Radioman Awards
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS SAIL COORDINATOR ON BOARD USS DALLAS FROM 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 TO 11 MAY 2018. PETTY OFFICER PICTON CONSISTENTLY SET THE MARK FOR OTHERS TO EMULATE DURING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ONE SOUTHCOM AND ONE CENTCOM DEPLOYMENT. HE PERSONALLY COORDINATED AND PERFORMED COUNTLESS MAN HOURS TO ENSURING DALLAS WAS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT MISSION CAPABLE. IN ADDITION, WHILE SERVING AS RADIOMAN OF THE WATCH, HIS VIGILANCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCSS RADIO ROOM WAS CRITICAL IN ENSURING DALLAS RECEIVED ALL MESSAGE TRAFFIC CRITICAL TO COMPLETING SHIPS MISSIONS. BY HIS PROFESSIONALISM, INITIATIVE, AND STEAFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER PICTON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION ONBOARD USS DALLAS (SSN 700) FROM MARCH 2015 TO APRIL 2018. AS ELECTRONIC SENSORS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN, PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON DEMONSTRATED PRECISION INSIGHT BY PROVIDING TIMELY INDICATIONS AND WARNINGS ON CRITICAL CONTACTS OF INTEREST TO TACTICAL DECISION MAKERS DURING TWO NATIONAL EXERCISES, AN INTERFLEET TRANSFER, AND A 2016 CENTCOM DEPLOYMENT THROUGHOUT HIS AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. AS RADIOMAN OF THE WATCH, HIS ADVANCED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDANCE WAS CRUCIAL TO DALLAS' COMPLETION OF MANY MAJOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS EVOLUTIONS TO INCLUDE SUPER HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUIT REPAIR, MEDIUM CHANNEL ACCESS PROTOCOL CIRCUIT REPAIR, EXTREMELY HIGH FREQUENCY TERMINAL AND MAST REPAIR, RESULTING IN THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF ALL NATIONAL TASKINGS. PETTY OFFICER THOMPSON'S STERLING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TOTAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM 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 A MEMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION ONBOARD USS DALLAS (SSN 700) FROM SEPTEMBER 2013 TO APRIL 2018. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER BILODEAU'S DEDICATION LED TO THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SOUTHCOM DEPLOYMENT, TWO CENTCOM DEPLOYMENTS, ONE PRE-INACTIVATION REPAIR AVAILIBILITY, TWO NATIONAL EXERCISES, TWO OPERATIONAL REACTOR SAFEGUARD EXAMS, ONE SUBMARINE COMMAND COURSE, ONE MIDSHIPMEN OPERATION, AND AN INTERFLEET TRANSFER. AS SAIL COORDINATOR, HE PERSONNALLY COORDINATED AND DEVOTED HUNDREDS OF MANHOURS TO REPAIRS TO MULTIPLE MASTS AND ANTENNAS, ENSURING DALLAS WAS 100 PERCENT MISSION CAPABLE. ADDITIONALLY, AS RADIOMAN OF THE WATCH, HIS FLAWLESS ATTENTION TO DETAIL WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RELEASE OF OVER 2,500 MESSAGES, RESULTING IN DALLAS AND ALL REQUIRED AGENCIES RECEIVING THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH MINIMUM DISCREPANCIES. PETTY OFFICER BILODEAU'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION 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 LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND TRAINING PETTY OFFICER, COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT IN USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) FROM NOVEMBER 1991 TO JULY 1995. DURING THIS PERIOD, RADIOMAN FIRST CLASS TUCKER PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS DILIGENT EFFORTS AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL LED TO SUPERIOR GRADES BY COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES ATLANTIC FLEET. PETTY OFFICER TUCKER'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.