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SUBJ/2003 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WINNER//
RMKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NAVAL AIR STATION
PENSACOLA FOR WINNING THE 2003 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD.
2.  THE AWARD, GIVEN ANNUALLY TO A NAVY COMMAND FOR OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY SERVICE, RECOGNIZES NAS PENSACOLA'S OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO
ESCAMBIA COUNTY AREA CHILDREN.  THROUGH SEVERAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
THEY:
    - CONTRIBUTED OVER 2,600 VOLUNTEER HOURS IN SAFETY AND CRIME
PREVENTION TRAINING
    - SUPPORTED COMMUNITY NATURAL RESOURCE PROJECTS
    - PROVIDED VOLUNTEER SUPPORT IN EXCESS OF 3,654 HOURS AND SAVED
THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OVER 61,000 DOLLARS
    - HOSTED THE 55TH ANNUAL NAS PENSACOLA CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS
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PARTY FOR AREA UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN.
3.  CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER TO NAS CORPUS CHRISTI AS THE
2003 USS BAINBRIDGE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.  THEIR CARING AND
DEDICATED PROGRAMS IN SUPPORT OF THE PERSONAL EXCELLENCE PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAMS INCLUDED:
    - AN INNOVATIVE "PILOT FOR A DAY" PROGRAM FOR AREA CRITICALLY-
ILL CHILDREN
    - APPROXIMATELY 16,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS GIVEN TO ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FITNESS
    - PROJECT GOOD NEIGHBOR FLAGSHIPS.
4.  COMMUNITY SERVICE IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN
AMERICAN.  AS PRESIDENT BUSH TOLD TROOPS AT FORT CAMPBELL, KY JUST
LAST WEEK, "THE REAL STRENGTH OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE FACT THAT WE'VE
GOT CITIZENS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR FELLOW
CITIZENS."  THE OFFICERS, SAILORS, AND CIVILIANS OF NAS PENSACOLA
AND NAS CORPUS CHRISTI, SERVE AS FITTING TESTAMENT TO THIS
INDISPUTABLE FACT.  THEY TRULY ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS JUST AND
FOREMOST.
5.  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ORGANIZING COMMUNITY SERVICE
EFFORTS AT YOUR COMMAND, CONTACT JOC(SW/AW) SHERRI ONORATI,
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COMNAVPERSCOM (PERS-662G), AT (901) 874-4270/DSN 882, OR EMAIL:
SHERRI.ONORATI@NAVY.MIL.
6.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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