Chain of Command Group Commander Deputy Group Commander Gru Engineering Officer
Other Memories Letter of Commendation 14 September 1981
1. I note with pride and am pleased to commend you for your performance of duty during the period July 1978 to March 1981 while attached to Coast Guard Group Shinnecock as Group Engineering Officer. Demonstrating outstanding ability, ingenuity, and professionalism, you effectively managed and extremely burdensome workload in a very competent and professional manner. You willingly gave of your own time and talent to aggressively pursue various responsibilities. Even though your professional expertise lays in the Naval Engineering field, you were forced to spend a large majority of your time as a civil engineer with the responsibility for the maintenance of sixty-seven (67) units of Coast Guard owned housing. YOur programmed maintenance of these units significantly enhanced their material condition and energy efficiency. You also diligently pursued correction of the financially crippled exchange to a sound financial stability. As Environmental Protection Officer, you were Group Shinnecock's Representative for numeroud pollution cases, effectively representing the Coast Guard with the State, Local and Private Agencies on Long Island. Your ability to maintain enthusiasm, initiative, professionalism, and deication in light of the tremendous workload that was your responsibility is admirable.
2. I commend you for your outstanding performance of duty during this period. By your meritorious service you have upheld the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.
3. You are authorized to wear the Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon Bar.
J.S. GRACEY Vice Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Third Coast Guard District By direction of the Commandant
