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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
CORPORAL KEVIN T. HOWARD
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS FORWARD OBSERVER AND VEHICLE COMMANDER, COMPANY C, 3D LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, 1ST MARINE DIVISION FROM 1 NOVEMBER 2008 TO 17 JANUARY 2009. DURING THIS PERIOD, CORPORAL HOWARD PERFORMED BEYOND HIS MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY IN ORDER TO MEET AN ESSENTIAL BILLET IN THE COMPANY’S FIRE SUPPORT TEAM. A SOLID NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER, CORPORAL HOWARD WAS CHOSEN TO BE THE FORWARD OBSERVER BECAUSE OF HIS MENTAL AGILITY AND “MAKE IT WORK” ATTITUDE. DEDICATED TO HIS NEW TASK, CORPORAL HOWARD ABSORBED INFORMATION FROM EVERY AVAILABLE SOURCE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BATTALION INCLUDING TWENTY HOURS OF SELF INSTRUCTION TO GAIN THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE TO BECOME PROFICIENT AT HIS NEW JOB. HIS EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE COMPANY’S SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF EXERCISE STEEL KNIGHT, DURING WHICH, CORPORAL HOWARD CONDUCTED OVER TWENTY LIVE MORTAR AND SUPPRESSION OF ENEMY AIR DEFENSE MISSIONS. HIS STEADFAST WORK ETHIC AND DEVOTION TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL.
4TH FEBRUARY 2009
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