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SUBJ/2008 ANNUAL NAVY LEAGUE SEA SERVICE AWARDS// POC/MS. ANGELA 
MOGENSEN/CIV/NLUS/-/TEL:  703-312-1554/
EMAIL:  AMOGENSEN(AT)NAVYLEAGUE.ORG//

RMKS/1.  THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES (NLUS) IS A NATIONAL 
ORGANIZATION OF NEARLY 61,000 MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 250 COUNCILS 
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND OVERSEAS.  THIS YEAR MARKS THE 51ST 
YEAR NLUS HAS PRESENTED THE ANNUAL SEA SERVICE AWARDS RECOGNIZING 
OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP AND ACHIEVEMENT.

2.  THE 2008 NLUS AWARD WINNERS ARE:
A.  THE JOHN PAUL JONES FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP (USN OFFICER):
CAPT WALTER E. CARTER, USN, USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) B.  THE ADMIRAL 
CLAUDE V. RICKETTS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(E-7 AND ABOVE):  HMC(FMF/SW/AW) OMAR G. AZMITIA, USN, SURFACE WARFARE 
MEDICINE INSTITUTE C.  THE ADMIRAL CLAUDE V. RICKETTS AWARD FOR 
INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
(E-6 AND BELOW):  EOD1(EWS/FBJ) RICHARD A. BLEDSOE, USN, EOD MOBILE 
UNIT SIX D.  THE CAPTAIN WINIFRED QUICK COLLINS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP (OFFICER):
LT JESSICA A. LIPSKER, USN, USS MILIUS (DDG 69) E.  THE CAPTAIN 
WINIFRED QUICK COLLINS AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP (ENLISTED):
UTCS(SCW/FMF) LISA K. HALL, USN, NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER 
GULFPORT, MS F.  THE GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL 
LEADERSHIP:  CAPT DOUGLAS R. CULLINS, USMC, HEADQUARTERS AND SERVICE 
COMPANY, MCAGCC, TWENTY-NINE PALMS, CA G.  THE GENERAL GERALD C. THOMAS 
AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP:  1STSGT ROGER F. GRIFFITH, USMC, 
1ST BATTALION, 7TH MARINES TWENTY-NINE PALMS, CA H.  THE REAR ADMIRAL 
WILLIAM S. PARSONS AWARD FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS:
MR. JOHN LOCKE, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE MISSION SUPPORT CENTER I.  THE 
STEPHEN DECATUR AWARD FOR OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE:  SW1(SCW) SCOTT M. 
BAKER, USN, NMCB ONE
J.  THE GENERAL HOLLAND M. SMITH AWARD FOR OPERATIONAL COMPETENCE:  
1STLT SAYCE W. FALK, USMC, THIRD BATTALION, 7TH MARINES, MCAGCC TWENTY-
NINE PALMS, CA K.  THE ALFRED THAYER MAHAN AWARD FOR LITERARY 
ACHIEVEMENT:
ADMIRAL JAMES L. HOLLOWAY, USN (RET)
L.  THE ROBERT M. THOMPSON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP:
MR. TERRENCE J. GARBUZINSKI, SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT SQUADRON 12, NEW 
LONDON SUBMARINE BASE M.  THE HONORABLE J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF II AWARD 
FOR ENGINEERING
EXCELLENCE:
MM1(AW/SW) ANDREW D. CORNSTUBLE, USN, USS WASP (LHD 1) N.  THE ADMIRAL 
BEN MOREELL AWARD FOR LOGISTICS COMPETENCE (OFFICER):
LT DANIEL L. BESSMAN, USN, USS SHILOH
(CG 67)
O.  THE ADMIRAL BEN MOREELL AWARD FOR LOGISTICS COMPETENCE (ENLISTED): 
MSGT RODNEY D. BOGAN, USMC, HMM-265, UNIT 37239 P.  THE NAVAL 
INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION AWARD:
LCDR GEORGE M. LOWE, USN, SEAL TEAM TWO

3.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL NAVY LEAGUES NATIONAL 
CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY, MO ON OCTOBER 31, 2008.

4.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.//

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