PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL INFORMATION COORDINATOR FROM JULY 2019 TO FEBRUARY 2022. AS TACTICAL INFORMATION COORDINATOR, PETTY OFFICER HACKERT WAS ESSENTIAL IN LAKE ERIE'S 2020 RIMPAC AND HIS SECOND 7TH FLEET DEPLOYMENT IN 2021. HE MANAGED A COMPLEX LINK ARCHITECTURE AND EVALUATED MORE THAN 10,000 LINK TRACKS, HELPING TO ESTABLISH A RECOGNIZED AIR AND MARITIME PICTURE IN SUPPORT OF ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION CELL, POTUS, AND DEFENSE OF GUAM/JAPAN BMD OPERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, AS WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR, HE LED FOUR JUNIOR SAILORS IN THE SAFE EXECUTION OF THREE CMAV SUSTAINMENT PERIODS, RESULTING IN OUTSTANDING PROFICIENCY AND INCREASED 3M ASSESSMENT. FURTHER, AS CSADD PRESIDENT, HE LED EIGHT JUNIOR SAILORS IN COORDINATING 16 COMMAND WIDE CAMPAIGNS WHICH HELPED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, ALCOHOL, AND DOMESTIC ABUSE PROBLEMS ONBOARD LAKE ERIE. PETTY OFFICER HACKERT'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL INFORMATION COORDINATOR ON USS SAN ANTONIO (LPD 17) AND USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CNV 72) FROM JUNE 2020 TO OCTOBER 2021. PETTY OFFICER BUTLER CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. PETTY OFFICER BUTLER SET THE STANDARD FOR CIC, LEADING THE WAY WITH HIS METICULOUS WORK IN THE OPERATION OF TACTICAL DATA LINKS. WITH MORE THAN 2000 OPERATING HOURS. HE MAINTAINED A 95% CONNECTIVITY RATE, PROVIDING A CLEAR AND PRECISE TACTICAL PICTURE TO ALL COALITION SHIPS IN THE OPERATING AREAS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER BUTLER REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS TACTICAL INFORMATION COORDINATOR AT SURFACE COMBAT SYSTEMS CENTER (SCSC), WALLOPS ISLAND, VIRGINIA FROM APRIL 2015 TO AUGUST 2017. PETTY OFFICER GIRARD METICULOUSLY ENSURED THE FUNCTIONALITY AND OPERATION OF NINE SURFACE COMBAT BASELINES, IMPLEMENTING TACTICAL DATA LINKS AND BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL TRAINING SYSTEMS. HE PROVIDED 1,220 MAN HOURS OF OPERATIONAL SUPPORT, ENSURING THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 133 AEGIS, BMD, AND SSDS TEST EVENTS AND IMPROVING OUR FIGHTING FORCES AT SEA. AS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTAL ASSISTANT SCHEDULING PETTY OFFICER, HE FLAWLESSLY SCHEDULED 345 EVENTS WITH 100% ACCOUNTABILITY OF SUPPORT, LEADING TO A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATE OF 97%. PETTY OFFICER GIRARD'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED TO USS GRIDLEY (DDG-101) FROM 12 JANUARY 2009 TO 23 MARCH 2014. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER SHELBY DEPLOYED TO THE FIFTH FLEET AOR WITH THE RONALD REAGAN STRIKE GROUP, DURING WHICH HE TRACKED OVER 2,000 SURFACE CONTACTS. ADDITIONALLY, HE WAS DEPLOYED WITH CARL VINSON STRIKE GROUP IN 2011 TO THE SEVENTH FLEET AOR AND PERFORMED 1,000 HOURS OF LINK TROUBLESHOOTING AS A TACTICAL INFORMATION COORDINATOR, WHICH PLAYED A PIVITAL ROLE IN RELAYING AN ACCURATE AND TACTICAL PICTURE TO BOTH THE CARL VINSON STRIKE GROUP AND SEVENTH FLEET. AS THE COMBAT SYSTEM TRAINING TEAM LEAD TIC, HE DEMONSTRATED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND TRAINING ABILITIES IN THE CREATION OF TWENTY SCENARIOS FOR FIFTH FLEET AND SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES, RESULTING IN 100% MISSION READINESS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER SHELBY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.