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SUBJ/FOURTH ANNUAL COPERNICUS AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/031245ZAUG2000//
 
AMPN/REF A NAVADMIN 197/00 SOLICITING SUBJECT AWARD NOMINATIONS.//
POC/B.L. MORGAN/CWO2/CNO N62M3/-/TEL:(703) 601-1424/TEL:(DSN)329-1424
/FAX:(703)601-1336/EMAIL: MORGAN.BRYAN'AT'HQ.NAVY.MIL//
 
RMKS/1. REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL
COPERNICUS AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL WARFARE IN
THE DISCIPLINES OF C4I, INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION WARFARE.
THE COPERNICUS AWARDS CO-SPONSORS, THE ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS
AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (AFCEA) AND THE US NAVAL INSTITUTE (USNI)
HAVE CONCURRED WITH 25 OPNAV SELECTED INDIVIDUALS FROM 103 NOMINEES.
THE WINNERS ARE:
IT1 BARRY BASSELGIA, NCTS DIEGO GARCIA
ITC(SW) KIMBERLY BOLEN, TACRON TWO ONE
CTOCS(NAC) ROBERT BRADLEY, NAVSECGRULANT NORFOLK, VA
CWO4 GREGORY BRINDLEY, NCTAMSLANT NORFOLK, VA
LT SUSAN BRYER-JOYNER, NCTS FE YOKOSUKA, JA
LT LINDA CIAMBOR, COMNAVSECGRU FT GEORGE G MEADE, MD
CWO4 TODD CONLEY, NAVSPACECOM DAHLGREN, VA
LCDR TIMOTHY COSTELLO, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE
MAJ DAVID DEAN, MITNOC (MARFOR CND) QUANTICO, VA
DR GERARD EXLEY, NUWC DIV NEWPORT, RI
IT1(SW) ROBERTO FEBUS, USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75)
LT JOHN GOODPASTER, SDV TEAM ONE
LCDR MATTHEW GUNTHORPE, PEO THEATER SURFACE COMBATANTS, ARLINGTON, VA
LCDR GINA HAWKINS, EWTGPAC SAN DIEGO, CA
CAPT FRANCIS HISER III, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
LT JOSEF HORAK, ONI WASHINGTON, DC
FTC(SS) TIMOTHY JONES, COMCRUDESGRU THREE
FC2(SW) KEVIN KIRKLAND, USS JOHN F KENNEDY (CV 67)
LCDR JEFFREY LESSIE, USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB, FL
ETCS(SS) BRIAN MATHIS, COMMANDER, SUBMARINE FORCES ATLANTIC
EAC(SCW) MICHAEL SAUNDERS, NMCB ONE THREE THREE
MR DAVID WHEELER, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
MR WILLIAM WILDER, PEO EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE, ARLINGTON, VA
ET3 NATHANIEL WILLIAMS NCTAMSLANT DET HAMPTON ROADS, VA
LTJG PAUL WILT, STRIKFITRON ONE NINE TWO
 
2. AFCEA/USNI HAVE MAILED LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL
COPERNICUS AWARD WINNERS INVITING THEM AND THEIR COMMANDING OFFICERS
TO ATTEND A LUNCHEON AT 1200 ON 23 JANUARY 2001 AT THE SAN DIEGO
CONVENTION CENTER IN SAN DIEGO, CA. THE WINNERS, THEIR SPOUSES AND
COMMANDING OFFICERS WILL ALSO BE INVITED TO ATTEND THE AFCEA/USNI
AWARDS DINNER THE SAME DAY AT 1800, AT THE SAN DIEGO MARRIOT AND
MARINA HOTEL IN SAN DIEGO, CA. RSVP TO VEDA CONTI, 4400 FAIR LAKES
COURT, FAIRFAX, VA 22033-3899, PHONE:(703)631-6147, FAX
(703)631-4693 EMAIL: VCONTI'AT'AFCEA.ORG.
 
3. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE COPERNICUS AWARD WINNERS AND
NOMINEES.  YOUR EFFORTS ARE CRITICAL IN ENABLING A REVOLUTION IN
MILITARY AFFAIRS BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES.
 
4. RELEASED BY N. E. BROWN, N6B.//
 
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