Hannah Tessier

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Trained over 1,200 Sailors on damage control processes, equipment and firefighting procedures.
• Worked with the US Navy supply chain to order, track, and receive goods and materials for shipboard use all while managing a budget.
• Was in charge of and responsible for over 1,500 damage control jobs completed while managing a group of 15-20 Sailors at a time.
• Was a first responder to, led and successfully combatted a total of 15 fires, 23 floodings and 11 toxic gas casualties.
• Met with groups of people visiting the ship to provide a thorough and hospitable tour experience.
• Responsible for the large-scale training on firefighting methods which in turn hit the goal for the number of Sailors with firefighting capabilities necessary for deployment.
• Led and was in charge of Damage Control Divisions maintenance in multiple work centers as a Second Class Petty Officer.
• Was in charge of a class that was mandatory for all Sailors regardless of rank all while communicating with sailors and their Chain of Commands, ship-wide.

Selected Awards:

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL: PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AS MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN FOR ED03 ONBOARD USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) FROM AUGUST 2022 TO MARCH 2023. WHILE DEPLOYED TO THE SECOND AND SIXTH FLEET AREAS OF OPERATION, PETTY OFFICER TESSIER SEVRVED AS A VITAL MEMBER OF FLYING SQUAD, SHE LEAD IN COMBATING 20 VARIOUS CASUALTIES, ALLOWING GEORGE H. W. BUSH TO HAVE UNINTERRUPTED MISSION CAPABILITY. ADDITIONALLY, PETTY OFFICER TESSIER WAS PARAMOUNT IN MAINTAINING 20 AFFF STATIONS, NINE HFP SYSTEMS, AND SEVEN SALT WATER SPRINKLING RESULTING IN THE HIGHEST STATE OF DAMAGE CONTROL READINESS. PETTY OFFICER TESSIER’S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HER AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.

2ND NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL: PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HER DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR ON USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) FROM SEPTEMBER 2020 TO JANUARY 2025. SHE LED 9 SAILORS IN THE COMPLETION OF 2,513 MAINTENANCE CHECKS FOR 28 COUNTER MEASURE WASHDOWN ZONES, 20 AQUEOUS FILM FORMING FOAM STATIONS, 9 HEPTAFLUOROPROPANE, AND SEA WATER SPRINKLING SYSTEMS RESULTING IN AN INCREASED READINESS FOR SHIP FIREFIGHTING CAPABILITIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS DC CLASSROOM INSTRUCTOR, HER LEADERSHIP WAS ESSENTIAL IN THE QUALIFICATION OF 593 SAILORS IN BASIC AND ADVANCED DAMAGE CONTROL, LEADING TO CONTINUED CREW READINESS ONBOARD CVN 77. PETTY OFFICER TESSIER’S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEDICATION TO DUTY REFLECTED, CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.