UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 301830Z MAR 11 FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO AL ALNAV ALNAV INFO SECNAV WASHINGTON DC CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV UNCLAS ALNAV 017/11 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/MAR// SUBJ/2010 NAVY LEAGUE ADMIRAL VERN CLARK AND GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS// RMKS/1. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2010 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: LT JARED WILHELM, PATROL SQUADRON 16 UNIT: USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) B. GENERAL JAMES L. JONES SAFETY AWARDS: INDIVIDUAL: GYSGT WESLEY CHAD ALLIN, MARINE HEAVY HELICOPTER SQUADRON 363 UNIT: MEDIUM MARINE HELICOPTER SQUADRON 364 2. THESE ANNUAL NAVY LEAGUE AWARDS RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS AND UNITS THAT FOSTER WORLD CLASS SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY THROUGH IDEAS AND PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE AVOIDABLE INJURIES AND FATALITIES. RECIPIENTS WERE CHOSEN FROM AN EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF HIGHLY COMPETITIVE NOMINEES. I COMMEND THEM 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. 3. I WILL PRESENT THE AWARDS AT THE NAVY LEAGUES' ANNUAL SEA- AIR-SPACE EXPOSITION DURING ITS SECRETARY OF THE NAVY LUNCHEON ON APRIL 11, 2011. THE EXPOSITION WILL BE HELD AT THE GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT AND CONVENTION CENTER, NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. 4. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AWARDS, VISIT WWW.SEAAIRSPACE.ORG/AWARDS.HTML 5. RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. BT BT #0001 NNNN