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CC  CNO WASHINGTON DC(uc)

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UNCLAS //N01600//
NAVADMIN 133/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/-/JUN//
SUBJ/2004 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR//
RMKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO DT1(SW/AW/FMF) MICHELE I. VILLAGRAN FOR
HER SELECTION AS THE 2003 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR (SSOY).
PETTY OFFICER VILLAGRAN IS CURRENTLY STATIONED AT NAVAL DENTAL
CENTER NORTHWEST, BREMERTON, WASHINGTON.
2.  OTHER FINALISTS WERE CTT1(SW) MICHAEL P. HETTINGER FROM THE
CENTER FOR CRYPTOLOGY, CORRY STATION, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA; AE1(AW)
LISA ANN PATROCKY FROM AIRCRAFT INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE DETACHMENT,
SIGONELLA, ITALY; AO1(EOD/AW/SW) RICHARD L. STEELE FROM EXPLOSIVE
ORDNANCE DISPOSAL MOBILE UNIT TWO DETACHMENT, CRANE, INDIANA; AND
AW1(AW/AC/IUSS) WILLIAM VOLK FROM JOINT MARITIME FACILITY, ST.
MAWGAN, UNITED KINGDOM.
3.  PETTY OFFICER VILLAGRAN WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC IN JULY
2004 TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER 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 G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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