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SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER GOLD DISK AWARD 
WINNERS//

REF/A/JFMM VOLUME VI, CHAPTER 8//

AMPN/REF A IS THE JOINT FLEET MAINTENANCE MANUAL 2M ELECTRONIC REPAIR 
CHAPTER// 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 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 FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER FY20 AWARD WINNERS: 
(READ IN TWO COLUMNS) FIRST QUARTER WINNERS:
ET1 BENJAMIN PRIGA	NAVSTA ROTA SP (GEMD)
ET2 ADAM BARBER	       	SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET2 MICAH ELLIS	       	AEGIS TRAEDCEN DAHLGREN
ET2 TANNER FENNELL	MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 MEGAN GENUALDI	MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 GRAHAM HARPER	MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 WALTER JONES JR      	USS BOXER (LHD 4)
ET2 ANDY PHAN		USS STOUT (DDG 55)
ETV2 MICHAEL CONTRERAS  NAVSHPYD & IMF PEARL HARBOR
ETV2 KEITH SIMMONS	NAVSHPYD & IMF PEARL HARBOR

SECOND QUARTER WINNERS:
ET2 ADAM BARBER		SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET2 WILLIAM CIAPPONI	USS PRINCETON (CG 59)
ET2 MEGAN GENUALDI	MARMC NORFOLK
ET2 WALTER JONES JR	USS BOXER (LHD 4)
ET2 TYLER PARENT	 	SWRMC SAN DIEGO
ET2 ANDY PHAN		USS STOUT (DDG 55)
ET2 CHRISTOPHER REINER   USS NEW YORK (LPD 21)
CPL BENJAMIN WILLIAMS	2D MAINTENANCE BATTALION
ET3 CONNOR LARSON	USS ANTIETAM (CG 54)
ET3 KWAYON SCONIERS       USS COLE (DDG 67)

5.  NUWC DET FEO NORFOLK POC IS 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@navy.mil.  THE NAVSEA 2M MTR PM, IS MR. RICHARD STARK, 
COMM 202-781-1419 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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