The Center for Information Dominance (CID) headquarters recognized civilians of the quarter for the third quarter of 2015, Nov. 13.

"I am always amazed at the caliber and dedication of so many of our employees at our headquarters, and it's always a challenge to just pick one individual for each category, since we truly do have a team effort across the board," said Capt. Maureen Fox, CID commanding officer. "It takes people like our civilians of the quarter - often behind the scenes - to make things happen and to make our mission of training the Information Dominance Corps a resounding success."

Richard Mahon, a facilities operations specialist in CID's Technical Support and Logistics Directorate (N4), was selected as the mid-grade civilian of the quarter. His significant accomplishments include working to update a fire alarm system without impacting hundreds of students, addressing quality of life issues for students with outdoor protective break shelters and vending machine services, and initiating self-help paint projects for office spaces.

"He consistently goes out of his way to provide quality customer service within compound three (at Corry Station) for both staff and students alike, ensuring materials needed to complete the training mission are always available," said N4's Darrel Bishop. "He provides exceptional mentorship and guidance to students awaiting training and ensures students understand the task at hand, have the right training and always think 'safety first.'"

Deborah Phillips, the civilian personnel program manager in CID's Total Force Manpower and Civilian Personnel Directorate (N1), is the senior-grade civilian of the quarter. Examples of her exceptional performance included filling over 70 CID positions in a short timeframe; auditing all positions within the domain to eliminate unnecessary position sensitivity requirements--which resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in cost savings--and resolving manpower issues with out-of-the-box thinking.

"Ms. Phillips' entire position is about customer service and guiding all CID domain employees," said Wes Oliver, CID's total force manager. "Every hiring manager with the domain coordinates and receives direction from Deb. She does the things that nobody sees and her diligence in areas like recruitment, position management, EEO and Drug Free Workplace is what enables the command to focus on its mission."

CID, with its headquarters based at Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, is the Navy's learning center under the Naval Education and Training Command. CID leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint forces training in information operations, information warfare, information technology, cryptology and intelligence.

With nearly 1,300 military, civilian and contracted staff members, CID provides training for approximately 22,000 members of the U.S. armed services and allied forces each year. CID oversees the development and administration of more than 200 courses at four commands, two detachments and 12 learning sites throughout the United States and Japan.

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