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NAVADMIN 329/01
 
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SUBJ/FY01 COPERNICUS AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/281749ZAUG2001//
 
AMPN/REF A NAVADMIN 226/01 SOLICITING NOMINATIONS FOR
 
SUBJECT AWARD.//
POC/B.L. MORGAN/CWO2/CNO N62M3/-/TEL:(703)601-1424/TEL:(DSN)329-1424
/TEL:(703)601-1336/EMAIL:MORGAN.BRYAN'AT'HQ.NAVY.MIL//
 
RMKS/1. REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2001
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 116
NOMINEES. THE WINNERS ARE:
GYSGT BERNARD AYRAN, MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 38
LT JOHNATHAN BARTEL, NAVY COMPONENT TASK FORCE (CND)
CWO4 FRANK BASACA, PATROL SQUADRON FORTY
IT2(SW) LOUIS BEHAR, COMMANDER, SEVENTH FLEET
LT KEVIN CHRISTIE, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. NAVAL FORCES EUROPE
LT MATTHEW DANIELS, CARRIER AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SQUADRON ONE
   ONE SIX
LT PAUL DICKSON, NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION GUAM
CDR DENNIS DIUNIZIO, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)
IT2(FMF) CARLOS FAISON, USS BATAAN (LHD 5)
MR. THOMAS JENKINS, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
LTJG SHAWN JIRKA, NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY PENSACOLA
CAPT DEAN JONES, MARINE CORPS TACTICAL SYSTEMS SUPPORT ACTIVITY
YN2 JAMES KINNEY, NAVAL RESERVE CENTER TACOMA
LCDR DIDIER LEGOFF, COMMANDER, SPACE & NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND
LCDR JEFFREY LITTLE, NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION
   JACKSONVILLE
CWO2 BURKE MANUEL, MARINE FORCES ATLANTIC
EMC(SW) ANTHONY MARZZARELLA, USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75)
LCPL ROBERT MATHIESON, 8TH COMMUNICATIONS BATTALION
OS1(SW) RICHARD MITTS, FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENTER PACIFIC
IT2 WYATT SIPSON, USS PELELIU (LHA 5)
CWO2 WARREN SPROUL, USCG TELECOMMUNICATION & INFORMATION SYSTEMS
   COMMAND
LCDR PETER STAMATOPOULOS, COMMANDER, LOGISITICS FORCES CENTRAL
   COMMAND
LT TIMOTHY STRICKLAND, COMMANDANT U.S. COAST GUARD
LCDR JESSICA SZEMKOW, COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
CDR ERIC WESTREICH, NAVAL PACIFIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
   CENTER
MS. MONICA SHEPHARD, COMMANDER TASK FORCE WEB
 
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 15 JANUARY 2002 AT THE SAN DIEGO
CONVENTION CENTER IN SAN DIEGO, CA. THE WINNERS, THEIR SPOUSES AND
COMMANDING OFFICERS HAVE ALSO BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE AFCEA/USNI
AWARDS DINNER THE SAME DAY AT 1800, AT THE SAN DIEGO MARRIOTT AND
MARINA HOTEL IN SAN DIEGO, CA. RSVP TO SUZANNE HARMAN, 4400 FAIR
LAKES COURT, FAIRFAX, VA 22033-3899, PHONE:(703)631-6147, FAX
(703)631-4693, EMAIL: SHARMAN'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 VADM R. W. MAYO, N6.//
 
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