CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FIRST QUARTER FY23 GOLD DISK AWARDEES:
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 241445Z AUG 23 MID120000390655U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO COMMARFORCOM COMMARCORSYSCOM LCES QUANTICO VA BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 204/23 // MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N8//AUG// SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FIRST QUARTER FY23 GOLD DISK AWARDEES// 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 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 1ST QUARTER FY23 AWARDEES: (READ IN TWO COLUMNS) FCA1 SANDRA CLINE USS NITZE (DDG 94) ET2 ARVIN BUI MARMC NORFOLK VA ET2 MARTIN GOROSTIAGA USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) ET2 RICH MAN USS MCCAMPBELL (DDG 85) ET2 REESE MULDER MARMC NORFOLK VA CPL CEASAR QUINONEZ-MARTINEZ 2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC ET2 JACOB SMITH SWRMC SAN DIEGO CA ET2 JOSEPH TRIPP NAVSUBSUPFAC NEW LONDON CT ET2 WINSTON WYLIE MARMC NORFOLK VA ET3 ERIC ANTIGNANI USS FORREST SHERMAN (DDG 98) ET3 RYANNA ARMITAGE USS GEORGE H W BUSH (CVN 77) LCPL ALBERTO DIAZ 2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC IC3 JORDAN FLOREZ USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) ET3 OLGA GARZA USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) ET3 DUNCAN HATHAWAY USS PORTLAND (LPD 27) CPL CHAD HELMAN 2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC ET3 BRODRICK MCDONALD USS BULKELEY (DDG 84) ET3 KEVIN NETEMEYER USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) ET3 CHRISTOPHER REINER USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) 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, BY NEIL W. T. HOGG, SES, ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, N8B.// BT #0001 NNNN CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//