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SUBJ/2000 VADM JAMES BOND STOCKDALE LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS//
 
RMKS/1.  I AM PLEASED TO CONGRATULATE CDR MICHAEL D. DAVIS, FORMER
CO, USS SAMUEL B. ROBERTS (FFG-58), AND CDR ROBERT HENNEGAN, FORMER
CO, USS BUFFALO (SSN-715), AS THE 2000 RECIPIENTS OF THE VADM JAMES
BOND STOCKDALE AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
 
2.  THIS UNIQUE FLEET AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN HONOR OF VADM JAMES
BOND STOCKDALE, WHOSE DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER SYMBOLIZED THE
HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN BOTH PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND
LEADERSHIP.  THE AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO TWO COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY BELOW THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN WHO ARE IN
COMMAND OF A SINGLE SHIP, SUBMARINE, OR AVIATION SQUADRON AT THE
TIME OF NOMINATION.  CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED BY PEERS WHO
THEMSELVES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD.
 
3.  THE 2000 WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONG EIGHT OUTSTANDING
FINALISTS IN A REVIEW PROCESS WHICH INCLUDED SCREENING AT THE FLEET
COMMANDER LEVEL AND FINAL SELECTION BY A BOARD OF SENIOR OFFICERS IN
MILLINGTON, TN.  CDRS DAVIS AND HENNEGAN, AS WELL AS ALL NOMINEES,
CAN BE JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.
 
4.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED OCTOBER 2000.
 
5.  RELEASED BY ADM VERN CLARK, CNO.//
 
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