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Sean Blakeney Jr

Sean Blakeney Jr

Government Contractor
Richardson,TX

Summary

Seasoned E-5 Quartermaster offering 8 years of service in United States Navy. Intelligent, insightful, and well-organized with excellent decision-making abilities and sound judgment. Ready to take on a challenging, growth-oriented position dedicated to Government Contracting.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certificates
1
1
Languages

Work History

Petty Officer Second Class

U.S. Navy
Worldwide, Worldwide
07.2013 - 11.2021
  • Checked and replenished inventory to maintain optimal operations
  • Updated logs, coordinated documents, and wrote detailed reports
  • Aided in navigation and operating ship controls
  • Reviewed mission requirements and identified appropriate equipment to achieve goals
  • Communicated instructions for navigation to junior quartermasters clearly and concisely to promote comprehension
  • Repaired external structure of vessel to maintain proper working order and minimize downtime
  • Assisted in boatman overboard recovery using Rigid Hulled
  • Inflatable Boat equipment, remaining calm and composed at all times
  • Trained 25+ junior sailors in proper use of navigation equipment, which improved crew efficiency and productivity
  • Manned small boats and winches and performed minor repairs and maintenance work to keep vessels in service
  • Cleaned lifeboats lifesaving equipment to keep it in active service and ready for emergency and crises
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly, and escalated major issues to supervisor
  • Completed maintenance to ensure compliance with relevant Navy regulations
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
  • Completed all paperwork, recognizing any discrepancies and addressing them in timely fashion
  • Worked with civilian contractors to understand needs and provide excellent service
  • Inspected and maintained damage control, weapon and navigation machinery and parts for ship operation
  • Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts
  • Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
  • Integrated intelligence activities into other military operations, plans, and programs
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness, and willingness to help wherever needed
  • Worked closely with U.S Naval Officers to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects
  • Precisely maintained and updated classified gear to meet requirements
  • Verified cleanliness of hangar and assigned spaces and initiated material requests for required tasks
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows to meet any daily demand
  • Created efficient work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and keep shifts properly staffed
  • Managed 12 personnel resulting in 98% availability of all equipment
  • Mentored and supervised 30 personnel within unit, providing positive guidance for professional and personal development
  • Trained 30 junior officers to develop officers into future leaders
  • Performed daily inspection rounds throughout facilities to check on all equipment and machinery
  • Performed general office duties, including answering multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff, and greeting visitors
  • Delivered top-notch administrative support to office staff, promoting excellence in office operations
  • Led, managed, and performed force protection duties to protect personnel and resources
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
  • Plotted and corrected charts and publications
  • Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications

Public Affairs Officer

U.S. Navy Active Duty
Worldwide, Worldwide
07.2013 - 11.2021
  • Oversaw professional social media messaging through content development, follower engagement, social listening, trend analysis, and by leveraging competitor research
  • Prepared for public relations presentations and plans by gathering information on business objectives, vision, brand strategy, competition, and industry trends
  • Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time
  • Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
  • Determined and adjusted subject position, props, and lighting equipment while selecting camera angles to optimize final product
  • Maintained proactive media relations program by distributing news releases for placement, building strong relationships, and monitoring all forms of media
  • Monitored and evaluated industry media coverage by managing social media platforms and contributing engaging articles to range of industry publications
  • Forged strong media relationships to further public relations goals
  • Drafted press releases detailing relevant newsworthy information and supporting brand image, and worked with news media to spread positions
  • Prepared or edited organizational publications such as employee newsletters or stockholder reports for internal or external audiences
  • Maintained proactive media relations program by distributing news releases for placement, building strong relationships, and monitoring media.
  • Monitored and evaluated industry media coverage by managing social media platforms and contributing engaging articles to range of industry publications.
  • Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources, and presented results
  • Utilized Microsoft to create materials such as press releases and brochures to increase brand awareness 80%

Navy Instructor

U.S. Navy
Great Lakes, IL
08.2018 - 11.2021
  • Starter who devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately
  • Applied strong leadership techniques and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows to meet any daily demand
  • Created over 200 spreadsheets in Microsoft excel for schoolhouse curriculum
  • Lead, managed, and performed force protection duties to protect personnel and resources
  • Delivered top-notch administrative support to office staff, promoting excellence in office operations
  • Applied strong leadership techniques and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows to meet any daily demand
  • Mentored and supervised 30 personnel within unit, providing positive guidance for professional and personal development
  • Worked flexible hours, night, weekend, and holiday shifts
  • Communicated instructions for navigation to junior sailors clearly and concisely to promote comprehension and promotion
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties
  • Performed over 100 hours of extra study to assist accession level students with their studies for quizzes and test
  • Curriculum development
  • Led team of 9 instructors
  • Assessed and looked after 22 students by working closely with staff and efficiently planning and coordinating work
  • Created schedules and lesson plans for 60 accession level sailors to increase student interest and participation
  • Worked with staff members and teachers to design comprehensive and individualized plans to optimize student education
  • Participated in department meetings to provide input to colleagues about student achievement and improvement
  • Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs
  • Evaluated students' understanding of course material through examinations and in-depth essay writing
  • Scheduled 15 hours per week to provide academic support and tutoring to struggling students
  • Shifted between formal and informal methods of teaching to keep students engaged
  • Designed detailed learning plans for struggling students based on test, homework and assignment records
  • Initiated tutoring sessions with students, improving grades 80%
  • Instructed up to 15 students individually and in groups on basic math and navigation subjects

Security Officer

U.S. Navy
Worldwide, Worldwide
01.2014 - 08.2018
  • Maintaining good order and discipline
  • Review personnel before entering secure facilities
  • Maintained security logs
  • Secured buildings on naval bases
  • Maintained vigilant watch over all United States property and maintained waterfront
  • While patrolling coast maintained vigilant watch for wildlife and made all necessary reports to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Stood armed watches (M-16; 9MM; 12 Gauge)
  • Stood engineering watches and maintained engines on multiple ships while pier side
  • Made detailed safety and security reports to Duty Officer
  • Ensured all watch standers were standing and maintaining proper and safe watches.
  • Gathered information, identified and implemented resolution, planned follow-up and logged and filed incident report to successfully manage complaints.
  • Oversaw daily monitoring and patrolled buildings, grounds, and work sites.
  • Guided periodic property safety inspections and oversaw remedial action for potential hazards.
  • Acted quickly during emergency situations to reduce opportunity for damage and injury.
  • Monitored and authorized entrance and departure of 3,000 employees and visitors daily.
  • Checked and verified photo identification prior to granting facility access.
  • Inspected suspicious activities and monitored premises for criminal acts and rule infractions.
  • Monitored and authorized entrance and departure of vehicles, cargo trucks and visitors.
  • Reported suspicious activities and persons to law enforcement.
  • Checked identification of persons entering and exiting facility to eliminate unauthorized visitors.
  • Participated in staff meetings, special events, and professional development activities.
  • Oversaw entry and exit of up to 3,000 employees and visitors daily.
  • Reviewed camera and system feeds and alerted proper respondents regarding discrepancies.
  • Wrote detailed reports on property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, and unusual incidences.
  • Greeted guests professionally and courteously to cultivate welcoming atmosphere while making safety top priority.
  • Authorized entrance papers and granted or denied entrance to building.
  • Drafted reports of property damage, theft, accidents, and unusual occurrences to document daily activities and irregularities.
  • Monitored employee activities, confirming compliance with security regulations.
  • Secured 5 doors in office and main building
  • Supervised creation and validation of anti-terrorism plans on all ships
  • Reported suspicious activities and persons to law enforcement

Education

No Degree - General Psychology

Central Texas College
Killeen, TX
11.2015 - 11.2015

High School Diploma -

Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy
Atlanta, GA
08.2011 - 05.2013

Skills

    Differentiated instruction

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Accomplishments

  • Navy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal x4
  • Ood Conduct x2
  • Wards
  • Avy and Marine Corp Achievement Medal
  • Ebruary 2021

Additional Information

  • Government Contractor
  • Willing to remote work
  • Authorized to work in the United States
  • Valid Drivers License
  • Willing to temporally relocate

Certification

Secret Clearance

Timeline

CPR Certification

11-2020

Navy Instructor

U.S. Navy
08.2018 - 11.2021

Small Unmanned Aircraft System RQ-20A/B PUMA Operator

03-2017

Basic Shipboard Intelligence (K-3A-5024)

03-2017

No Degree - General Psychology

Central Texas College
11.2015 - 11.2015

Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist

10-2015

Voyage Management System Operator

03-2015

Personal Responsibility and Values Education and Training

05-2014

Security Officer

U.S. Navy
01.2014 - 08.2018

Secret Clearance

07-2013

Petty Officer Second Class

U.S. Navy
07.2013 - 11.2021

Public Affairs Officer

U.S. Navy Active Duty
07.2013 - 11.2021

High School Diploma -

Greater Atlanta Adventist Academy
08.2011 - 05.2013

Awards

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

February 2021

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS INSTRUCTOR FOR SURFACE
WARFARE SCHOOLS COMMAND UNIT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS FROM FEBRUARY 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2020. PETTY OFFICER BLAKENEY CONDUCTED OVER 200 HOURS OF COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES THROUGH SANITIZING, SCREENINGS, AND ENFORCING SOCIAL
DISTANCING, RESULTING IN ZERO COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE. IN ADDITION, HE TAUGHT 576 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND 25 HOURS OF AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY IN THE PRESSURIZED COVID-19 RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT. HIS EFFORTS KEPT 132 ACCESSION-LEVEL SAILORS ON TRACK TO JOIN THEIR SHIPS, ENSURING THE NAVYS CONTINUED COMBAT READINESS.

PETTY OFFICER BLAKENEY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY
REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.


Letter of Commendation

December 2015

For exemplary performance of his duties from July 2015 to November 2015 as Voyage Management System Operator and Assistant Public Affairs Officer onboard USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42).
You consistently performed your

demanding duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. Your dedication to excellence was an essential element in the planning, preparation, and execution of GERMANTOWN's operational tasking across six exercises and seven certification events. As a Voyage Management System Operator, you expertly trained five personnel in the implementation and operation of a highly complex and critical Navigation system, leading to a MOB-N score of 94 percent. As the Assistant Public Affairs Officer, your devotion to mission readiness resulted in 300 hours of planning and documenting ship evolutions from the Crossing the Line ceremony to Tiger Cruise, numerous service events in Indonesia, Thailand, and Hong Kong, and the preparation of the ship's First Forward Deployed Naval Force cruise book to enhance morale and esprit de corps. Your meticulous attention to detail and professional conduct directly contributed to the success of GERMANTOWN during a rigorous SEVENTH Fleet


Commendations:
Letter of Appreciation: 18 FEB 15

Letter of Appreciation: 27 JUL 15

Letter of Appreciation: 14 NOV 15

Letter of Appreciation: 03 DEC 15

Letter of Appreciation: 23 DEC 15

Letter of Appreciation: 16 MAR 16

Letter of Appreciation: 17 MAR 16
Letter of Appreciation: 14 JUL 16
Letter of Appreciation: 23 NOV 16
Letter of Commendation: DEC 15
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal x4

Good Conduct x2

Fall Patrol
Your distinctive performance reflects credit upon yourself, your command, and the United States Naval Service.

Awards

Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal

February 2021

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING AS INSTRUCTOR FOR SURFACE
WARFARE SCHOOLS COMMAND UNIT GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS FROM FEBRUARY 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 2020. PETTY OFFICER BLAKENEY CONDUCTED OVER 200 HOURS OF COVID-19 COUNTERMEASURES THROUGH SANITIZING, SCREENINGS, AND ENFORCING SOCIAL
DISTANCING, RESULTING IN ZERO COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE. IN ADDITION, HE TAUGHT 576 HOURS OF CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND 25 HOURS OF AFTER-SCHOOL STUDY IN THE PRESSURIZED COVID-19 RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT. HIS EFFORTS KEPT 132 ACCESSION-LEVEL SAILORS ON TRACK TO JOIN THEIR SHIPS, ENSURING THE NAVYS CONTINUED COMBAT READINESS.

PETTY OFFICER BLAKENEY'S EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, UNRELENTING PERSEVERANCE, AND LOYAL DEVOTION TO DUTY
REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIM AND WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.


Letter of Commendation

December 2015

For exemplary performance of his duties from July 2015 to November 2015 as Voyage Management System Operator and Assistant Public Affairs Officer onboard USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42).
You consistently performed your

demanding duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner. Your dedication to excellence was an essential element in the planning, preparation, and execution of GERMANTOWN's operational tasking across six exercises and seven certification events. As a Voyage Management System Operator, you expertly trained five personnel in the implementation and operation of a highly complex and critical Navigation system, leading to a MOB-N score of 94 percent. As the Assistant Public Affairs Officer, your devotion to mission readiness resulted in 300 hours of planning and documenting ship evolutions from the Crossing the Line ceremony to Tiger Cruise, numerous service events in Indonesia, Thailand, and Hong Kong, and the preparation of the ship's First Forward Deployed Naval Force cruise book to enhance morale and esprit de corps. Your meticulous attention to detail and professional conduct directly contributed to the success of GERMANTOWN during a rigorous SEVENTH Fleet


Commendations:
Letter of Appreciation: 18 FEB 15

Letter of Appreciation: 27 JUL 15

Letter of Appreciation: 14 NOV 15

Letter of Appreciation: 03 DEC 15

Letter of Appreciation: 23 DEC 15

Letter of Appreciation: 16 MAR 16

Letter of Appreciation: 17 MAR 16
Letter of Appreciation: 14 JUL 16
Letter of Appreciation: 23 NOV 16
Letter of Commendation: DEC 15
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal x4

Good Conduct x2

Fall Patrol
Your distinctive performance reflects credit upon yourself, your command, and the United States Naval Service.

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