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UNCLAS //N05354//
NAVADMIN 005/01
 
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SUBJ/2001 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER//
 
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/061326ZSEP2000//
 
AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 237/00, 2001 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE YEAR
AWARDS CONFERENCE//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF
LCDR JESSE KINGG AS RECIPIENT OF THE 2001 BLACK ENGINEER OF THE
YEAR (BEY) AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT.  THIS
AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY BY THE BEY ORGANIZATION TO RECOGNIZE
INDIVIDUALS IN GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS IN
A SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, OR TECHNOLOGY FIELD.
 
2.  LCDR KINGG SERVES AS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR STRIKE FIGHTER
SQUADRON 122 AT NAS LEMOORE, CA.  HIS NAVAL CAREER STARTED IN THE
NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION PROGRAM, WHERE AFTER COMPLETING THE
NUCLEAR TRAINING PIPELINE HE SERVED THREE YEARS ABOARD USS
PROVIDENCE (SSN 719) IN GROTON, CT, QUALIFYING IN SUBMARINES AND
BEING CERTIFIED AS A NAVY NUCLEAR ENGINEER.  HE THEN RECEIVED A
LATERAL TRANSFER TO NAVAL AVIATION WHERE HIS SUCCESS CONTINUED,
GRADUATING FIRST AT AVIATION INDOCTRINATION SCHOOL AND SECOND AT
PRIMARY FLIGHT TRAINING.  HE SERVED AS A JUNIOR OFFICER IN STRIKE
FIGHTER SQUADRONS 125 AND 151 IN LEMOORE, CA, AND DEPARTMENT HEAD IN
STRIKE FIGHTER SQUARDRON 27 IN ATSUGI, JAPAN.  HIS NUMEROUS AWARDS
INCLUDE TWO NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, THREE NAVY AND
MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDALS, AND TWO NAVY AIR MEDALS FOR FLYING
MORE THAN 40 MISSIONS OVER IRAQ IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION SOUTHERN
WATCH.  IN ADDITION, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE NAVY'S
DIVERSITY RECRUITING EFFORTS, INCLUDING BEING THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT
THE NAVY YOUTH SYMPOSIUM DURING THE 1998 NAACP CONVENTION.  HIS
UNIQUE STORY HAS BEEN FEATURED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS SUCH
AS NOVA.
 
3.  LCDR KINGG WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED ON 10 FEB 01, AT THE
2001 BEY AWARDS BANQUET, WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE BALTIMORE
CONVENTION CENTER IN BALTIMORE, MD.  NAVY PERSONNEL INTERESTED IN
ATTENDING THE BANQUET SHOULD CONTACT LT WILLIE HARBERT AT
703-695-2824/DSN 225; EMAIL:  P00J3@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
4.  I CONGRATULATE LCDR KINGG ON HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND ENCOURAGE
OTHERS TO EMULATE HIS FINE EXAMPLE.  LCDR KINGG'S CONTRIBUTIONS
REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON OUR NAVY AND MAKE US ALL PROUD TO BE
SERVING WITH SUCH AN OUTSTANDING SHIPMATE.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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