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NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL
AWARDED TO
GUNNERY SERGEANT JOHN S. DEERING
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
FOR
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS MAINTENANCE CHIEF, COMPANY D, 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. GUNNERY SERGEANT DEERING DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY SKILLFULLY MANAGING THE MAINTENANCE READINESS OF 21 LIGHT ARMORED VEHICLES; COORDINATING SUPPORT THROUGH TWO SEPARATE HEADQUARTERS OPERATING IN TWO DIFFERENT IRAQI PROVINCES AND ADEPTLY MANEUVERING HIS RECOVERY SECTION IN SUPPORT OF COMBAT OPERATIONS. DUE TO HIS PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, HE SUSTAINED AN EQUIPMENT READINESS RATING GREATER THAN 90 PERCENT DURING 100 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS COMBAT OPERATIONS, INCLUDING A 500 KILOMETER TACTICAL MOVEMENT WITHIN SUSPECTED ENEMY ZONES AND TERRAIN HAZARDS. AS THE RECOVERY SECTION LEADER, HE CONDUCTED 12 RECOVERY OPERATIONS, 25 RESUPPLY MISSIONS, AND 2 ROUTINE CASUALTY EVACUATIONS TO MAXIMIZE HIS UNIT’S COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS IN SECTOR. GUNNERY SERGEANT DEERING’S NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
10TH SEPTEMBER 2009
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