ALCOAST 036/08
COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: USCGR AWARDS PROGRAM: FY07 COAST GUARD RESERVE OUTSTANDING
JUNIOR OFFICER
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 061542Z NOV 07/ALCOAST 520/07
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
(ROA) RESERVE OUTSTANDING JUNIOR OFFICER (ROJO) AWARD WINNER FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007 IS CWO3 HAROLD WILLAFORD OF PSU 305.
2. THIS AWARD IS BASED ON NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COAST GUARD,
DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP ABILITY, EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE OF COAST
GUARD DUTIES, AND SIGNIFICANT CIVIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS. CRITERIA ARE
DETAILED IN REF A.
3. CWO WILLAFORD SERVES AS THE SHORESIDE SECURITY DIVISION CHIEF AT
PSU 305, A POSITION NORMALLY HELD BY A MORE SENIOR OFFICER. HIS
LEADERSHIP OF THE SECURITY DIVISION WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO HIS UNIT
ACHIEVING A SCORE OF 97.25% AT THEIR MOST RECENT TAILORED UNIT
TRAINING ACTIVITY-FINAL EXERCISE PROBLEM (TUTA-FEP). A PROACTIVE
OFFICER, HE COMPLETED THE UNIFIED COMMAND COURSE AT TEXAS A&M
UNIVERSITY, IS QUALIFIED TO SERVE IN ANY POSITION IN THE NATIONAL
INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE (NIMS-ICS)
AND IS A MEMBER OF THE HAMPTON ROADS MARITIME SECURITY COMMITTEE.
HIS CIVIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AND SECTOR
CAPTAIN OF A CLEAN THE BAY WORK CREW HAVE EARNED HIM THE MILITARY
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL.
4. I OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS NOT ONLY TO CWO WILLAFORD BUT TO ALL
OF THE NOMINEES. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RESERVE PROGRAM, THE
COAST GUARD, AND YOUR COMMUNITIES ARE COMMENDABLE.
5. NOMINEES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):
 A. ENS JASMINE BARNARD, MLCLANT
 B. CWO3 DOUGLAS BELCHER, MLCPAC, ISC SEATTLE
 C. LT ERNEST BROWN, DISTRICT SEVEN, SECTOR JACKSONVILLE
 D. LTJG JACOB KATZ, DISTRICT FOURTEEN, SECTOR GUAM
 E. LT SEAN KELLY, DISTRICT ELEVEN, SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO
 F. LT GERALD KIRCHOFF, DISTRICT EIGHT, SECTOR OHIO VALLEY
 G. LTJG AARON LEATHERWOOD, DISTRICT FIVE, SECTOR HAMPTON ROADS
 H. LT SUSANA LEE, CG-4, CG YARD
 I. ENS ANDREA RASK, DISTRICT THIRTEEN, SECTOR SEATTLE
 J. LT JAMES ROSENBERG, DISTRICT SEVENTEEN, SECTOR ANCHORAGE
 K. LT DOUGLAS VOSS, DISTRICT ONE, SECTOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND
 L. CWO3 HAROLD WILLAFORD, DEPLOYABLE OPERATIONS GROUP, PSU 305
6. THE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE ROA MID-WINTER CONFERENCE IN
WASHINGTON, DC, 10-13 FEB 2008. TRAVEL FOR ALL NOMINEES WILL BE
FUNDED BY CG-131.
7. POC: CWO GREG HUNTON, COMDT (CG-1313), PHONE: (202) 475-5461,
EMAIL:GREG.P.HUNTON(AT)USCG.MIL.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
9. CAPT D. J. MCCLELLAN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND
TRAINING, SENDS.