FOR EXCEPTIONALLY MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE ASSIGNED AS A BRADLEY VEHICLE MAINTAINER SUPPORTING ECHO COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 9TH MARINES INFANTRY BATTALION FROM APRIL 2011 TO JULY 2012. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DAVID'S HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE 2ID MOTTO "WE FIGHT TONIGHT" COUPLED WITH HIS DESIRE FOR KNOWLEDGE AND EAGERNESS TO SUCCEED IN THE MISSION FOSTERED A TRULY REMARKABLE WORKING ENVIRONMENT. THOUGHOUT THE 30 DAY TRAINING PERIOD FOR THE 2/9 INFANTRY WINTER GUNNERY, HE SEIZED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE AND IMPROVE EQUIPMENT READINESS AND TOOK THE LEAD ON 12 VEHICLES, MANY OF WHICH WERE OUTSIDE HIS MOS. HE WORKED LONG HOURS BEHIND THE SCENES ON BRADLEYS, ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS, AND HUMVEES AND INCREASED ABLE COMPANY VEHICLE OPERATIONAL READINESS BY 50 PERCENT IN JUST 90 DAYS. PRIVATE DAVID'S INITIATIVE, PERSEVERANCE, AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS BRADLEY FIGHTING SYSTEMS MAINTAINER FSC 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMORED REGIMENT, FORT BLISS, TEXAS FROM XXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXX. SPECIALIST GREEN'S TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AS A BRADLEY FIGHTING SYSTEMS MAINTAINER, COMMITMENT TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND DEDICATION TO SELFLESS SERVICE, PERSONALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF 1/68 ARMORED BATTALION GUNNERY. IN ADDITION, DURING THE NTC ROTATION, HE PERFORMED 11 DIFFICULT RECOVERY MISSIONS AND ASSISTED FSC WITH VEHICLE TURN-INS, PROVING TO BE AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT IN ACCOMPLISHING THE OVERALL BATTALION MISSION. SPECIALIST GREEN'S COMMENDABLE PERFORMANCE IS IN KEEPING WITH THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MILITARY SERVICE AND REFLECTS CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, 67TH ARMORED REGIMENT AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
