PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS DIRECT SUPPORT ELEMENT BASIC COLLECTION OPERATOR AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, HAWAII FROM SEPTEMBER 2010 TO OCTOBER 2013. WHILE DEPLOYED FOR 290 DAYS ONBOARD THE USS JOHN MCCAIN (DDG 56), PETTY OFFICER COLE LED FIVE SAILORS IN PROCESSING AND ANALYZING OVER 11,000 SIGNALS OF INTEREST AND DISSEMINATING MORE THAN 500 TIME SENSITIVE REPORTS WHICH PROVIDED CRITICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS TO FLEET COMMANDERS AND NATIONAL CONSUMERS. ADDITIONALLY, AS A SIGINT GEOSPATIAL ANALYST, HE COLLECTED, TRACKED, AND ANALYZED 1,234 SELECTORS OF INTEREST, RESULTING IN 72 CONFIRMED HIGH VALUED TARGETS. FINALLY, HE TRAINED AND QUALIFIED 14 SAILORS IN INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE AND NEXT LEVEL JOB QUALIFICATIONS, EXPANDING INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES BY FORTY PERCENT. PETTY OFFICER COLE'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS SIGNALS COLLECTION ANALYST AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, HAWAII FROM AUGUST 2011 TO JANUARY 2014. DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL ACUMEN, PETTY OFFICER SOLIMANI DEPLOYED 217 DAYS ONBOARD USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD-8) AND 69 DAYS ONBOARD USS STETHEM (DDG-63). DURING THIS PERIOD, HE DRAFTED 610 TIME SENSITIVE REPORTS AND 470 TECHNICAL SUMMARIES AND RESPONDED TO OVER 11,000 URGENT REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, AS A SICOR OPERATOR, HE COLLECTED, TRACKED, AND ANALYZED 777 SELECTORS OF INTEREST, RESULTING IN 39 CONFIRMED HIGH VALUED TARGETS. MOREOVER, HE TRAINED 12 SAILORS IN INFORMATION DOMINANCE WARFARE AND NEXT LEVEL JOB QUALIFICATIONS, INCREASING OPERATOR CONFIDENCE AND QUALITY OF INTELLIGENCE. PETTY OFFICER SOLIMANI'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS BATTLE WATCH SUPERVISOR AND SIGNALS COLLECTION MANAGER AT NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND, HAWAII FROM AUGUST 2012 TO JULY 2015. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT TALMADGE LED 31 JOINT PERSONNEL IN THE STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF 7,890 SIGNALS OF INTEREST, THE PRODUCTION OF 889 INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS, AND DEVELOPED FIVE NEW COLLECTION STRATEGIES WHICH IMPROVED INDICATIONS AND WARNING TO DEPLOYED ASSETS. AS COLLECTION MANAGER, SHE PROVIDED ADVISORY TASKINGS TO 13 PLATFORMS AND FULFILLED 230 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, INCREASING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN THE PACIFIC FLEET. FURTHER, SHE LED A TEAM OF 16 SAILORS DEPLOYED FOR 189 DAYS, PRODUCING 700 INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS WHICH IMPROVED READINESS IN THE FIFTH AND SEVENTH FLEET AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY. SERGEANT TALMADGE'S DISTINCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UNRELENTING PERSERVERANCE AND STEADFAST DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS SIGNALS COLLECTION ANALYST ONBOARD JAPAN SIGNALS ANALYSIS LABORATORY, NIOC YOKOSUKA, FROM NOVEMBER 2011 TO NOVEMBER 2013. PETTY OFFICER PAULSON'S LEADERSHIP AND TECHNICAL PRECISION LED TO THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, AND DISSEMINATION OF 1,156 SIGNALS OF INTEREST AND THE RELEASE OF OVER 500 TECHNICAL REPORTS IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL AND THEATER LEVEL OBJECTIVES. IN ADDITION, SHE DEVELOPED 20 OPERATOR GUIDES AND PROVIDED 300 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL TRAINING, CULMINATING IN A FIFTY PERCENT INCREASE IN RAPID SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION AND ACCURACY. MOREOVER, SHE CULTIVATED TECHNICAL AND ANALYTICAL RESOURCES OF REGIONAL PARTNERS WHILE IMPROVING INFORMATION FLOW. FINALLY, PETTY OFFICER PAULSON WAS SELECTED AS AN INDIVIDUAL AUGMENTEE TO LEAD ONE OF TWO MOBILE SIGNALS VEHICLES FOR COMMANDER STRIKE FORCE TRAINING ATLANTIC (CSFTL). SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INJECTION OF 900 VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSIONS WHICH WERE THE KEY FACTORS IN CARRIER STRIKE GROUP EIGHT (CSG8) INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS TRAINING DURING THEIR COMPOSITE TRAINING UNIT EXERCISE (COMTUEX). PETTY OFFICER PAULSON'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SELFLESS DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.
