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SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS THIRD 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 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 AN 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 3RD QUARTER FY19 AWARD WINNERS:
ET1 DEWAYNE NIX, USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53)
ET1 ALEX VIRAVONG, SERMC MAYPORT
ET2 TREVOR ALEXANDER-STEINMANN, USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70)
ET2 ADAM BARBER, SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET2 IAN GAMBLE, USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG 58)
ET2 AUDREY GUY, USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)
ET2 JACOB HUTTO, USS ANTIETAM (CG 54)
ET2 KELLY ONEAL, CSCS DET WEST SAN DIEGO
ET2 TYLER PARENT, SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET3 BRITTANY DIAZ, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) LCPL SAMUEL FINK, ELMACO 2ND 
MAINT BATTALION

5.  POC: NUWC DET FEO NORFOLK MR. SCOTT DOHERTY, MTR AND GOLD DISK FLEET 
COORDINATOR, 757-396-0800 EXT 5308, DSN 386-0800 EXT 5308 OR VIA E-MAIL, 
SCOTT.DOHERTY(AT) NAVY.MIL.  NAVSEA 2M MTR DPM, MR. MARC BORKOWSKI, COMM 202-
781-0508 OR VIA E-MAIL marc.borkowski@navy.mil.

6.  POINT OF CONTACT FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MR. STEVE ANDREWS, OPNAV N831, 703-
695
-5726 OR VIA E-MAIL AT steve.andrews@navy.mil.

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

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