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SUBJ/2002 ANNUAL NAVY LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/RMG/SECNAV/051303ZDEC2001//
 
REF/B/DOC/SECNAVINST 1650.34C/14MAR1991//
 
REF/C/LTR/NAVY LEAGUE/06MAR2002//
 
NARR/REF A IS ALNAV REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS. REF B PROVIDED CRITERIA
FOR SUBMISSION. REF C ANNOUNCED 2002 AWARDEES.//
POC/MS. LOUISE HALSE/CIV/NLUS/-/TEL:703-528-1775 EXT 553//
 
RMKS/1.  THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES (NLUS) IS A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF MORE THAN 70,000 MEMBERS AND APPROX 330 COUNCILS.
NLUS ADVOCATES A STRONG DEPARTMENT OF NAVY TEAM.  AS OUTLINED IN
REFS A AND B, NLUS PRESENTS 15 ANNUAL AWARDS IN RECOGNITION OF
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT.
 
2.  THE 2002 NLUS AWARD WINNERS ARE:
- JOHN PAUL JONES AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP (USN OFFICER):
COMMANDER SCOTT R. BAWDEN, USN, USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719);
- ADMIRAL CLAUDE V. RICKETTS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP (E-7
AND ABOVE):  HMCS(SW/AW/FMF) ROGER M. GROSE, USN, USS ENTERPRISE
(CVN 65);
- ADMIRAL CLAUDE V. RICKETTS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP (E-6
AND BELOW):  MA1(SW) CHRISTOPHER D. BRECKENBRIDGE, USN, NAVY
SUBMARINE BASE, BANGOR;
- CAPTAIN WINIFRED QUICK COLLINS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(OFFICER):  LIEUTENANT KELLY J. FLETCHER, USNR, USS MILIUS (DDG 69);
- CAPTAIN WINIFRED QUICK COLLINS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(ENLISTED):  AZCS(AW) AMY E. GOIN, USN, FIGHTER SQUADRON FORTY ONE;
- GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(OFFICER):  LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRYAN P. MCCOY, USMC, 7TH MARINES,
1ST MARINE DIVISION (REIN) TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA;
- GENERAL GERALD C. THOMAS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(ENLISTED):  MASTER SERGEANT DELPHINE E. HAMILTON, USMC, VMFT-401,
MAG-46, 4TH MAW, YUMA, AZ;
- REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. PARSONS AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
PROGRESS (USN, USMC OR CIVILIAN): MR. DONALD A. BIRCHLER, COMMANDER,
PATROL AND RECON WING ONE;
- STEPHEN DECATUR AWARD FOR OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE (USN):  COMMANDER
CHARLES T. HOLLINGSWORTH, USN, COMMANDER, PATROL AND RECON WING ONE;
- GENERAL HOLLAND M. SMITH AWARD FOR OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE (USMC):
COLONEL MICHAEL J. GODFREY, USMC, III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
MARFORPAC;
- ALFRED THAYER MAHAN AWARD FOR LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT (USN, USMC OR
CIVILIAN):  COLONEL JOHN G. MILLER, USMC(RET), UNITED STATES NAVAL
INSTITUTE, ANNAPOLIS, MD;
- ROBERT M. THOMPSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP
(CIVILIAN):  MR. KENNETH D. BASS, U.S. NAVAL FORCES CENTRAL COMMAND;
- THE HONORABLE J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II AWARD FOR ENGINEERING
EXCELLENCE (USN E-4 - E-9):  MM1 (SW/AW) MICHAEL A. BASTYS, USN, USS
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71);
- ADMIRAL BEN MOREELL AWARD FOR LOGISTICS COMPETENCE (USN OR USMC
OFFICER):  LIEUTENANT COLONEL KATHLEEN M. MURNEY, USMC, III MARINE
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, MARFORPAC;
- ADMIRAL BEN MOREELL AWARD FOR LOGISTICS COMPETENCE (USN OR USMC
ENLISTED):  SKCM GEOPRAY WHITE, USN, U.S. NAVAL MOBILE CONSTRUCTION
BATTALION FOUR;
 
3.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE CENTENNIAL NAVY LEAGUE
CONVENTION IN NEW YORK, NY, 28 JUNE - 02 JULY 2002.
 
4.  NLUS HAD GREAT DIFFICULTY IN SELECTING THIS YEAR'S WINNERS
BECAUSE NOMINATIONS WERE OF SUCH HIGH QUALITY.  THIS YEAR'S WINNERS
REPRESENT THE BEST OF THE BEST.  CONGRATULATIONS AND WELL DONE.
 
5.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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