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SUBJ/FY-08 SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS//

MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/MAR//

RMKS/1.  IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY FISCAL YEAR 2008 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS COMPETITION.

2.  THE SECNAV ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS INDIVIDUALS, TEAMS, SHIPS, AND INSTALLATIONS FOR EXCEPTIONAL 
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.  I COMMEND ALL OF THE NOMINEES FOR THEIR 
HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE.  CONGRATULATIONS 
TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS:
   A.  CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, INSTALLATION:
       NAVY WINNER:  U.S. FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, JAPAN
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS RECRUITING DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND
   B.  CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUAL OR TEAM:
       NAVY WINNER:  NAVY REGION HAWAII
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS RECRUITING DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND
   C.  ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, SMALL SHIP:  USNS BRIDGE
   D.  ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION:
       NAVY WINNER:  FLEET READINESS CENTER EAST
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT
   E.  ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, OVERSEAS:
       NAVY WINNER:  NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP BUTLER
   F.  ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, INSTALLATION:
       NAVY WINNER:  NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT
   G.  NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION, LARGE INSTALLATION:
       NAVY WINNER:  NAVAL BASE CORONADO
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE
   H.  POLLUTION PREVENTION, NON-INDUSTRIAL INSTALLATION:
       NAVY WINNER:  NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA
   I.  POLLUTION PREVENTION, TEAM/INDIVIDUAL:
       NAVY WINNER:  FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHEAST
       USMC WINNER:  MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE TRAINING
       COMMAND TWENTY-NINE PALMS

3.  THE AWARDS CEREMONY TO RECOGNIZE THESE WINNERS WILL BE HELD IN THE 
HERITAGE CENTER AT THE U.S. NAVY MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AT 1100 
ON 28 MAY 2009.  (FOLLOWING THE CNOS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS CEREMONY.) 
DETAILS AND DIRECTIONS TO THE CEREMONY WILL BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT 
OF THE NAVY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS WEBSITE AT 
HTTPS://SECNAVPORTAL.DONHQ.NAVY.MIL/IE/ENVIRONMENT.  POC FOR THE AWARDS 
PROGRAM IS LCDR ROBERT BAARSON, TEL 703-693-1785, 
ROBERT.BAARSON@NAVY.MIL.

4.  WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SMALL SHIP CATEGORY WINNER, WHICH HAS NO 
EQUIVALENT AT THE SECDEF LEVEL, ALL ELIGIBLE SECNAV WINNERS WILL 
COMPETE IN THE FY-09 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS PROGRAM.  
THE SECDEF CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT 1500, 3 JUNE 2009, IN THE PENTAGON 
AUDITORIUM.

5.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THIS YEARS AWARDS.  YOUR 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS EMBODY THE SIX PILLARS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVYS 
ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY:  ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION, BUILD TRUST WITH THE 
PUBLIC, PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AS A DRIVER OF ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE, 
TRANSFORM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES, LINK ENVIRONMENT AND ACQUISITION, 
AND MOVE BEYOND COMPLIANCE.  THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS 
COMPETITION.  I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN SUSTAINING 
THE ENVIRONMENT WHILE PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM.

6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE BJ PENN, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.//

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