YNC (SW/AW) Antonio Franklin

In 2011, Franklin spent more than 100 hours coaching youth baseball.

Chief Yeoman (SW/AW) Antonio Franklin spent 2011 in Washington, D.C., where he served as secretariat leading chief petty officer for the deputy chief of naval operations for manpower, personnel, training and education.

Franklin is a “deck-plate superstar” who “leads, mentors, challenges, counsels and delivers results,” reads a nomination letter — one of several touting the chief yeoman’s leadership skills.

Another nominator wrote that “the dozen, hand-picked petty officers that he led daily are future [chief petty officers] thanks to this inspiring leader.” While in D.C., Franklin served as president of the Pentagon Area Chief Petty Officer’s Association.

He benefitted his community by coaching a youth baseball team and serving as a Big Brother for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. He also fed homeless vets at Washington’s Christ House.

To wrap up 2011, Franklin graduated from the Senior Enlisted Academy. He kicked off 2012 by moving to a new assignment as a personnel officer for Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain, and he is set to be commissioned as a warrant officer in October.