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SUBJ/NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES 2008 ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND 
GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS// 
POC/DARRILYN CRANNEY/ODASN(SAFETY)/LOC:  WASHINGTON, DC/ TEL:  
(703)614-5530/TEL:  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 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ORGANIZATIONS ANDOR PERSONNEL 
WHOSE INNOVATIVE ACTIONS, EXAMPLES OR SUGGESTIONS HAVE REDUCED 
FATALITIES AND/OR MISHAPS AMONG SAILORS, MARINES OR CIVILIANS WITHIN 
THE 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 SAFETY EXCELLENCE AND THE NAVY OR 
MARINE CORPS, AWARDEES WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE SCROLL AND CASH 
AWARD.
3.  CRITERIA, ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION SUBMISSION DETAILS ARE 
AVAILABLE AT THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER WEBSITE, 
HTTP://WWW.SAFETYCENTER.NAVY.MIL, THE HQ US MARINE CORPS SAFETY 
DIVISION WEBSITE, HTTP://HQINET001.HQMC.USMC.MIL/SD/AWARDS.HTM  AND THE 
NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES WEBSITE, 
HTTP://WWW.NAVYLEAGUE.ORG/PUBLIC_RELATIONS/AWARDS.PHP.  THE DEADLINE 
FOR NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS IS 27 FEB 2009.
4.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NAVY LEAGUE SEA-AIR-SPACE 
EXPOSITION, 4-6 MAY 2009, AT GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT AND CONFERENCE 
CENTER, NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.
5.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.// 
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