It is my great pleasure to congratulate you as the 2019 recipient of the Chief Aviation Machinist Mate Oliver F. Berry Aviation Maintenance Award. The Coast Guard Aviation Association presents this prestigious award annually to an enlisted aviation technician who has demonstrated exceptional performance and enhanced the overall quality of Coast Guard aviation maintenance.

Demonstrating exceptional leadership, superb technical expertise, and professionalism, you played a key role in the Medium Range Surveillance (MRS) Product Line at the Aviation Logistics Center and the entire HC-144 fleet. As the MRS technical expert for three major HC-144B avionics upgrades including Minotaur, the Ocean Sentry Refresh (OSR) cockpit avionics upgrade, and ADS-B, you have refined intricate depot and operational level system checks for the new OSR and Minotaur systems and developed training products to clarify the procedures for the fleet. Participating in the cross-platform review of MH-65E developmental FMS software you noted several discrepancies that did not correlate with DoD/F AA requirements for surveillance systems. By identifying software design solutions and scenarios for the Short Range Recovery (SRR) Product Line, you enabled successful cross-platform engineering and software design change of avionics systems for the MH-65E.

Your consummate professionalism, exceptional leadership, superior mentorship, and dedication to the Coast Guard’s core values make you a role model for the aviation maintenance force and set the standard for mission and maintainer support while overcoming the challenges associated with an aging aircraft fleet. Your outstanding contributions and devotion to duty are most heartily commended and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.