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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
CORPORAL ERICK R. PARK
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REPAIR SPECIALIST, 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. CORPORAL PARK DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY CONDUCTING MORE THAN 350 HOURS OF MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING ON 100 PIECES OF ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT, THEREBY EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY COMPLETING MORE THAN 230 EQUIPMENT REPAIR ORDERS. IN LESS THAN A WEEK’S TIMEFRAME, HE ALSO LOGGED OVER 250 HOURS OF REFINEMENT AND RESTRUCTURING AND REDUCED THE GENERATOR REQUIREMENT FROM 19 TO 10. CORPORAL PARK THEN CONDUCTED OVER 200 HEAVY EQUIPMENT SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR THE STAGING AND LOADING OF RETROGRADE CONVOYS AND THE OFFLOADING OF RESUPPLY CONVOYS. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THREE ROAD CLEARING MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF CONVOY OPERATIONS, THEREBY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING VARIOUS ROUTES OF TRAVEL. CORPORAL PARK’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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