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The following Example has been taken out of a FORMFLOW so the formatting might be off.  I did not changed mission information, only names to protect myself and the people I have received the information from.

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Laser Jet 4M
Pg Stats: .6 LT .6 RT .5 T .5 B

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP: Total package; possesses unsurpassed leadership & technical skills
- Dedicated professional, superior technician and top notch team leader sustaining the $1B Distributed
  Ground Station ? (DGS-?) weapon system…the AF's premier multiple source intelligence production
  -- Supports reachback communications architecture using the U-2/satellite/Predator and Global Hawk
      unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms...number 1 choice to "find, fix and kill" al Qaeda forces
  -- Provided warfighters/senior decision-makers dominant battlespace awareness/actionable intelligence
- Outstanding leadership during 91-day TDY to $25M Mobile Stretch (MOBSTR) U-2 ground relay site
  -- Aided in the timely dissemination of high-quality intelligence to the Commander, Central Command
     and other warfighters responsible for planning and executing Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
- Driving force behind unit mobility readiness operations; trained/inspired others; greatly influenced the
  revival of mobility-mindedness; precursor to unit meeting mobility taskings within 72 hrs; outstanding
- DGS-? Production Supervisor; flight focal point and lead for all site maintenance activities during U-2
  and Global Hawk missions; directly contributed to DGS-?'s unparalleled 98.6% system readiness rate
- Project manager for multiple mods--timeliness, accuracy and lethality increased with each refinement
  -- Managed a $10M communications shelter; transit-cased communications gear for rapid deployment
  -- Redeployed people/gear to setup DGS-? Forward's time-sensitive targeting mission for CENTCOM
  -- Ushered in advance mensurated target coordinate mods; accuracy improved 80%...maximized kills
- Super motivator; inspires technicians in Communications Operations Segment (COS) work center
  -- COS identified as best production work center out of seven for first quarter 2002; tough competition

EXEMPLARY IMPROVEMENTS TO WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES: Led transformation 
- Pure focus! Forged path/led team to bypass system bandwidth choke point for imagery dissemination
  -- Routed time critical information through USAF's Distributed Common Ground System wide area
      network; boosted circuit speed 400%...gave shooter access to targetable intel at unprecedented rate
  -- Solved show-stopping tech issues, led to record setting imagery collection--zenith of the "kill chain"
- Directly supported Operation ENDURING FREEDOM; coordinated the delivery of raw imagery
  to analysts; ensured timely dissemination of high-quality intelligence to national/theater commanders 
- Flawlessly managed 57 items for 3 equipment accounts worth $3.2M; created specialized database that
   ensured 100% accountability; benchmarked as "Best Practice" during recent {GROUP}Staff Assist Visit
- Innovative. Established first ever personnel database...provides increased visibility and ease of access

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN ACCOMPLISHING AN EXCEPTIONALLY DEMANDING TASK OR PROGRAM: Commander's 'go to' communications expert; invaluable!
- Preeminent maintainer--key in sustaining critical East Mediterranean intelligence collection missions
  -- Pivotal to 36 successful sorties; converted data to proper format--forwarded on to national agencies 
  -- Provided comprehensive oversight of imagery processing systems; operational readiness of essential
      intel processing systems guaranteed President and SECDEF informed of developing Mid East events
- Recognized expertise; hand-picked by sq commander on short notice site survey; superior knowledge
  extremely critical to mission success; enabled the timely relocation of critical ground radio relay equip
- Expertly prepared MOBSTR assets and associated support equipment for shipment via military airlift
  -- Spearheaded palletization of 100 tons/35 pallets of equipment; only third airlift in its 6-yr history
- Super dynamo during COS repackaging endeavor; depopulated old equipment racks/assembled mobile
  configuration; superb efforts reduced foot-print from staggering 17 full racks to just 12 transit cases 
  -- Troubleshot crypto and modem interface problem to improperly pinned cable; fabricated new cable
  -- Separated shelters and reinserted modified COS shelter...scheduled for 12 hours; accomplished in 6
- Crypto expert. Trained COS system operators on operational use of new KIV-7 encryption device
- Troubleshot/re-wired intermittent U-2 threat radio circuit; ensured aircrew safety over hostile airspace
- Resident comms guru; deployed as part of advon team to establish mission infrastructure for a second 
  MOBSTR move this year...new site locale allowed monitoring/compliance with latest UN resolutions


General Notes:

This package is weak.  It only seems to focus on system upgrades, and only one at that.  Concerning the focus of the award, it was a good bullet for an EPR or another award, but doesn't drive toward the purpose of outstanding intel contributor.  (IMHO)