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CAPT S. W. McCullough Leadership Award

The CAPT S. W. McCullough Leadership Award is named for the founder of the modern Petty Officer Leadership Academy. CAPT McCullough started POLA in 1987 and has expanded as a nationwide course. POLA is also a requirement for all Naval Sea Cadets aspiring to attain the rank of Chief Petty Officer. The Top Petty Officer of the Training (T-POT) Award is given to the distinguished honor graduate of Petty Officer Leadership Academy, San Diego. In order to be selected as a T-POT candidate, the cadet must rank in the Top 15% within his or her class. This ranking is determined by daily quiz grades, a group presentation, a final exam, and the results of an academic oral board. Once the Top 15% are chosen, they each face a second oral board consisting of questions posed by the training staff and staff Chief Petty Officers. The highest scoring individual from the Honor Board is selected as the T-POT and awarded the NSCC Citation Ribbon.

Winter 1998
Balboa Naval Hospital
San Diego

AN Matthew McCue, NSCC
GUNFIGHTER SQUADRON

 

Summer 1999
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

SN Matthew Edwards, NSCC
RONALD REAGAN DIVISION
Winter 1999
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

PO1 Thomas Norton, NSCC
GUNFIGHTER SQUADRON
Summer 2000
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

PO3 Jonathan Fong, NSCC
HANCOCK SQUADRON
Winter 2000
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

PO3 Charles Sprouse, NSCC
BARBEL DIVISION
Summer 2001
USS Ogden (LPD 5)
Naval Base, San Diego

PO1 Michael Skelly, NSCC
TWIN CITIES SQUADRON
Winter 2001
Fleet Anti-Sub Warfare Center
San Diego

AN Christopher Curd, NSCC
MOFFETT SQUADRON
Summer 2002
Fleet Anti-Sub Warfare Center
San Diego

AN Allison Janda, NSCC
TRIDENT PATROL SQUADRON 65
Winter 2002
Naval Construction Battalion Center
Port Hueneme

Charles Cain, NSCC
UNIT UNKNOWN
Summer 2003
Fleet Anti-Sub Warfare Center
San Diego

PO2 Matthew Choy, NSCC
RADM RICHARD O'KANE DIVISION
Winter 2003
Naval Base
San Diego

SN Michael Zweiban, NSCC
GHOST BATTALION
Summer 2004
Naval Base
San Diego

PO3 Lisa Knauft, NSCC
LONG BEACH DIVISION
Winter 2004
Naval Base
San Diego

PO2 Johnathan Brecht, NSCC
TRIDENT PATROL SQUADRON 65
Summer 2005
Naval Base
San Diego

PO2 Nicole Barfknecht, NSCC
TICONDEROGA DIVISION
Winter 2005
Naval Base
San Diego

AN Jeffrey Zuckerman, NSCC
TRIDENT PATROL SQUADRON 65
Summer 2006
Naval Base
San Diego

PO2 Jarrett Duncan, NSCC
GUNFIGHTER SQUADRON
Winter 2006
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
Naval Base, San Diego

SN Brook Stevens, NSCC
SACRAMENTO DIVISION
Summer 2007
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

SN Jerome Garcia, NSCC
LEXINGTON DIVISION
Winter 2007
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

NOT AWARDED
THIS SESSION
Summer 2008
Naval Amphibious Base
Coronado

PO2 Akheel Patel, NSCC
PAUL REVERE DIVISION
Winter 2008
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
Naval Base, San Diego

PO3 Cody Mowery, NSCC
LANGLEY DIVISION
Summer 2009
USS Green Bay (LPD 20)
Naval Base, San Diego

PO3 Anthony Fleri, NSCC
EL TORO BATTALION
Winter 2009
USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
Naval Base, San Diego

SN Richard Leong, NSCC
EL TORO BATTALION
Summer 2010
USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
Naval Base, San Diego

PO3 Carolyn Pushaw, NSCC
LANGLEY DIVISION
Winter 2010
USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
Naval Base, San Diego

AN Priyanka Bisarya, NSCC
GUNFIGHTER SQUADRON
Summer 2011
USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
Naval Base, San Diego

TBA
TBA
Winter 2011
TBA
TBA
TBA

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