MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS LEADING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND UNIT CAREER COUNSELOR FOR USS FITZPATRICK, FROM 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 TO 27 AUGUST 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER KLEIN LED AND MANAGED 42 SAILORS AND THREE WORKCENTERS IN THE PROVISION OF MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN QUALITY LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND ACHIEVED AN UNPRECEDENTED SUPPLY READINESS RATE OF 98.5 PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY, HE CONDUCTED 81 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, SUBMITTED 93 ADVANCEMENT WORKSHEETS, AND PROCESSED 33 ENLISTMENT AND EXTENSIONS. HIS EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO USS FITZPATRICK'S PERSONNEL PROGRAMS EXCELLENCE AWARD, COMMAND INFORMATION PROGRAM REVIEW (CIPR) SCORE OF 90 PERCENT, 22 ADVANCEMENTS, FOUR BLUE JACKETS OF THE QUARTER, TWO JUNIOR SAILORS OF THE QUARTER, TWO BLUE JACKETS OF THE YEAR, AND ONE JUNIOR SAILOR OF THE YEAR. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER KLEIN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, SELFLESS DEVOTION, AND TOTAL 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 DIRECTORATE CAREER COUNSELOR AND COMMAND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR NAVAL HEALTH CLINIC CORPUS CHRISTI (NHCCC), TEXAS FROM OCTOBER 2016 TO AUGUST 2020. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER VALDEZ PROVIDED DIRECT MENTORSHIP FOR 27 SAILORS AND LED 88 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, APPROVED 27 C-WAY APPLICATIONS, AND PROCESSED 17 ENLISTMENT AND EXTENSIONS. HIS EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE NHCCC 2018 AND 2019 RETENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD AND A COMMAND INFORMATION PROGRAM REVIEW (CIPR) SCORE OF 92 PERCENT. ADDITIONALLY, HE ORGANIZED 50 COMMUNITY AND 12 COMMAND INVOLVEMENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE TEXAS AOR, RESULTING IN OVER SIX THOUSAND VOLUNTEER HOURS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER VALDEZ 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 UNIT CAREER COUNSELOR LEAD PETTY OFFICER, SURGEMAIN NASHVILLE, NAVY OPERATIONIONAL SUPPORT CENTER NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE FROM 1 AUGUST 2012 TO 20 AUGUST 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT COMPLETED 27 CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, PROCESSED SIX REENLISTMENTS, TWO RATE CHANGE PACKAGES, AND ONE RETIREMENT PACKAGE. HE PROVIDED DISTRIBUTED MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO SURGEMAIN AND THREE DETACHMENTS WITHIN NMCB 24, FACILITATING THE SAILORIZATION OF OVER 40 SAILORS WITHIN SURGEMAIN NASHVILLE AND OVER 200 NAVY SAILORS WITHIN NOSC NASHVILLE. ADDITIONALLY, HE ORGANIZED SEVERAL TROOPS TO TEACHERS AND POST 9/11 GI BILL PRESENTATIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO NOSC NASHVILLE'S RETENTION EXCELLENCE AWARD. FURTHER, HE WAS ONE OF ONLY TEN OUT OF 200 SURGEMAIN TRAINING CANDIDATES TO QUALIFY AS AN APPRENTICE. PETTY OFFICER WRIGHT'S UNSWERVING DEVOTION TO DUTY AND HIS FELLOW SAILORS 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 THE UNIT CAREER COUNSELOR FOR NAVAL RESERVE NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND TEXAS-FORT WORTH FROM NOVEMBER 2012 TO NOVEMBER 2013. DURING THIS PERIOD, PETTY OFFICER FLANAGIN PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. HE DEMONSTRATED EXTREME DILIGENCE AND OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE WHILE OVERSEEING THE REENLISTMENT AND RETIREMENTS OF UNIT PERSONNEL, ORDERING ADVANCEMENT EXAMS, AND CONDUCTING CAREER DEVELOPMENT BOARDS. IN ADDITION, PETTY OFFICER FLANAGIN DEDICATED OVER A HUNDRED HOURS TO MAINTAINING AND TRACKING ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF UNIT MEMBERS, ENSURING PERSONNEL WERE AWARE OF UPCOMING HIGH TENURE, PROJECTED ROTATION, AND OTHER IMPORTANT CAREER MILESTONES. PETTY OFFICER FLANAGIN'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, SELFLESS DEVOTION, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.