ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
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R 021105Z JUN 00  ZYB MIN PSN 115096J22
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N09B//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS  //N01710//
NAVADMIN 139/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/N00D//
 
SUBJ/2000 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR//
 
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE SELECTION OF BM1(EOD) JEFFREY S.
KLINKER AS THE 2000 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR (SSOY).  PETTY
OFFICER KLINKER IS CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO EOD TRAINING AND EVALUATION
UNIT TWO, VIRGINIA BEACH VA.
 
2.  OTHER FINALISTS WERE CTA1(SW/AW) WILLIE J. GRIER FROM
HEADQUARTERS,COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FORCES, CRUISE MISSILE
SUPPORT ACTIVITY, PEARL HARBOR HI; BM1(EOD/SW/PJ) ANTONIO DIAZ FROM
NAVAL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL SCHOOL, EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE FL;
EM1(SW/AW) JOSELITO SARMIENTO FROM NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, NAPLES
ITALY; HM1(SW/FMF) SHAWN LEROY FROM FIELD MEDICAL SERVICE SCHOOL,
CAMP PENDLETON CA.
 
3.  PETTY OFFICER KLINKER WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON DC IN JULY 2000
TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SELECTION AS THE CNO SSOY.  RECOGNITION WILL
INCLUDE THE AWARD OF THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, MERITORIOUS
ADVANCEMENT TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, AND OFFICIAL CALLS ON THE VICE
PRESIDENT, SECNAV, CJCS, VCJCS, CNO, AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.
 
4.  WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SHORE SOY CANDIDATES.
COMPETITION AT THIS LEVEL WAS EXTREMELY KEEN.  ALL PARTICIPANTS
SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND WELL
DESERVED RECOGNITION.
 
5.  RELEASED BY RADM G. L. TALBOT, JR., DIRECTOR NAVY STAFF.//
 
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