Mark Bradshaw was awarded the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award at a ceremony held last Friday, May 10 in Fredericksburg, VA.
The Navy Superior Civilian Service Award is the highest honorary award the Chief of Naval Operations or the Commandant of the Marine Corps may bestow on a civilian employee in the Department of the Navy. The Superior Civilian Service Award may be awarded for contributions that serve as a model for other commands. The award consists for a certificate, citation, medal, and lapel bar.
The award is presented for indications of innovative leadership of highly successful programs or projects that had an impact beyond the employee’s command; accomplishments or achievements that have had a wide impact in the Department of the Navy; scientific or technical advances or suggestions of significant value; accomplishments that show unusual management abilities, innovative thinking, and/or outstanding leadership that benefits the Department of the Navy; responsibility for major cost savings, reductions, or avoidance; unusual acts of heroism; and exceptional cooperative efforts with other Navy offices, Naval civilian employees, federal agencies, or the private sector.
Bradshaw is a graduate of Devine High School.