Photo By Abraham Essenmacher | NORFOLK (April 21, 2021) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shawn Fahey stands...... read more read more
Courtesy story, Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, Public Affairs
On April 2nd of this year, Petty Officer Shawn Fahey was performing a Virtual Ship Sanitation Certificate Inspection when his officer-in-charge directed him to report to his office. Fahey remembers thinking, “is this a late April Fool’s prank?” He quickly became elated as he learned that his hard work and can do attitude earned him the next paygrade of Petty Officer 2nd Class. Fahey’s promotion is a result of the Navy’s Meritorious Advancement Program (MAP), and is quite an accomplishment as the list of candidates at Navy Medicine (BUMED), was large and competitive. For Fahey, it’s also a humbling moment.
“I feel very honored and relieved,” says Fahey, “I never believed that I would be that person to be selected and makes me feel as if the command was really looking at what I was contributing.”
Fahey is assigned to Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit (NEPMU) Two, a subordinate activity of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center headquartered in Portsmouth, Va. Since being stationed with NEPMU 2, he understood that taking on extra jobs and responsibilities would help him stand out.
“Petty Officer Fahey is an absolute hard charger,” says Lt. Jacob Lockwood, an Industrial Hygienist assigned to NEPMU-2, and is also Fahey’s division officer. “Every time we’ve had short-fused missions at this unit he’s one of the first Sailors to volunteer and he takes on lots of collaterals and always looks for leadership opportunities.” Lockwood also added that as long as they can support Fahey that he’ll have a bright future and continue to rise.
Accounting for nearly 20 percent of all enlisted advancements each calendar year. MAP authorizes commanding officers (COs) to advance eligible personnel in paygrades E5 and below to the next higher paygrade. The program is intended to give COs the opportunity to recognize their best Sailors by advancing them when they are ready for the next level of responsibility. The program gives greater authority to commands to better shape their workforce and the Navy by developing and rewarding our most talented Sailors.
Leading into the 2020 fall advancement cycle there were 4,192 eligible candidates taking the exam for Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class. Of those, the Navy advancement quota was 165, just under four percent. Now that he’s been MAP’ed, Fahey sees the initiative as a life line.
“This helps me to remain in the Navy to finish my degree and pursue my goal to become an industrial hygienist as well as help those around me,” Fahey says, “and I hope that those I work
with see this and use it as motivation for themselves to step forward and take on extra tasks as well.”
Lt. Lockwood believes that Petty Officer Fahey is not going to slow down anytime soon. “He’s going to keep charging, asking for extra duties and I’m confident that the further he gets the more he’ll take on,” says Lockwood, “It’s just in his attitude to charge forward and get things done while making things better.”
The Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC) develops and shapes public health for the U.S. Navy and Marines Corps through health surveillance, epidemiology and analysis, disease and injury prevention, and public health consultation. Learn more by going to www.nmcphc.med.navy.mil. Follow NMCPHC on social media at https://www.facebook.com/NavyAndMarineCorpsPublicHealthCenter http://twitter.com/nmcphc and https://www.instagram.com/nmcphc/
| Date Taken: | 04.27.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 04.27.2021 15:33 |
| Story ID: | 394910 |
| Location: | PORTSMOUTH, VA, US |
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