Photo Release: Thirteenth Coast Guard District selects Enlisted Person of the Year

SEATTLE – Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery Davis (holding plaque) was awarded the 2009 Pacific Northwest Enlisted Person Of The Year (EPOY) during a ceremony held at the Coast Guard base here March 12, 2010.

In the photo (from left to right) are Reserve Command Master Chief Wayne North, Coast Guard Reserve Forces Master Chief Jeffrey Smith, Command Master Chief John Dunn, Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Davis, Rear Adm. Gary Blore, Rear Adm. Michael Seward. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David R. Marin.

SEATTLE – The Thirteenth Coast Guard District selected the 2009 Pacific Northwest Enlisted Person Of The Year (EPOY) during a ceremony held at the Coast Guard base here Friday.

The EPOY Program is designed to recognize exemplary men and women from the active and reserve enlisted work force. Nominees demonstrate sustained exceptional standards of proficiency and conduct, and their military appearance and bearing are consistently. Nominees the Coast Guard’s core values of "Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty."

Born in Oceanside Calif., Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffery Davis entered the Coast Guard Nov. 2 1999 and is currently assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Midgett.

Davis’ nomination read as follows:

Davis serves as Midgett’s main propulsion leading petty officer and is qualified as Underway Engineer of the Watch, which is a position normally reserved for chief petty officers and junior officers. Demonstrating exceptional technical expertise, Davis led a major rebuild of the starboard main diesel clutch assembly during a scheduled 3 day port cal in Costa Rica. He led the replacement of the port reduction gear quill shaft bearings, a complex project normally assigned to senior civilian technical experts. Challenged by an aging engineering plant requiring extensive attention, Davis relentlessly pursued engineering excellence and provided outstanding leadership to ensure the cutter was able to meet an aggressive operational schedule of 185 days away from homeport.

Davis’ leadership in training and development of Midgett crewmembers led to the qualification of 35 engineers, and conducted training on personal time training newly reporting personnel in damage control and security watch measures. He found time to join the crew in sponsoring “Toys For Tots” and “Shop with a Cop” programs, assisted the Coast Guard’s Thirteenth District with Sea Fair and collaborated with the Navy League and Coast Guard Auxiliary in providing community support.

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