2025 Awardee

TMC(SS) Kyle R. Vogan, USNE

for outstanding performance as Torpedo Division Leading Chief Petty Officer on USS CHARLOTTE (SSN 766).

Chief Vogan set the standard for performance of a Senior Enlisted Leader in the Submarine Force. Throughout a demanding seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, he developed expertise within Torpedo Division, allowing them to support two demanding mission periods operating carryon equipment vital to mission accomplishment. He assumed significant additional duties, including the short notice selection as the ship’s Maintenance and Material Management Coordinator following an unplanned gap in the billet. He took on this role flawlessly, executing one deployment maintenance period and multiple post-deployment upkeeps. At sea, Chief Vogan was the most experienced and reliable Diving Officer of the Watch (DOOW) and was selected to stand watch in the most demanding environments and on the most challenging missions as the training group manager for the Ship’s Control Team. Finally, TMC Vogan, on his own initiative, stepped up to be the Ship’s Drill Coordinator. He did so solely because of his care for improvement onboard the ship. He was responsible for the casualty response training throughout the ship and made the CHARLOTTE crew ready to take the fight to the enemy wherever tasked.

Chief Vogan is most deserving of recognition by the Naval Submarine League to receive the Chief Paul Golden Saunders Award for Submarine Professional Excellence.