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R 281721Z MAY 03 ZYB MIN PSN 675116J26
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS
NAVADMIN 141/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/-/MAY//
 
SUBJ/2003 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR//
 
RMKS/1.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF MM1(SW) MARC R.
MEDINA AS THE 2003 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR (SSOY).  PETTY
OFFICER MEDINA IS CURRENTLY STATIONED AT U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT
ACTIVITY, NAPLES, ITALY.
 
2.  THE OTHER FINALISTS WERE MM1(SS) CHARLES E. BARRERAS FROM TRIDENT
REFIT FACILITY, KINGS BAY, GEORGIA; QM1(SW) PAUL E. OXLEY FROM
COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET; ET1(SS) ADAM L. POWARS FROM PEARL
HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND
AE1(AW) JOHN E. SHAW FROM THE BLUE ANGELS, U.S. NAVY FLIGHT
DEMONSTRATION SQUADRON.
 
3.  PETTY OFFICER MEDINA WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC IN JULY 2003
TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS SELECTION AS THE CNO SSOY.  RECOGNITION
WILL INCLUDE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER,
AWARDING OF THE NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL, AND OFFICIAL CALLS ON THE
SECNAV, CNO AND OTHER DIGNITARIES.
 
4.  WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SSOY CANDIDATES.
COMPETITION AT THIS LEVEL WAS EXTREMELY KEEN.  ALL PARTICIPANTS
SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND
WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION.
 
5.  RELEASED BY VADM P. A. TRACEY, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.//
 
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