CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOURTH QUARTER FY19 GOLD DISK AWARD WINNERS:
UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 111245Z MAR 20 MID110000453989U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN COMMARFORCOM INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 060/20 // MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N8//MARB// 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@navy.mil. THE NAVSEA 2M MTR PM, IS MR. RICH MCCONNELL, COMM 202 781-3259 OR VIA E-MAIL richard.mcconnell@navy.mil. 6. RELEASED BY DIRECTION NEIL W. T. HOGG, SES, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, N8B// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//