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SUBJ/2008 ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS//

RMKS/1.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 
ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS:
A.  ADMIRAL VERN CLARK SAFETY AWARD:
INDIVIDUAL:  DCC(SW/AW) RAMIR SAYGAN PULIDO, USN, COMMANDER FLEET 
ACTIVITIES CHINHAE, KOREA
UNIT:  USS WASP (LHD 1)
B.  GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARD:
INDIVIDUAL:  CAPTAIN JOSEPH C. ELSEROAD, USMC, MARINE HEAVY HELICOPTER 
SQUADRON 363
UNIT:  MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 273

2.  THESE ANNUAL AWARDS, ADMINISTERED BY THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED 
STATES, ARE INTENDED TO STIMULATE SAFETY THROUGH IDEAS AND PROGRAMS 
THAT WILL REDUCE AVOIDABLE INJURIES AND FATALITIES BY PROVIDING SPECIAL 
RECOGNITION TO INDIVIDUALS, UNITS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT BEST EXEMPLIFY 
AND ADVANCE A WORLD-CLASS SAFETY CULTURE.

3.  THE WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FROM A LARGE GROUP OF HIGHLY COMPETITIVE 
NOMINEES WHOSE SUPERB EFFORTS PROMOTE SAFETY, BOTH ON AND OFF DUTY.
I COMMEND THE WINNERS OF THIS YEARS AWARDS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL 
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY EXCELLENCE AND FOR THEIR PASSION IN MAKING RISK 
REDUCTION AN INTRINSIC PART OF THEIR COMMANDS CULTURE.

4.  THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NAVY LEAGUES ANNUAL SEA-AIR-
SPACE EXPOSITION DURING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY LUNCHEON, MAY 6, 2009.  
THE EXPO WILL BE HELD AT THE GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT AND CONVENTION 
CENTER, NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.

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

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