CSADD Great Lakes Receives 2021 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award

Photo By Matt Mogle | 211214-N-JU575-2934 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Dec. 14, 2021) Great Lakes Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) Sailors were honored by Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes (SCSTC GL) Commanding Officer Cmdr. Shaun Fischer, SCSTC GL Command Master Chief Nathan G. Hon and SCSTC GL Executive Officer Lt. Cmdr. Thomas H. Williams Jr. for winning the 2021 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award on Dec. 14. The award was first given in 2015 to honor groups of junior Sailors that have excelled in encouraging other Sailors to embody the Navy's core values of honor, courage, and commitment, and have worked together to promote peer-to-peer mentorship and reduce destructive personal decision-making and behaviors". The Sailors range from ages 18 to 25 years old. This is CSADD’s sixth award. (U.S. Navy photo by Matt Mogle/Released)  

GREAT LAKES, IL, UNITED STATES

12.14.2021

Story by Matt Mogle 

Surface Combat Systems Training Command Great Lakes

Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) Great Lakes Commanding Officer Cmdr. Shaun Fischer presents the 2021 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award to Great Lakes Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) Sailors on Dec. 14.

Bob Feller served on the battleship USS Alabama (BB 60), and while doing so, the ship fought in both World War II theaters and earned eight battle stars. Feller was released from active duty after achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer, and is the only Chief Petty Officer in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame (MLBHOF).

“This is a great honor for me to present this award to the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions Great Lakes Chapter,” Said Fischer. “As the only six-time winner of the award, this remarkably talented and dedicated group of Sailors help their peers through making good decisions by offering positive choices and develop leadership through organizing local social networks, facilitating discussion, producing visual messages, promoting community involvement and hosting recreational events.. I am very proud of the work these Sailors continue to do each and every day.”

According to the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Foundation website, the award was established in 2013 to recognize one active MLB player, one Chief Petty Officer and one member of the MLBHOF who exhibit the same values, integrity and dedication to service that Feller himself displayed.
Recognition is now also given to a group of Sailors, 18-25 years old, who have worked together as a team to promote peer-to-peer mentorship and reduce Sailors' destructive decision making and behavior.

Great Lakes CSADD Sailors were awarded the Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Award which honors groups of junior Sailors that have excelled in encouraging other Sailors to embody the Navy’s core values of honor, courage, and commitment, and have worked together to promote peer-to-peer mentorship and reduce destructive personal decision-making and behaviors.

I'd like to thank the commands that support us, our shipmates and my team for their hard work as well as the previous officers of CSADD,” said Gas Turbine System Technician (Electrical) Fireman Apprentice Duncan Drysdale, president of CSADD. “We would have not been able to win the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award 6 years in a row without it.”

• Date Taken: 12.14.2021
• Date Posted: 12.15.2021 10:10
• Story ID: 411156
• Location: GREAT LAKES, IL, US