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R 072250Z JUL 03 ZYB MIN PSN 061896J30
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS //N01650//
NAVADMIN 184/03
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/-/JUL//
 
SUBJ/CY02 MARJORIE STERRETT BATTLESHIP FUND AWARD WINNERS//
 
REF/A/DOC/CNO/19APR1993//
 
AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 3590.11E, THE ARLEIGH BURKE FLEET
TROPHY/MARJORIE STERRETT BATTLESHIP FUND AWARD/USS ARIZONA
MEMORIAL TROPHY.//
POC/POTTS/LCDR/N311C/LOC:WASHINGTON, DC
/EMAIL:JAMES.POTTS(AT)NAVY.MIL; TEL:  703-692-1851//
 
RMKS/1.  RECOGNIZING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN INTRA-TYPE BATTLE
EFFICIENCY, IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THE CY02 MARJORIE
STERRETT BATTLESHIP FUND AWARD WINNERS:
 
A.  LANTFLT:  USS LEYTE GULF (CG 55)
B.  PACFLT:  USS MILIUS (DDG 69)
 
2.  SELECTION FOR THIS AWARD IS A REFLECTION OF THE PROFESSIONALISM
AND DEDICATION OF THESE TWO SHIPS OVER THE PAST YEAR.  USS LEYTE
GULF IS PARTICULARLY NOTED FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY RECORD OF
OPERATIONAL READINESS AND MATERIAL RELIABILITY.  USS MILIUS' CREW
DEMONSTRATED THE GREATEST READINESS AND FITNESS OF A SHIP AS AN
INTEGRATED UNIT IN THE PACIFIC FLEET.
 
3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO  CREWS OF USS LEYTE GULF AND USS MILIUS FOR
THEIR SUPERB PERFORMANCE.  THE PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION
WHICH LED TO THIS AWARD HAVE SET THE STANDARD FOR ALL OTHER UNITS
TO FOLLOW.
 
4.  ADMIRAL VERN CLARK SENDS.//
 
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