Sergeant Gonzalezestrella Case Study

1. Sergeant GonzalezEstrella is enthusiastically recommended for meritorious promotion to Staff Sergeant. His management and organization skills, steadfast leadership, and impeccable professionalism are the characteristics the Marine Corps expects of a Staff Non-Commissioned Officer. I rank him 1 of 6 Marine Security Guards on post and the top Assistant Detachment Commander I have worked with. While on the Marine Security Guard Program, Sergeant GonzalezEstrella received two letters of Appreciation, both demonstrating his commitment to volunteerism and community relations.

2. Accomplishments:

a. During his time on the Marine Security Guard program, Sergeant GonzalezEstrella served at Detachment Kampala, Uganda; Detachment Frankfurt,

Sergeant GonzalezEstrella as well as responded in 3 actual emergency incidents.

(5) Sergeant GonzalezEstrella is a sterling example of the phrase “every Marine is an Ambassador”. He tirelessly spent countless hours volunteering with local Orphanages in the area and volunteered to support the POTUS visit to Brunei, Bandar Seri Begawan; which quickly shifted to a Secretary of State visit.

(6) His commitment to self-improvement and MOS proficiency is without peer. While at his first post, Sergeant GonzalezEstrella completed 7 MCI’s, 6 college courses, two Marine Net courses and read 3 books from the Commandant’s reading list.

c. Frankfurt, Germany May 2014 – May 2015:

(1) Sergeant GonzalezEstrella provided over 1650 hours of armed internal security, wrote 36 Incident Reports to improve Embassy security awareness and post security. He wrote and issued one Security Violation report (OF-117) documenting the improper storage of classified

Sergeant GonzalezEstrella is a true self-starter and takes a highly disciplined approach to his duties. As a seasoned Sergeant should, he displays professionalism, leadership, and dedication both on and off duty. He ensures that his Marines keep a high level of professionalism and always stay on task. He is always seeking ways of improving moral, team work, and operational readiness within the detachment. His motivation and enthusiasm for the mission never falters and his thoroughness and attention to detail is nothing short of impressive. He has definitely set the example for the rest of the detachment on how a leader should conduct himself and he inspires his fellow NCO’s with his calm, confident demeanor and leadership style. Sergeant GonzalezEstrella performs exceptionally well under stressful and intense situations and he consistently performs complex tasks successfully with no supervision necessary. He presents a sharp military bearing and appearance on and off duty and displays a high level of physical