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SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOURTH QUARTER FY19 GOLD DISK AWARD WINNERS//

REF/A/JFMM VOLUME VI, CHAPTER 8//
AMPN/REF A IS THE JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL 2M ELECTRONIC REPAIR 
CHAPTER// 

GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN 1997 THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (LOGISTICS) 
IMPLEMENTED A CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (CNO) MONTHLY GOLD DISK AWARDS 
PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE FLEET PERSONNEL IN THE 
MARITIME COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP GOLD DISK TEST ROUTINES AND REPAIR CIRCUIT CARD 
ASSEMBLIES AND ELECTRONIC MODULES.  THE RESULTING BENEFITS HAVE IMPROVED 
OPERATIONAL READINESS OF A WIDE RANGE OF C5I AND HM&E SYSTEMS IN ADDITION TO 
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OPTAR COST AVOIDANCE.  THE AWARD CONSISTS OF A LOC 
SIGNED BY CNO N8, DEPUTY CNO FOR INTEGRATION OF CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES 
AND A MILITARY CASH AWARD OF UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

2.  RECENTLY, THE CASH AWARD CRITERIA CHANGED TO A GRADUATED DOLLAR VALUE 
DEPENDENT UPON COST AVOIDANCE THRESHOLDS.  THE NEW AWARD PROGRAM NOT ONLY 
REWARDS THE TOP REPAIR TECHNICIAN, BUT EVERY TECHNICIAN THAT MEETS THE 
FOLLOWING QUARTERLY COST AVOIDANCE THRESHOLDS:
$150K TO $199K OF COST AVOIDANCE YEILDS A $2K AWARD $200K TO $249K OF COST 
AVOIDANCE YEILDS A $3K AWARD $250K TO $299K OF COST AVOIDANCE YEILDS A $4K 
AWARD $300K AND OVER OF COST AVOIDANCE YEILDS A $5K AWARD

3.  THE CNO GOLD DISK AWARDS PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE NAVSEA MINIATURE 
MICROMINIATURE MODULE TEST AND REPAIR (2M MTR) PROGRAM MANAGER.  FLEET 2M MTR 
POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CONTAINED IN REFERENCE A.  GOLD DISK AWARDEES 
ARE SELECTED BY AN AWARDS BOARD AT NUWC DETACHMENT FIELD ENGINEERING OFFICE 
IN NORFOLK.  THE MTR ENGINEERING AGENTS SELECTION IS BASED ON 2M REPAIR 
METRICS SUBMITTED IN THE MODULE TEST AND REPAIR TRACKING SYSTEM OR 
VERIFICATION  OF RECENTLY SUBMITTED GOLD DISK TEST ROUTINES.

4.  I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE 4TH QUARTER FY19 AWARD WINNERS: (READ IN TWO
COLUMNS)
ET1 DEWAYNE NIX			USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53)
ET1 DUSTIN POWELL			MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 WILLIAM CIAPPONI		USS PRINCETON (CG 59)
ET2 AUDREY GUY			USS RONALD REGAN (CVN 76)
ET2 GRAHAM HARPER			MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 RILEY KENELA			NAVSUBSUPFAC New London
ET2 MICHAEL MORGAN		USS GRIDLEY (DDG 101)
ET2 TYLER PARENT			SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET2 ANDY PHAN			USS STOUT (DDG 55)
ET2 LOGAN REDICKSPARKS	      USS KIDD (DDG 100)
ET2 CODY DARNELL			AEGIS TRACEN DAHLGREN
ET2 MEGAN GENUALDI		MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 STEVEN KNAUL			MARMC NORFOLK
CPL CODY CASTELLO			8TH COMMUNICATION BATTALION
ET3 CHRIS NORBERG			SWRMC SAN DIEGO
LCPL SAMUEL FINK			2ND MAINTENANCE BATTALION

5.  NUWC DET FEO NORFOLK POC IS MR. SCOTT DOHERTY, MTR AND GOLD DISK FLEET 
COORDINATOR, 757-396-0800 EXT 5308, DSN 386-5308 OR VIA E-MAIL, 
SCOTT.DOHERTY(AT)NAVY.MIL. THE NAVSEA 2M MTR PM, IS MR. RICH MCCONNELL, COMM
202 781-3259 OR VIA E-MAIL RICHARD.MCCONNELL(AT)NAVY.MIL.

6.  RELEASED BY DIRECTION NEIL W. T. HOGG, SES, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF 
NAVAL OPERATIONS, N8B//

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