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I had the honor last week of awarding Corporal Barbieri, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division the Meritorious Service Medal. No, this isn't a typo!! According to the Marine Corps' Awards Branch, our motivator is only the second Corporal (since at least 2008 when our awards system was integrated online), to receive this level award. Now many are probably wondering, what jaw-dropping achievement resulted in a Corporal receiving an MSM? Before I answer... here's where the story becomes even more interesting: Technically he was a Lance Corporal at the time of his achievements!! So the real question is how did a Lance Corporal become the first to receive an MSM? As captured in his summary of action and citation, Corporal Barbieri identified the a critical need to properly replace the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle's (JLTV) steering column in order to prevent future catastrophic failures that were likely to result in loss of life or equipment. Through his own initiative, he began working with Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the United States Army, and the Marine Corps Program Offices where he then identified numerous additional shortfalls and inconsistencies throughout the original fielded technical manual for the JLTV family of vehicles. Corporal Barbieri then stunned their engineers with his brilliance and change proposals for both fabrication of new vehicle components and for updating the electronic maintenance manuals that are now published and being fielded by the program office across all military branches of service. All in all, Marine Corps Systems Command has verified (using approved acquisition and cost saving tables) that Corporal Barbieri's redesigns have reduced massive amounts of maintenance downtime, improved operating costs, while also substantially improving the safety of both the maintenance and operation of the JLTV to the jaw-dropping amount of $140M saved across the Department of Defense and an estimated reduction of 900,000 maintenance hours annually. So please join me in congratulating Corporal Barbieri for his exceptional professionalism, personal initiative, and selfless dedication, and for becoming the Marine Corps' second Corporal to receive an MSM.

I had the honor last week of awarding Corporal Barbieri, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division the Meritorious Service Medal. No, this isn't a typo!! According to the Marine Corps' Awards Branch, our motivator is only the second Corporal (since at least 2008 when our awards system was integrated online), to receive this level award. Now many are probably wondering, what jaw-dropping achievement resulted in a Corporal receiving an MSM? Before I answer... here's where the story becomes even more interesting: Technically he was a Lance Corporal at the time of his achievements!! So the real question is how did a Lance Corporal become the first to receive an MSM? As captured in his summary of action and citation, Corporal Barbieri identified the a critical need to properly replace the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle's (JLTV) steering column in order to prevent future catastrophic failures that were likely to result in loss of life or equipment. Through his own initiative, he began working with Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the United States Army, and the Marine Corps Program Offices where he then identified numerous additional shortfalls and inconsistencies throughout the original fielded technical manual for the JLTV family of vehicles. Corporal Barbieri then stunned their engineers with his brilliance and change proposals for both fabrication of new vehicle components and for updating the electronic maintenance manuals that are now published and being fielded by the program office across all military branches of service. All in all, Marine Corps Systems Command has verified (using approved acquisition and cost saving tables) that Corporal Barbieri's redesigns have reduced massive amounts of maintenance downtime, improved operating costs, while also substantially improving the safety of both the maintenance and operation of the JLTV to the jaw-dropping amount of $140M saved across the Department of Defense and an estimated reduction of 900,000 maintenance hours annually. So please join me in congratulating Corporal Barbieri for his exceptional professionalism, personal initiative, and selfless dedication, and for becoming the Marine Corps' second Corporal to receive an MSM.

I had the honor last week of awarding Corporal Barbieri, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division the Meritorious Service Medal. No, this isn't a typo!! According to the Marine Corps' Awards Branch, our motivator is only the second Corporal (since at least 2008 when our awards system was integrated online), to receive this level award. Now many are probably wondering, what jaw-dropping achievement resulted in a Corporal receiving an MSM? Before I answer... here's where the story becomes even more interesting: Technically he was a Lance Corporal at the time of his achievements!! So the real question is how did a Lance Corporal become the first to receive an MSM? As captured in his summary of action and citation, Corporal Barbieri identified the a critical need to properly replace the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle's (JLTV) steering column in order to prevent future catastrophic failures that were likely to result in loss of life or equipment. Through his own initiative, he began working with Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the United States Army, and the Marine Corps Program Offices where he then identified numerous additional shortfalls and inconsistencies throughout the original fielded technical manual for the JLTV family of vehicles. Corporal Barbieri then stunned their engineers with his brilliance and change proposals for both fabrication of new vehicle components and for updating the electronic maintenance manuals that are now published and being fielded by the program office across all military branches of service. All in all, Marine Corps Systems Command has verified (using approved acquisition and cost saving tables) that Corporal Barbieri's redesigns have reduced massive amounts of maintenance downtime, improved operating costs, while also substantially improving the safety of both the maintenance and operation of the JLTV to the jaw-dropping amount of $140M saved across the Department of Defense and an estimated reduction of 900,000 maintenance hours annually. So please join me in congratulating Corporal Barbieri for his exceptional professionalism, personal initiative, and selfless dedication, and for becoming the Marine Corps' second Corporal to receive an MSM.

I had the honor last week of awarding Corporal Barbieri, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division the Meritorious Service Medal. No, this isn't a typo!! According to the Marine Corps' Awards Branch, our motivator is only the second Corporal (since at least 2008 when our awards system was integrated online), to receive this level award. Now many are probably wondering, what jaw-dropping achievement resulted in a Corporal receiving an MSM? Before I answer... here's where the story becomes even more interesting: Technically he was a Lance Corporal at the time of his achievements!! So the real question is how did a Lance Corporal become the first to receive an MSM? As captured in his summary of action and citation, Corporal Barbieri identified the a critical need to properly replace the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle's (JLTV) steering column in order to prevent future catastrophic failures that were likely to result in loss of life or equipment. Through his own initiative, he began working with Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the United States Army, and the Marine Corps Program Offices where he then identified numerous additional shortfalls and inconsistencies throughout the original fielded technical manual for the JLTV family of vehicles. Corporal Barbieri then stunned their engineers with his brilliance and change proposals for both fabrication of new vehicle components and for updating the electronic maintenance manuals that are now published and being fielded by the program office across all military branches of service. All in all, Marine Corps Systems Command has verified (using approved acquisition and cost saving tables) that Corporal Barbieri's redesigns have reduced massive amounts of maintenance downtime, improved operating costs, while also substantially improving the safety of both the maintenance and operation of the JLTV to the jaw-dropping amount of $140M saved across the Department of Defense and an estimated reduction of 900,000 maintenance hours annually. So please join me in congratulating Corporal Barbieri for his exceptional professionalism, personal initiative, and selfless dedication, and for becoming the Marine Corps' second Corporal to receive an MSM.

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