CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED// 
ROUTINE 
R 271356Z DEC 23 MID120000770055U 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC 
TO NAVADMIN 
COMMARFORCOM 
COMMARCORSYSCOM LCES QUANTICO VA 
INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC 
BT 
UNCLAS 
 
SUBJ/CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS THIRD QUARTER FY23 GOLD DISK AWARDEES// 
 
NAVADMIN 295/23 
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC//N8//DEC// 
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 3RD QUARTER FY23 AWARDEES:   
(READ IN TWO COLUMNS) 
 
 
ET2 REESE CASTRO      		MARMC NORFOLK VA 
IC2 JUNIOR DUCATEL            SWRMC SAN DIEGO CA 
ET2 CHRISTIAN GARCIALAZARIT   USS SHOUP (DDG 86) 
ET2 MARGARITA GONZALEZ        USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) 
ET2 BRANDON MILCARZYK         USS BOXER (LHD 4) 
ET2 DYLAN MYERS               USS ROBERT SMALLS (CG 62) 
ET2 FRANK PISCATELLA          USS BATAAN (LHD 5) 
ET2 MITCHELL RILEY            USS LABOON (DDG 58) 
ET2 DALTON VANTASSELL         USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) 
ET2 WINSTON WYLIE             MARMC NORFOLK VA 
CPL ZACHARY BENTZ      		2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC 
CPL ALBERTO DIAZ              2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC 
CPL CHRISTOPHER NESSELTREE    2ND ELMACO CAMP LEJEUNE NC 
ET3 BRADLEY DORTON            MARCC NORFOLK VA 
ET3 BRITTANEY WALKLEY         USS COMSTOCK (LSD 45) 
 
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 NEIL W. T. HOGG, SES, ACTING ASSISTANT DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL 
OPERATIONS, N8B.// 
 
BT 
#0001 
NNNN 
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED//