Aerographer Earns First EXW Pin

[unhappycamper]

Aerographer Earns First EXW Pin
Navy News | November 27, 2007

Stennis Space Center, MS. -- Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (METOC) congratulated one of its members for being the first from the community to receive the new Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Qualification (EXW) pin.

Chief Aerographer (SW/AW) Vincent Moore, leading chief petty officer assigned to Naval Special Warfare Support Activity 1, is the first member of the METOC community, the first in his command and one of the first in the Navy to receive the new EXW pin.

The EXW is the Navy's newest warfare qualification and is less than a year old. It offers a warfare qualification for Sailors assigned to expeditionary and special warfare commands.

Although he has already attained both Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist and Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist qualifications, Moore said he pursued the expeditionary warfare qualification to set an example and pave the way for his Sailors to follow.

"If there was no one to do it, no one would," he said, adding that he wanted to show that "the opportunity is available to any AG who comes to special warfare."

Moore said that his last duty station was with the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) Naval Coastal Warfare Group 1, where he helped write the Personnel Qualifications Standards for the qualification. The qualification is important because it gives Sailors not assigned to ships an opportunity for a warfare qualification – and advancement. It is also significant for Sailors assigned to NECC and Naval Special Warfare (NSW) commands.


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[Gman]

1. Thought he was a recognized sky writer

from the headline... flew a biplane or something.