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SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS SECOND QUARTER FISCAL YEAR 2019 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
(CNO)(LOGISTICS) IMPLEMENTED A 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 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 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 2ND QUARTER FY19 AWARD WINNERS:
ET2    DUSTIN POWELL 	 		MARMC NORFOLK VA
ET1    JASON VANDERGIESSEN		USS CHAFEE (DDG 90)
ET2    ADAM BARBER	 		SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET1    DEWAYNE NIX 			USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53)
LCPL   BENJAMIN WILLIAMS		ELMACO (2ND MAINT 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 DPM, IS MR. RICH STARK, COMM 
202 812-1692 OR VIA E-MAIL richard.r.stark@navy.mil.

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

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