MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNICIAN, MUSCULOSKELETAL DEPARTMENT, NAVAL HEALTH CLINIC ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND FROM SEPTEMBER 2014 TO OCTOBER 2019. AS MUSCULOSKELETAL DEPARTMENT LEADING PETTY OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER SWINDELL MENTORED AND LED 15 SAILORS AND 25 TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED PERSONNEL IN THE DELIVERY OF CARE FOR 120,000 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS SUPPORTING 10 HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, FOUR CLINICS, AND 11 SPORTS PROGRAMS. HIS EFFORTS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAXIMUM RECAPTURE OF CLINICAL RELATIVE VALUE UNITS TOTALING OVER 300,000 DOLLARS IN CHARGEABLE PROCEDURES AND YIELDED ONE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT, FOUR PROMOTIONS, 14 PERSONAL AWARDS, THREE COMMAND JUNIOR SAILORS OF THE QUARTER, THREE REENLISTMENTS, AND ONE SAILOR SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONING INTO THE SELECTIVE RESERVES. IN ADDITION, HE SUPPORTED THE PLEBE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SATELLITE PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENT CENTER, SEAMLESSLY EXECUTING 226 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS. FURTHER, AS ASSISTANT COMMAND DIVERSITY OFFICER, HE COORDINATED 25 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY WHICH RESULTED IN BEST PRACTICE RECOGNITION DURING THE 2018 MEDIG PROGRAM INSPECTION. PETTY OFFICER SWINDELL'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION 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 FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE ASSIGNED AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST FOR MARINE CORPS OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) FROM APRIL 2012 TO SEPTEMBER 2012. LT ALICE P. KALLIMARI'S EXCEPTIONAL EFFORTS ENSURED THE EFFICIENT IN-PROCESSING OF OVER 300 MARINE CORPS OFFICER CANADIATES. HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND EXPERIENCE PROVIDED THE SKILLS NEEDED TO SCREEN AND EVALUATE PRE-EXISITING MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INCREASED RETENTION RATE AND THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF THE OCS MISSION. IN ADDITION, SHE EVALUATED, DIAGNOSED, AND REHABILITATED OVER 30 ACTIVE DUTY PATIENTS WITH MUSCLESKELETAL, POST SURGICAL, AND SPORTS RELATED INJURIES, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SERVING AS THE SOLE PHYSICAL THERAPIST DURING EVENING SICK CALL OF MORE THAN 460 OCS CANDIDATES. LT KALLIMARI'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS PHYSICAL THERAPY TECHNICIAN FOR JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) JOINT MEDICAL GROUP, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA FROM JANUARY 2022 TO JUNE 2022. PETTY OFFICER JULIA CHARLES PERFORMED 237 TREATMENTS FOR JTF/JMG WARFIGHTERS, LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN WARFIGHTER READINESS AND IMPROVED MISSION SUCCESS. HM1 CHARLES PERFORMED 223 ONE-ON-ONE PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT DETAINEES, PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL, ETHICAL, AND TRANSPARENT CARE. ADDITIONALLY, SHE MANAGED THREE PHYSICAL THERAPISTS' SCHEDULES, SCHEDULING 89 PATIENT INITIAL EVALUATIONS AND OVER 300 FOLLOW UPS VALUED AT $20,500 ACROSS MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE JTF. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER CHARLES REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, NAVY MEDICINE TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER, FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, FROM AUGUST 2011 TO AUGUST 2014. PETTY OFFICER ARMSTRONG PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS PHASE II CLINICAL COORDINATOR, HE DEMONSTRATED SUPERB LEADERSHIP AND MANAGERIAL ABILITY AS HE FACILITATED, SUPERVISED, AND COORDINATED CLINICAL ROTATIONS OF 83 STUDENTS AT 11 CIVILIAN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN THE SAN ANTONIO AREA, RESULTINIG IN $81,000 COST ADVOIDANCE FOR THE NAVY. PETTY OFFICER ARMSTRONG'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.