JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Naval officer earned his Professional Aviation Maintenance Officer (PAMO) warfare designator that recognizes his significant support of the Navy’s aviation mission, presented before a gathering of his peers at Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) Oct. 31.

After successfully completing the extensive professional qualification standards, Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Noga, the FRCSE engine production officer, received his PAMO warfare designation certificate and insignia presented by Capt. Robert Caldwell, the FRCSE commanding officer.

Noga said he pursed the designation to improve his chances for advancement.

“I knew of two other officers in my year group whose records were pretty strong,” he said. “They had the designation, and I wanted to present my package in a better light in front of the promotion board.”

He had two years to complete all the PAMO qualifications, with the clock ticking from his first qualification signoff.

“You have to have at least one squadron tour to deploy on a carrier,” he said. “It took two years to complete the quals, but I utilized my 17 years of experience with squadron tours and Level II tours for my signoffs.”

The PAMO community is comprised of aerospace maintenance duty officers, aviation maintenance limited duty officers, and aviation maintenance chief warrant officers. Due to billet constraints not all designator eligible officers will acquire the explicit career path experience necessary to participate.

Noga asked Cmdr. Ken Jalali, the FRCSE corporate operations officer, to pin on his PAMO insignia during the ceremony. Noga, who was also checking out of the command the same day, attributed much of his success to Jalali’s encouragement and support, along with other maintenance officers assigned at the aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul facility.

“I loved it here, both on a professional and personal level,” said Noga of his tour of duty at FRCSE. “I would recommend this assignment to my fellow aviation maintenance officer. If it’s FRCSE, go for it, but you’d better come with your “A” game.”

Noga reports to Naval Air Technical Training Center at Pensacola, Fla. in November, going from production to training working with technical review of aviation maintenance programs.

The PAMO designation distinguishes the officer whose career path and training has prepared him or her to support air operations at sea in a combat environment, as well as contribute fully to the damage control and survival of the ship and embarked aircraft, according to the PAMO manual.