MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS CODE 950 COMBAT SYSTEMS PRODUCTION LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AT SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MAINTENANCE CENTER (SERMC) FROM OCTOBER 2021 TO OCTOBER 2024. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF EDGINGTON MANAGED 54 SAILORS AND SIX CIVILIANS IN THE COMPLETION OF 266 FORMAL WORK PACKAGES DURING 45 CMAVS AND TWO CNO MAINTENANCE AVAILABILITIES, EXECUTING OVER 25,000 MAN HOURS, RESULTING IN A COST AVOIDANCE OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR 20 MAYPORT BASED SHIPS. ADDITIONALLY, HE SUPERVISED 37 TIME CRITICAL EMERGENT JOBS, INCLUDING AN OCONUS EMERGENT REPAIRS ON THE USS BILLINGS (LCS 15), PROVIDING CRITICAL FIBER OPTIC REPAIRS, ENABLING THE CONTINUATION OF ITS FOURTH FLEET AOR DEPLOYMENT AND MARITIME DOMINANCE. FURTHER, AS COMMAND CALIBRATION COORDINATOR, HE OVERSAW AND TRAINED 16 SAILORS AND SIX CIVILIANS IN THE MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE OF OVER TWO THOUSAND TEST, MEASUREMENT, AND DIAGNOSTICS EQUIPMENT ITEMS VITAL TO SERMC'S MISSION READINESS. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER EDGINGTON'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNWAVERING PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS LANDING CRAFT, AIR CUSHION (LCAC) MAINTENANCE PERSON AND ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT FOUR WHILE ASSIGNED TO USS FORT McHENRY (LSD 43) FROM OCTOBER 2015 TO MARCH 2016. PETTY OFFICER GUSTAV'S OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE AND DILIGENT EFFORTS WERE EXEMPLARY. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE, HE COMPLETED MORE THAN 60 ELECTRICAL REPAIRS ON THREE ASSIGNED LCACS. THESE REPAIRS INCLUDED A GENERATOR CHANGEOUT, AN M/E ELECTRICAL HARNESS CHANGEOUT, AND THE RESOLUTION OF NUMEROUS CONTROL AND PARAMETER SENSING ANOMALIES. HIS PROFESSIONALISM DURING TIME SENSITIVE, REAL WORLD OPERATIONS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE DETACHMENT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING AN ARDUOUS DEPLOYMENT. PETTY OFFICER GUSTAV'S PROFESSIONAL ABILITY, LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN THE KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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WHILE IN DEWEY HE WAS ESSENTIAL IN THE COMMAND THROUGHOUT THE ARDUOUS INITIAL PHASE OF OUTFITTING AND DELIVERY. AS COMMAND SPONSOR COORDINATOR DURING THE INITIAL OUTFITTING, HE PERSONALLY STARTED THE COMMAND SPONSOR PROGRAM, AND INITIATED CONTACT WITH OVER 40 PERCENT OF DEWEY'S PRE-COMMISSIONING CREW, PROVIDING THEM WITH SUPPORT AND ESTABLISHING EXCEPTIONAL ESPRIT DE CORP. HE ESTABLISHED AND DEVELOPED MANY OF DEWEY'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDING COMMAND FITNESS PROGRAM, LUBE OIL AND FUEL OIL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, AND SPONSOR PROGRAM. AS THE ASSISTANT MATERIALS OFFICER, PETTY OFFICER SMITH WAS TRUSTED WITH THE INSPECTION OF OVER 300 INSPECTIONS, COVERING NEARLY ALL DEWEY SPACES, ENSURING A QUALITY PRODUCT FROM NORTHRUP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS. IN ADDITION, HE MANAGED THE EB14 WORKCENTER AND SAFELY TRANSFERRED OVER ONE MILLION GALLONS OF F76 AND JP5 FUEL, SETTING THE STANDARD FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. HIS RELENTLESS EFFORTS WERE VITAL TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT AND REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS PUBLIC WORKS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI (NASCC) FROM APRIL 2014 TO AUGUST 2016. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALISM, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION TO DUTY, CHIEF JOHNSON CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE OVERALL MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS HIGHLY DIVERSIFIED DIVISION. HIS ABILITY TO MOTIVATE AND TRAIN SAILORS OF DIFFERENT RATINGS IN THE SEABEE FIELD CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPAIR, MODIFICATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR COMPLETION OF OVER 200 CONSTRUCTION AND SELF HELP PROJECTS FOR 11 TENANT COMMANDS ONBOARD NASCC AND SAVED THE NAVY OVER $300,000. CHIEF JOHNSON'S SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN THE KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS GAS TURBINE REPAIR LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER FROM AUGUST 2013 TO APRIL 2016. CHIEF ROBINSON CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE LED SAILORS IN DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE I-LEVEL GAS TURBINE REPAIRS ACROSS THE SECOND, FIFTH, AND SIXTH FLEET AORS. HIS EFFORTS LED TO THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF 481 GENERAL GAS TURBINE BULLETINS, ELEVEN LM2500 MAIN ENGINE CHANGEOUTS, AND 14 ALLISON GAS TURBINE GENERATOR CHANGEOUTS, SAVING THE NAVY MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN OUTSIDE CONTRACTING COSTS. HIS INTRUSIVE LEADERSHIP LED TO 42 SAILORS REENLISTED, 63 ADVANCED, AND INCREASED RETENTION RATES TO 93 PERCENT AMONG THOSE SAILORS ELIGIBLE FOR ADVANCEMENT AND RETENTION. BY HIS UNSWERVING DETERMINATION, WISE JUDGEMENT AND COMPLETE DEDICATION TO DUTY, CHIEF ROBINSON REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.