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TOCORPORAT (FLEET MAR]NE FORCE) ROBERT C. .]ONES, UNTTED STATES MARTNE CORPS

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DFIONSTRATED AS EE REVIEIIED AIiL An ORY INSpEeIIONS CONDUC!ED AT llIE lllO[IIETg SEABEE REjADII{ESS GROUP; ACCOUNIIIiIG lpR OVERA,5OO SOI'RS OF flEAIONS GAI'GING AS ?IIE MAIITIEIiIANCE CII,ERI(. IIIS OUTSTAIIDING MANAGEMENT ABII,IIY WAE CRITICAI, TO THE SVCCBSS OFTIIE MAINTENANCE, REPATR, ISSI'8, AND RECOIIERY OF 5,400 TIEAIONS, 310 T|IGHT VISION DEVICES. AID SI,3 FOR 12 I'NIT TI'RNOVERS AND 11UNIA DEPI,OTIIENTS. UU!.IZING lIIg EXCEPUONAL I(TOIII,EDGE IND UNDERSATIDING OF ARI{ORY ISSUE€. I{E IflIAIATED A MORE EFFICIENTARIIORY SUPPLY SYSTEM SAVING 1IIE NAVY O\IAR S5OOI( IN EXPENSES AI{D 5O.OOO !{AN IIOI'RS OF REPAIR IiORX. CORPORAI. iTONES' EUPSRIATIVEPERPORI{AITCE, STE,ADFAST PERSEVER.ANCE AND OIITSTANDIIIG DEVOTICN TO DUTY REFI,EC!BD CRIDIT UPON IIIMSBI,F AIID UPITEI,D TIIE IIIGIIESTTRADITIONS OF THE I]NITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

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FOR TI{EH. V. DOBSON, ,tR.CAPTAIN, CIVIL, ENGINEER CORPS, U.S. NAVYCOMMANDER, TWENTTETH SEABEE READINESS GROUP

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