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NAVADMIN 179/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/PERS-605//
 
SUBJ/1999 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/DOC/PERS-605/23NOV99//
 
REF/B/DOC/PERS-605/26MAR97//
 
NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1650.12C, NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE
YEAR AWARD PROGRAM.  REF B IS NAVPERS 15604B, NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE
GUIDEBOOK.//
 
RMKS/1.  REF A STIPULATES ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND NOMINATING
PROCEDURES FOR THE ANNUAL NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD
PROGRAM.  REF B IDENTIFIES COMNAVPERSCOM AS THE AWARDING AUTHORITY
FOR USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WHICH IS GIVEN TO A NAVY COMMAND FOR
THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH AMERICA'S YOUTH.
 
2.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 1999 USS BAINBRIDGE
AWARD WINNER:
    A.  U.S. NAVAL BASE, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, FOR THEIR WORK WITH
THE W. T. SAMPSON SCHOOLS, DRUG EDUCATION FOR YOUTH (DEFY), BOY AND
GIRL SCOUTS, SAN DIEGO ZOO, THE INSTITUTE FOR BIRD POPULATIONS, AND
MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND FITNESS, DRUG-FREE
LIVING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WITH OUR NATION'S YOUTH.
    B.  I AM ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 1999 HONORABLE MENTION:
NAVAL DIVING AND SALVAGE TRAINING CENTER, PANAMA CITY, FL, FOR THEIR
WORK WITH MEALS ON WHEELS; MARGARET K. LEWIS SCHOOL FOR EXCEPTIONAL
CHILDREN; NEW HORIZONS LEARNING CENTER; SURFSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL;
YOUTH IN ACTION; MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL; PATRONIS ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL; SPECIAL OLYMPICS; AND MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE
PERSONAL EXCELLENCE, HEALTH, SAFETY, FITNESS, AND PROJECT GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
 
3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AND TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFITED FROM
OUR DEDICATED AND CARING SAILORS' AND CIVILIANS' EFFORTS.  YOUR
PARTICIPATION AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR NAVY'S COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROGRAM ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED AND ARE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
 
4.  THE AWARD WINNER WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE.  THE
HONORABLE MENTION WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE.
 
5.  THE POC IN THIS MATTER IS LT CHRISTOPHER FUNK, PERS-605, AT
(901) 874-4270/DSN 882.
 
6.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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