The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) announced its Junior, Senior and Small Unit 2017 Civilians of the Year Feb. 5.

CNATT Total Force Directorate (N1) Management Analyst Nick Fitzgibbon was recognized as the command's Senior Civilian of the Year (COY); CNATT Resource Management Directorate (N8) Supply Technician Tamra Pickard was cited as the CNATT Junior COY; and CNATT Det. Lakehurst Field Learning Standards Officer (FLSO) Brian Palermini was recognized as the CNATT Small Unit COY.

"These members of the CNATT team are providing unparalleled support to the thousands of Sailors and Marines who pass through our schoolhouse doors," said CNATT executive officer Capt. Nate Schneider. "The level of service CNATT employees at our headquarters, our units and our detachments have provided - and will continue to provide - to future aviation maintainers is nothing short of exemplary, and these three employees have been instrumental in ensuring CNATT is able to meet its mission - training our Sailors and Marines for aviation assignments around the world."

Fitzgibbon was selected as the CNATT headquarters 2017 Senior COY while serving as the CNATT point of contact for the Navy Total Force Manpower Management System, through which he coordinated several entities in reviewing, analyzing and submitting 19 manpower change requests. He also coordinated and developed a manpower management and repurposing plan in an effort to alleviate potential manpower cuts.

Pickard, selected as the CNATT headquarters 2017 Junior COY, was the impetus behind a storeroom which provided access for vendors to deliver materials to a single location. She volunteered to assume additional duties of a vacant departmental position, ensuring monthly validation and correction of travel was completed. Pickard also contacted indebted CNATT domain personnel, arranging for government travel card debt repayment which ultimately resulted in zero delinquencies for the entire CNATT domain.

Palermini was selected as the CNATT domain Small Unit COY for managing several programs at CNATT Det. Lakehurst. He supervised the revision of two courses, maximizing each's schedule, and also led the development of an interactive multimedia instruction for four other courses. Palermini was also responsible for generating supporting curriculum documents for five newly developed training systems and reviewed a testing program of more than 3,600 questions, as well as provided staff training to improve testing processes.

CNATT is the technical training agent for the Naval Aviation Enterprise, an organization designed to advance and sustain naval aviation warfighting capabilities at an affordable cost, and is the largest training center under the Naval Education and Training Command.

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