by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Steven
Hoskins, Naval Submarine Support Center, New London
Capt. Ollie Lewis presents plaque to Cmdr.
Jason Deichler, Commanding Officer, USS Pittsburgh during award ceremony. |
GROTON, Conn. - The
nuclear-powered, Los Angeles class, fast-attack submarine, USS Pittsburgh (SSN
720), was presented with two readiness awards from Submarine Squadron Twelve on
Jan 19.
Pittsburgh earned the Red and Green “N” and White “P”.
Both awards are part of the Battle Efficiency Competition. The Red and Green “N” recognizes outstanding performance in Navigation/Operations Readiness and the White “P” recognizes outstanding performance in Personnel Readiness.
Commodore of Submarine Squadron Twelve, Capt. Ollie Lewis presented both awards to Pittsburgh and praised the crew for its hard work.
“I think a lot of this award and I spent a lot of time making sure we got it to the right crew” said Lewis. “It was clearly evident that in all categories that it comprises: taking care of your people, looking out for their well-being, advancements, retention, and unplanned loses, caring about the day-to-day work that your people do, and Pittsburgh does it right”.
Lewis continued to highlight Pittsburgh’s accomplishments while completing a demanding and challenging schedule over the past year.
The Battle Efficiency competition is an annual event that’s conducted to strengthen and evaluate both command and overall force warfighting readiness and to recognize outstanding command performance. Submarine commands are evaluated on their year-long performance and readiness in the following fields: Engineering, Weapons, Strategic, Navigation/Operations, Communications/Cyber, Supply, Personnel, Medical and Repair.
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