PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS WATCH COMMANDER FOR CAMP HANSEN PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS PACIFIC-MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER, OKINAWA, JAPAN, FROM 14 APRIL 2023 TO 25 MAY 2026. CORPORAL PAULSEN DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND REMARKABLE WORK ETHIC AS A WATCH COMMANDER AND PATROL SUPERVISOR. HIS EFFORTS WERE INDISPENSABLE TO THE OVERALL FORCE PROTECTION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT MISSION AS HE PROVIDED OVER 20,000 HOURS OF REAL-WORLD LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION RESPONSE. HE PROVIDED PRECISE AND RAPID RESPONSES TO OVER 160 INCIDENTS REQUIRING INTELLIGENT DECISION-MAKING SKILLS UNDER PRESSURE AND IN DIRE SITUATIONS. AS AN ESTABLISHED LEADER AND MENTOR WITHIN THE PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, CORPORAL PAULSEN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT ON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS CHIEF INVESTIGATOR AND NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DIVISION, PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION EL TORO, CALIFORNIA FROM MAY 2017 TO NOVEMBER 2018. SERGEANT PICKET PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS ORGANIZATIONAL, MANAGERIAL AND SUPERVISORY SKILLS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PARKING OPERATIONS FOR COMCABWEST AND 3RD MARINE AIRCRAFT WING CHANGES OF COMMAND. HIS OUTSTANDING SKILLS WERE ALSO UTILIZED DURING THE 2017 AND 2018 TASTE OF ORANGE AND TUSTIN THUNDER EVENTS, NUMEROUS LOCAL CHANGES OF COMMAND AND RETIREMENT CEREMONIES, AS WELL AS SERVING AS A ROLE MODEL FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. SERGEANT PICKET'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS DESK SERGEANT AND TRAINING NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER, PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, HEADQUARTERS BATTALION, MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTY NINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA FROM 13 MAY 2014 TO 22 AUGUST 2016. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL BENSON'S SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP, STEADFAST COMMITMENT, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACUMEN SIGNIFICANTLY AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE SECTION. HER POSITIVE IMPACT WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE INSTALLATION AS SHE RECEIVED, ASSESSED, AND PRIORITIZED MORE THAN 200 HIGH PRIORITY AND EMERGENCY CALLS. SHE EXPERTLY CONDUCTED OVER 20 SYNCHRONIZATION MEETINGS, INSTRUCTED COMPLEX LAW ENFORCEMENT CLASSES, AND COORDINATED MULTIPLE TRAINING EVENTS IN A SELFLESS EFFORT TO RAISE THE COMPETENCY LEVEL AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MARINES UNDER HER CHARGE. ADDITIONALLY, CORPORAL BENSON DRAFTED, EDITED, AND REVIEWED MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND POLICE JOURNAL ENTRIES, ENSURING ALL INPUTS WERE ADMINISTRATIVELY CORRECT AND ACCURATE. CORPORAL BENSON'S PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE, MOTIVATION, AND ESPRIT DE CORPS REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.