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NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL
AWARDED TO
SERGEANT TIMOTHY E. SAUNDERLAIN
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS AN 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 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 2009 IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 09.1. SERGEANT SAUNDERLIN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THREE HUNDRED FORTY PIECES OF ENGINEER EQUIPMENT AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS. HE MAINTAINED THE POWER AND AIR CONDITIONING FOR 58 BILLETING TENTS AND 31 WORK SPACES CRITICAL TO THE SUSTAINMENT OF BATTALION OPERATIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE. SERGEANT SAUNDERLIN WAS VITAL TO THE REASSESSMENT AND REWIRING OF SIXTY PERCENT OF SAHL SINJAR AIRFIELD, BY INSTALLING BREAKERS, SUB-PANEL BOXES, AND MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED METERS OF STABLE WIRE ESSENTIAL TO THE SAFETY OF ALL PERSONNEL. ADDITIONALLY, HE COORDINATED THE SUPPORT OF OVER SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY FORKLIFT REQUESTS IN SUPPORT OF LOGISTIC REQUIREMENTS. SERGEANT SAUNDERLIN’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.
5TH FEBRUARY 2010
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