FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS INTERMEDIATE OPERATIONAL ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE MANAGER AND INSTRUCTOR AT CENTER FOR INFORMATION DOMINANCE UNIT CORRY STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA FROM APRIL 2010 TO MAY 2013. AS THE AN/SLQ-32A(V)2 MAINTENANCE COURSE MANAGER, PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ LED SIX SENIOR PETTY OFFICERS IN PROVIDING MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND HOURS OF HIGHLY TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONALLY RELEVANT INSTRUCTION TO 230 MULTI-SERVICE STUDENTS. HE SUPERVISED AND ASSISTED IN CONTINUOUS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW COURSE OF INSTRUCTION THAT RESULTED IN SAVING THE NAVY OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AWAITING INSTRUCTION COSTS, INCREASED LAB AVAILABILITY, AND THE MODERNIZATION OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE TRAINING. MOREOVER, PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ INSTRUCTED SEVEN CLASSES WITH A COURSE AVERAGE OF 95 PERCENT AND ZERO ACADEMIC FAILURES. PETTY OFFICER HERNANDEZ'S EXCEPTIONAL INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS AS VAQ-129 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY MANAGER AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE LIBRARY (EWL) LPO FROM AUGUST 2011 TO JULY 2013. DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND FORESIGHT, PETTY OFFICER ALICE BAKERLITE DEDICATED MORE THAN 1,300 HOURS TO OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS WITH MULTIPLE AGENCIES, CERTIFYING 345 SIPR AND NIPR WORKSTATIONS AND FOUR SYSTEM SERVERS WHICH PROVIDE DAILY MISSION SUPPORT TO ALL VAQ WING FORWARD DEPLOYED COMANDS. AS THE EWL LPO, SHE FORGED A TEAM OF 13 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL INTO AN EFFICIENT TEAM WHICH SUPPORTED 22 TRAINING DETACHMENTS AND FOUR SQUADRONS TRANSITIONING FROM EA-6B TO EA-18G AIRCRAFT. BY HER EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, PETTY OFFICER BAKERLITE REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
