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SUBJ/2009 ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS//

RMKS/1.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2009 NAVY 
LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. 
JONES SAFETY AWARDS.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING
WINNERS:
    A.  ADMIRAL VERN CLARK SAFETY AWARDS:
INDIVIDUAL:  OS1 FLOYD R. SMITH, USS SIMPSON (FFG 56).
UNIT:  NAVAL CONSTRUCTION TRAINING CENTER PORT HUENEME.
    B.  GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS:
INDIVIDUAL:  MSGT MILDRED E. MCINTYRE, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING.
UNIT:  MARINE HEAVY HELICOPTER SQUADRON 463, MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII.

2.  THESE ANNUAL AWARDS 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 RECIPIENTS WERE CHOSEN FROM AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE GROUP OF 
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE NOMINEES WHOSE SUPERB EFFORTS PROMOTE SAFETY, BOTH 
ON AND OFF DUTY.  I COMMEND THE 2009 RECIPIENTS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL 
COMMITMENT TO SAFETY EXCELLENCE AND FOR THEIR PASSION IN MAKING RISK 
REDUCTION AN INHERENT PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY CULTURE.  
THEIR ACTIONS NO DOUBT PRESERVED RESOURCES, PREVENTED INJURIES AND 
SAVED LIVES.

4.  THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NAVY LEAGUES ANNUAL SEA- AIR-
SPACE EXPOSITION DURING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY LUNCHEON ON MAY 5, 
2010.  THE EXPOSITION WILL BE HELD AT THE GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT AND 
CONVENTION CENTER, NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.

5.  RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

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