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MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N8//MARCH// 
 
SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FY22FOURTH QUARTER GOLD DISK AWARDEES// 
 
REF/A/JFMM VOLUME VI, CHAPTER 8// 
AMPN/REF A IS THE JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL 2M ELECTRONIC REPAIR 
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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN 1997 THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (LOGISTICS) 
IMPLEMENTED A CNO 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 RESULTED IN 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 LETTER OF COMMENDATION SIGNED BY 
DEPUTY CNO FOR INTEGRATION OF CAPABILITIES AND RESOURCES AND A MILITARY CASH 
AWARD OF UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
 
2.  THE CASH AWARD CRITERIA IS A GRADUATED DOLLAR VALUE DEPENDENT UPON COST 
AVOIDANCE THRESHOLDS.  THE 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 YIELDS A $2K AWARD 
$200K TO $249K OF COST AVOIDANCE YIELDS A $3K AWARD 
$250K TO $299K OF COST AVOIDANCE YIELDS A $4K AWARD 
$300K AND OVER OF COST AVOIDANCE YIELDS 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 FY22 AWARDEES:  (READ IN TWO 
COLUMNS) 
 
ET1  NICHOLAS BAILEY     SWRMC SAN DIEGO 
ET2  GRACE ALBERS        USS GEORGE H W BUSH (CVN 77) 
AT2  KEVYONA HENRY       SWRMC SAN DIEGO 
ET2  CASSONDRA JOHNSON   USS NITZE (DDG 94) 
ET2  RICH MAN            USS MCCAMPBELL (DDG 85) 
IC2  GUILLERMO MIRANDA   USS COLE (DDG 67) 
ET2  MITCHELL RILEY      USS LABOON (DDG 58) 
ET2  JOSEPH TRIPP        NAVSUBSUFAC NEW LONDON CT 
ET2  WINSTON WYLIE       MARMC NORFOLK VA 
ET3  JACK BACKS          USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) 
 
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.p.doherty2.civ@us.navy.mil THE NAVSEA 2M MTR PM, IS MR. RICHARD R. 
STARK, COMM 202 781-1491 OR VIA E-MAIL richard.r.stark.civ@us.navy.mil. 
 
6.  RELEASED BY DIRECTION NEIL W. T. HOGG, SES, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF 
NAVAL OPERATIONS, N8B.// 
 
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