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R 081530Z MAY 01 ZYB MIN PSN 673164J27
 
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UNCLAS //N05354//
NAVADMIN 114/01
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1//
 
SUBJ/2001 FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COUNCIL (FAPAC) MERITORIOUS
/SERVICE AWARDS (MILITARY) WINNER//
 
REF/A/RMG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/081510ZMAR2001//
 
AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 056/01, 2001 FEDERAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN
COUNCIL (FAPAC) MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS (MILITARY)//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF
DK1(SW/AW) GERARDO V. GUILLERMO AS THE 2001 NAVY RECIPIENT OF THE
FAPAC MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD (MILITARY).  THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED
ANNUALLY BY THE FAPAC ORGANIZATION TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
MILITARY WHO HAVE PROMOTED EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS.
 
2.  DK1(SW/AW) GUILLERMO WAS BORN IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES.  IN THE
SAME CITY, HE FINISHED HIS COLLEGE-LEVEL EDUCATION AT DON BOSCO
TECHNICAL COLLEGE IN 1981.  IN 1987 HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES
NAVY AT SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES.  AFTER ATTENDING RECRUIT TRAINING IN
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, HIS DUTY STATIONS INCLUDE USS OGDEN (LPD 5);
PSD YOKOSUKA, JAPAN; VF 21; HS 14; AND PSD WASHINGTON, DC.  HE WILL
BE REPORTING IN JUNE TO USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71).  DURING HIS
CAREER, HE LED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FILIPINO-BASED CHRISTIAN
ORGANIZATION IN YOKOSUKA, JAPAN AND PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL
COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT ASIA.  IN ADDITION, HE
EXCELLED AS A SAILOR THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HIS LATEST RECOGNITION
BEING THE 2000 SAILOR OF THE YEAR PSA NORFOLK.
 
3.  DK1(SW/AW) GUILLERMO WILL BE FORMALLY RECOGNIZED ON 9 MAY 01 AT
THE FAPAC AWARDS DINNER IN ARLINGTON, VA.  NAVY PERSONNEL INTERESTED
IN MORE INFORMATION ON THE AWARD SHOULD CONTACT LT WILLIE HARBERT AT
(703) 695-2824/DSN 225 OR E-MAIL:  P00J3@BUPERS.NAVY.MIL.
 
4.  CONGRATULATIONS TO DK1(SW/AW) GUILLERMO AS WELL AS ALL NOMINEES
ON THEIR ADMIRABLE ACHIEVEMENTS.  IT IS YOUR EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTIONS,
AND SACRIFICES WHICH HELP MAINTAIN THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR NAVY TODAY.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM NORB RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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