RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 3201728-UUUU--RUCRNAV ZNR UUUUU R 161728Z NOV 07 FM ASSTSECNAV IE WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV BT UNCLAS ALNAV 078/07 MSGID/GENADMIN/ASSTSECNAV IE WASHINGTON DC/-/NOV// SUBJ/NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES 2007 ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS// POC/DARRILYN CRANNEY/ODASN(SAFETY)/LOC: WASH DC/COMM: 703-614-5530/DSN: 224-5530/FAX: 703-614-1149/E-MAIL/DARRILYN.CRANNEY(AT) NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. THE ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES TO RECOGNIZE GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THE SAFETY CULTURE WITHIN THE NAVY OR MARINE CORPS. 2. A MINIMUM OF TWO SAFETY AWARDS, ONE NAVY AND ONE MARINE CORPS, ARE GIVEN ANNUALLY TO DON ORGANIZATIONS AND/OR PERSONNEL WHOSE ACTIONS, EXAMPLES OR SUGGESTIONS HAVE REDUCED FATALITIES AND OR MISHAPS AMONG SAILORS, MARINES OR CIVILIANS WITHIN DON. MORE THAN ONE WINNER OF EACH AWARD MAY BE SELECTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE AWARDS SELECTION BOARD BASED ON THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF NOMINATIONS RECEIVED. IN ADDITION TO BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE NAVY OR MARINE CORPS AND TO SAFETY EXCELLENCE, AWARDEES WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AND CASH AWARD. 3. CRITERION, ELIGIBILITY, AND NOMINATION SUBMISSION DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SAFETYCENTER.NAVY.MIL, THE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SAFETY DIVISION WEBSITE, HTTP://HQINET001.HQMC.USMC.MIL/SD/INDEX.HTM, AND THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.NAVYLEAGUE.ORG/PUBLIC_RELATIONS/AWARDS.PHP. THE DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS IS 1 FEB 2008. 4. THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NAVY LEAGUE SEA-AIR-SPACE EXPOSITION FROM MARCH 18-20, 2008 IN WASHINGTON, DC. 5. RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE BJ PENN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT).// BT #0000 NNNN