Mineman (MN) Citation Examples
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT WHILE SERVING AS SONAR SUPERVISOR AND SHIP'S ARMORER ABOARD USS PATRIOT (MCM 7) FROM JUNE 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 2025. DURING THIS PERIOD, AS A SEASONED DECK EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND RIGGER, PETTY OFFICER THORPE ENABLED THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF 21 OVERALL COMBAT SYSTEMS OPERABILITY TESTS (OCSOT), 14 ANCHORING EVOLUTIONS, 16 SMALL BOAT EVOLUTIONS, FIVE MINE SHAPE RECOVERIES, FIVE MINE SWEEPING EVOLUTIONS, AND SAR CERTIFICATION. IN ADDITION, HE CONDUCTED OVER 1200 HOURS OF PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND MAINTAINED AN INVENTORY OF 218 LINE ITEMS VALUED AT 200,000 DOLLARS, RESULTING IN AN OUTSTANDING AT SCORE OF 98% AND 80% EXPSAF, ENSURING PATRIOT'S OVERALL COMBAT READINESS. FURTHER, HE LED TRAINING FOR 45 SAILORS ON FAMILIARIZATION WITH THE MK- 62, 63, AND 65 QUICKSTRIKE MINES AND OVERSAW THE ASSEMBLY OF 120 QUICKSTRIKE MINES, RESULTING IN 100% RELIABILITY. PETTY OFFICER THORPE'S PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND UNSWERVING 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 SONAR SUPERVISOR AND MASTER HELMSMAN ABOARD USS PATRIOT (MCM 7) FROM SEPTEMBER 2023 TO OCTOBER 2025. PETTY OFFICER SANTIAGO CONDUCTED OVER 150 HOURS OF TROUBLESHOOTING ON THE SONAR, LEADING TO A FULLY MISSION CAPABLE WARFARE AREA. AS MASTER HELMSMAN, HE PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE SAFE TRANSIT OF PATRIOT DURING 35 SPECIAL EVOLUTIONS, TO INCLUDE 15 RESTRICTED WATER TRANSITS, 15 ANCHORING EVOLUTIONS, TWO MINE SWEEPING EVOLUTIONS AND THREE PHOTO-EX'S. ADDITIONALLY, AS REPAIR PARTS PETTY OFFICER (RPPO), HE ORDERED AND MANAGED 732,000 DOLLARS IN PARTS CRITICAL TO SHIP'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND MISSION READINESS. PETTY OFFICER SANTIAGO'S PROFESSIONALISM, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMMANDING OFFICER AT MOBILE MINE ASSEMBLY UNIT (MOMAU) NINE, FROM OCTOBER 2018 TO NOVEMBER 2021. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER WATSON RAPIDLY QUALIFIED HIMSELF TO ASSUME COMMAND WITHIN HIS FIRST SIX MONTHS OF REPORTING FOR DUTY AND EARNED THE NAVY RESERVE CO ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION DESIGNATOR (AQD) (2N1) AND RELIEVED HIS PREDECESSOR. HE LEAD 75 SAILORS THROUGH THREE QUARTERLY MINE PRODUCTION BUILDS, PRODUCING 180 QUICKSTRIKE FAMILY MINE UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES WITH ZERO MISHAPS AND ENSURED TRAVEL AND PAY WERE COMPLETED WITHIN HIS 500,000 DOLLAR OPERATIONAL TARGET. ADDITIONALLY, HE OVERCAME CHALLENGES POSED BY THE PANDEMIC SUCH AS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, TECHNICAL ISSUES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES. HE LED HIS COMMAND THROUGH FIVE VIRTUAL MINE BUILDS BY MAXIMIZING THE COMMERCIAL VIRTUAL REMOTE (CVR) TEAMS VIRTUAL MEETING ENVIRONMENT TO MAINTAIN QUALIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION AND MINE BUILDING PROFICIENCIES. FURTHER, MOMAU NINE ADVANCED FIVE SAILORS, QUALIFIED THREE SAILORS IN WATCHSTATIONS, PRODUCED TWO MISHAP INVESTIGATOR SCHOOL GRADUATES, AND ONE SENIOR ENLISTED ACADEMY GRADUATE. FINALLY, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER WATSON SET THE EXAMPLE BY FINISHING 13 ORDNANCE COMMUNITY COURSES, QUALIFYING MINE WARFARE CORE AQD (BN1), AND FINISHING A MASTERS DEGREE FROM AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY. CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER WATSON'S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIM AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS REMOTE MINE HUNTING SYSTEM MISSION PACKAGE OPERATOR IN USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2) FROM SEPTEMBER 2017 TO AUGUST 2020. PETTY OFFICER OSCAR PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS ASSISTANT LEADING PETTY OFFICER OF MCM DET TWO, HE LED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL KNIFEFISH AND UNMANNED INFLUENCE SWEEP SYSTEM (UISS) TESTING ONBOARD AN INDEPENDENCE VARIANT PLATFORM, PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE MINE COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEMS IN THE FLEET. IN ADDITION, AS THE COMMAND'S URINALYSIS PROGRAM COORDINATOR (UPC) PETTY OFFICER, HE CONDUCTED 80 TESTS, COLLECTED AND SHIPPED OVER 200 SAMPLES, AND COMPLETED TWO COMMAND REVIEWS WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. PETTY OFFICER OSCAR'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 UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS COMMAND SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER FOR MINE COUNTER MEASURES (MCM) CREW BULWARK AND USS ARDENT (MCM 12) FROM SEPTEMBER 2020 THROUGH OCTOBER 2022. THROUGH INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TIRELESS COMMITMENT, SENIOR CHIEF JAVIER LED 14 CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS IN THE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF 102 SAILORS AND 20 OFFICERS WHICH INCREASED WARFIGHTING READINESS ABOARD. HIS IMPACT WAS NEVER MORE APPARENT THAN THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF TWO CONSECUTIVE DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE SURVEYS (DEOCS) WITH AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE BOARD. HIS EFFORTS WERE DIRECTLY LINKED TO AN IMPRESSIVE 44 PERCENT INCREASE IN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE WHICH DEFTLY GUIDED ARDENT DURING ITS 2021 NORTHCOM HOMELAND DEFENSE PATROL, RESULTING IN THE CLEARANCE OF 208 NAUTICAL MILES OF CRITICAL WATERWAYS AND SUSTAINING THIRD FLEET'S MINE COUNTERMEASURE OPERATIONS. BY HIS DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY, SENIOR CHIEF JAVIER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS UNMANNED SYSTEMS SUBJECT MATTER AND DESIGN EXPERT AT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL MOBILE UNIT ONE FROM 2 APRIL 2017 TO 29 APRIL 2017. DURING THIS PERIOD, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER MUNSON VOLUNTEERED TO FILL A CAPABILITIES GAP IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE MK 18 MOD 2 UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE (UUV). DEMONSTRATING INNOVATION AND UNCOMMON INGENUITY, HE DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED, AND IMPLEMENTED A RAIL SYSTEM CAPABLE OF BEING MOUNTED ON A COMBAT RUBBER RAIDING CRAFT. THIS SLED CONFIGURATION ENABLED PLATOONS TO TRANSPORT AND DEPLOY THE MK 18 MOD 2 UUV UTILIZING ANY AVAILABLE TOW PLATFORM, REDUCING THE DEPLOYMENT FOOTPRINT AND INCREASING THE EXPEDITIONARY CAPABILITIES OF ALL UNMANNED SYSTEMS PLATOONS ACROSS THE NAVY. CHIEF MUNSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE OPERATOR FOR VERY SHALLOW WATER (VSW) PLATOON 1-4-2 AT EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL UNIT ONE FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER LAMPLEY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE DEVELOPED AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE (UUV) TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR BASIC UUV FAMILIARIZATION FOR NAVY SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP (NAVSOG), PHILIPPINES AND EXERCISE WESTERN PACIFIC NAVAL SYMPOSIUM (WPNS). USING HIS CURRICULUM, HE TRAINED A TEAM OF SEVEN EOD TECHNICIANS, ONE RECONNAISSANCE MARINE, AND THREE OTHER SUPPORT PERSONNEL ON ALL ASPECTS OF UUV OPERATIONS RESULTING IN PASSING THE PLT'S FINAL EVALUATION PROBLEM AND CERTIFICATION FOR DEPLOYMENT. ADDITIONALLY, FOLLOWING HIS PARTICIPATION IN WPNS, PETTY OFFICER LAMPLEY WAS SELECTED TO LEAD A THREE MAN TEAM TO CONDUCT A HIGH VISIBILITY TEST AND EVALUATION OF THE VIABILITY OF OPERATING THE MK 18 UUV FAMILY OF SYSTEMS (FOS) OFF NEW AND UNTESTED PLATFORMS WHICH LED TO NEW AND EXPANDED UUV CAPABILITIES. FINALLY, MN1 IMPROVED FOREIGN RELATIONS WITH FLEET DIVING UNIT PACIFIC, CANADA, NAVY SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP, PHILIPPINES, AND EXERCISE WESTERN PACIFIC NAVAL SYMPOSIUM. PETTY OFFICER LAMPLEY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT 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 RETAIL ORDNANCE LOGISTICS SPECIALIST AND ORDNANCE INFORMATION SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR ASSIGNED TO MOBILE MINE ASSEMBLY UNIT EIGHT AND NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND EAST ASIA DIVISION DET GUAM FROM NOVEMBER 2006 TO DECEMBER 2009. PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXX PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HIS SUPERB MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE RESULTED IN THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THREE EXPLOSIVE SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND TWO MINE READINESS INSPECTIONS. HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL ALSO HELPED TO PROVIDE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION OF ALL ORDNANCE MATERIAL DURING THE DECOMMISSIONING AND REESTABLISHMENT OF MOMAU 8 TO NMC EAD UNIT GUAM. PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXX'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AS QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER AND TRAINING OFFICER AT NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND UNIT CHARLESTON FROM OCTOBER 2008 TO AUGUST 2011. EXHIBITING EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP SKILLS, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER XXXXXXX BROADENED THE SCOPE AND OPERATING CAPABILITIES OF NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND CONUS EAST DIVISION. HIS OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF DEMANDING BIANNUAL TYCOM INSPECTIONS FOR THE 2008 & 2010 MINE READINESS CERTIFICATION INSPECTIONS AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE REDESIGN OF THE NEWLY CONSOLIDATED UNIT CHARLESTON IN PREPARATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2009 EXPLOSIVE SAFETY INSPECTION. CHIEF XXXXXXX'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND 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 AS LEADING PETTY OFFICER AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FROM 02 AUGUST 2016 TO 20 JUNE 2018. PETTY OFFICER NOVACK SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A NEWLY TRAINED TEAM MEMBER DURING NMC EAD OKINAWA'S MINE READINESS COMMAND INSPECTION. HE FILLED IN AT MULTIPLE STATIONS TO ENSURE FLAWLESS EXECUTION OF MINE UPGRADE AND DOWNGRADE OF XX AMOUNT OF QUICKSTRIKE MINES WITH 100% WEAPONS RELIABILITY. HIS 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.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS MINE DIVISION LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE/SAFETY OBSERVER AT NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND PACIFIC, EAST ASIA DIVISION, FROM 1 APRIL 2015 TO 1 MAY 2017. PETTY OFFICER JASON ASHLEY'S COMMITMENT TO TRAINING EXCELLENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ONE MINE READINESS CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION, TWO MINE READINESS ASSIST VISITS, ONE EXPLOSIVE SAFETY INSPECTION, THREE FIELD CALIBRATION ASSESSMENT CERTIFICATIONS, AND THREE CRANE INSPECTIONS. IN ADDITION, HE SUPERVISED HUNDREDS OF ORDNANCE HANDLING EVOLUTIONS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 200 AUR QUICKSTRIKE MINE UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES, SEVEN SHIP OPERATIONS, AND 100 MAINTENANCE ACTIONS WITH ZERO DISCREPANCIES. MN1 ASHLEY'S VIGILANT EFFORTS AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS DECK DEPARTMENT DIVISION OFFICER AND LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ABOARD USS AVENGER (MCM 1) FROM JUNE 2011 TO JULY 2014. CHIEF ASHLEY PERFORMED HIS DUTIES IN A HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL AND EXEMPLARY MANNER AND MENTORED AND TRAINED 14 PERSONNEL IN THE DECK DEPARTMENT. DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE, CHIEF ASHLEY WAS A KEY FACTOR IN THE USS AVENGER RECEIVING AN 85 PERCENT RELIABILITY RATING IN DECK WARFARE AREA AND 99 PERCENT RELIABILITY IN SHIP'S ARMORY DURING INSURV 2013. AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, HE PROVIDED KNOWLEDGE OF DECK, COMBAT, AND MINESWEEPING OPERATIONS, SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS ADVISING JUNIOR SAILORS IN ADVANCING THEIR FUTURE NAVAL CAREERS. IN ADDITION, HE ASSISTED IN THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION OF TWO DIVISION OFFICERS, THREE CIC WATCH OFFICERS, AND FOUR MINESWEEPING POIC'S, ENSURING A CONTINUED HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. FURTHER, HIS INTRUSIVE LEADERSHIP YIELDED TWO BJOQ'S, THREE JSOQ'S, AND TWO SSOQ'S. BY HIS NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ASHLEY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.