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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
CORPORAL SERGIO E. DELCID
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN ELECTRICIAN, HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE COMPANY, TASK FORCE 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 8, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (FORWARD) FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 2009 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09.1. CORPORAL DELCID DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY SINGLE-HANDEDLY MAINTAINING MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE BATTALION’S ELECTRICAL POWER AND AIR CONDITIONING GRID. VITAL TO THE BATTALION’S SUSTAINMENT AND COMBAT READINESS WERE THE 53 GENERATORS AND MORE THAN 130 COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONERS HE SERVICED. ALSO, AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CORPORAL DELCID DEMONSTRATED SUPERIOR COMPETENCE BY EXECUTING OVER 100 FORKLIFT SUPPORT REQUESTS THAT ACCOUNTED FOR 40 PERCENT OF THE BATTALION’S RETROGRADE PROCESS. AS THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGER, HE REQUISITIONED, TRACKED, SUSTAINED, TRANSPORTED, AND DISPOSED OF MORE THAN 40 TYPES OF LUBRICANTS AND OVER 15 TYPES OF BATTERIES VALUED IN EXCESS OF $40,000.00. CORPORAL DELCID’S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
17TH MARCH 2010
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