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2018 Marine Corps Manpower and Personnel Administration award, Personnel Officer of the Year, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Duran J. Sword
Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command
May 8, 2019 | 1:19
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Duran J. Sword, the personnel officer for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, was presented the 2018 Marine Corps Manpower and Personnel Administration award, Personnel Officer of the Year, by Manpower and Reserve Affairs in Harry Lee Hall aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, May 8, 2019. As director of Camp Elmore Installation Personnel Administration Center, Sword’s individual efforts were critical to the unit achieving a 98 percent success rate of more than 1,300 unit diary certifications responsible for 60,000 individual transactions. Sword also held a vital role during the evacuation of Hurricane Florence. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Pfc. Garett Burns and Sgt. Danielle Prentice/Released)
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