HQ Highlights

On April 18, Military Sealift Command headquarters honored many of its uniformed and civilian employees at the command's quarterly awards ceremony. The event started with the presentation of Civilian Length of Service Awards.

Dorothy Caldwell, Reserve Affairs; Denis Rumbaugh, Sealift Program; and Carole H. Wieszek, Contracts and Business Management Directorate were recognized for 35 years of service. Vanessa Brown, Contracts and Business Management Directorate; Kevin Ryan, Prepositioning Program; Patricia D. Paige, Equal Employment Office; and Joan Galleher, Prepositioning Program were recognized for 30 years.

Donald Shelton, Special Mission Program; David Clark, Logistics Directorate; and Keith Bauer, Prepositioning Program were recognized for 25 years of service. James Hayes, Engineering Directorate; and Susan Thomas, Public Affairs were each recognized for two decades of service. Rene Fry, Engineering Directorate; and Shelley L. Croyle, Medical; were recognized for 15 and 10 years, respectively. Thyra Jones, Administrative Support Center, received the Civilian of the Quarter award and Navy Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ray C. Ellison, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Directorate, was named MSC Sailor of the Quarter.

Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Gregory Peck and Navy Chief Information Systems Technician Derek Jefferson, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems Directorate; each received a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal April 18 for distinctive accomplishments, unrelenting perseverance and steadfast devotion to duty.

Navy Storekeeper 2nd Class Calvin Lewis, Logistics Directorate received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his exceptional professional ability.

MSC welcomes Nicholas DeAngelis, Engineering Directorate.

MSC bids farewell to David Julian, Contracts and Business Management Directorate; Carolyn King, Strategic Planning Directorate; and Carolyn Merritt, Comptroller Directorate.