARITIME STRIKE SQUADRON THREE FIVE FROM MARCH 2016 TO JUNE 2020. AS ORDNANCE TEAM LEADER AND WORKCENTER 230 COLLATERAL DUTY INSPECTOR, PETTY OFFICER HODGE FLAWLESSLY LED 67 LOAD TEAM MEMBERS IN THE SAFE LOADING, DOWNLOADING, AND EXPENDITURE OF 35 AGM-114 HELLFIRE MISSILES, 11 MK-54 TORPEDOES, 360 SONOBUOYS, 500 AIRBORNE COUNTERMEASURES, AND 11,200 ROUNDS OF SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION, RESULTING IN THE QUALIFICATIONS OF 65 PILOTS AND AIRCREW. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, HE AGGRESSIVELY LED 14 SAILORS IN THE COMPLETION OF 370 SCHEDULED AND UNSCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AND 22 PHASES. HIS STELLAR PERFORMANCE DURING FY19 MPA/AMI, FY18 EXPLOSIVE SAFETY INSPECTION (ESI), AND EXPLOSIVE SAFETY SELF-ASSESSMENT (ESSA) INSPECTIONS RESULTED IN PASSING GRADES OF "ON TRACK" WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. PETTY OFFICER HODGE'S 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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ORDNANCE TEAM LEADER AND FACILITIES MANAGER AT NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND ATLANTIC DETACHMENT COMMAND ROTA, SPAIN, FROM APRIL 2017 TO APRIL 2018. PETTY OFFICER ROGER'S EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP PLAYED A VITAL ROLE DURING 13 MAJOR ONLOAD AND OFFLOAD ORDNANCE EVOLUTIONS, 52 AIR CERTS, 34 LOCAL MISSIONS, AND THE ISSUE AND RECEIPT OF OVER 10,000 TONS OF ORDNANCE WHICH RESULTED IN ZERO MISHAPS. IN ADDITION, HIS METICULOUS MANAGERIAL ABILITY WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COMPLETION OF 184 NAVFAC WORK ORDERS AND AN IMPRESSIVE 30% YEARLY AVERAGE DECREASE IN OVERALL POWER CONSUMPTION, THEREBY ENSURING ALL 41 MAGAZINES AND FIVE BUILDINGS WERE IN OPTIMAL CONDITION. PETTY OFFICER ROGER'S 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.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS THE CARRIER AIR GROUP ORDNANCE TEAM LEADER IN CARRIER AIR WING SEVEN FROM SEPTEMBER 2013 TO SEPTEMBER 2014. PETTY OFFICER WAINWRIGHT SPEARHEADED AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAN IN PREPARATION FOR THE ARMS, AMMUNITION, AND EXPLOSIVES (AA&E) MATERIAL CONTROL INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN IDENTIFYING OVER ONE THOUSAND CORROSION DISCREPANCIES, SAVING 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN FRC LEVEL REPAIRS. ADDITIONALLY, HE LED 11 CARRIER AIR WING SAILORS IN SUPPORT OF A NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION GUN QUALIFICATION IN JIYANKLIS AIR BASE, EGYPT, STRENGTHENING RELATIONS WITH OUR FOREIGN ALLIES AND QUALIFYING 45 EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE SOLDIERS. PETTY OFFICER WAINWRIGHT'S 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.