Cmt Jones Value Chain Analysis

"***THIS AWARD HAS BEEN CAO REVIEWED BY (MSgt Stancel on 10 April 2018) AND DEEMED UNCLASSIFIED FOR BOTH THE SUMMARY OF ACTION AND CITATION DO NOT SUBMIT FOR FURTHER REVIEW***

Staff Sergeant Shawn Jones is enthusiastically recommended for the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for the following actions. A classified version of the summary of action will be submitted to the board members for review.

-From July 2015 to August 2015, SSgt Jones (while still a Sergeant) played a major role in developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for how 700 Combat Mission Team would operate using a sub-element concept. These SOPs formed the basis for CMT intelligence and administrative operations. This effort required extensive functional planning,

This billet is normally filed by a GySgt, requires supervision of Marines and Civilians and requires extensive coordination with Joint Forces Headquarters personnel, senior members of the Intelligence Community, and training oversight. During this time, he was directly responsible for signals intelligence development for multiple targets, resulting in multiple serialized reports and over a dozen internal analytical products used by the CMT, Marine Forces Cyber Command, United States Cyber Command, and the National Security Agency. His leadership responsibilities in these cases required supervision and accountability of three Marines and two civilians, including taking proactive action to ensure the completion and maintenance of all oversight & compliance paperwork. His duties involved daily interaction and liaison with senior personnel within the national security community, including GS-15 branch managers, Senior Executive Service (SES) personnel, and General/Flag Officers. He handled these relationships with the utmost professionalism, initiative, persistence, and maturity. His efforts regularly brought forth accolades and praise from the leaders SSgt Jones interacted with. This interaction required a delicate balance of restraint and assertiveness, balancing the need to work with interagency partners while still prioritizing the CMT's primary mission responsibilities to its assigned supported