ALCOAST 066/08
COMDTNOTE 5700
SUBJ:  FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) COAST GUARD UNIT
AWARD.
1. THE FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) WAS FORMED ON 4
AUGUST 1999, AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.  ITS OBJECTIVES ARE: (A)
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE COAST GUARD HISTORIANS OFFICE (B) TO
ENCOURAGE STUDIES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF OUR SERVICE, AND (C)
ACCORD RECOGNITION TO INDIVIDUALS, UNITS, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
ORGANIZATIONS FOR BOTH SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR RAISING PUBLIC
AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CHARACTER OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROUD HERITAGE OF THE
COAST GUARDS.
2. EACH YEAR THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES BOTH A LARGE (MAJOR CUTTER,
AIR STATION AND SECTOR) AND SMALL (PATROL BOAT, SAR STATION) COAST
GUARD UNIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE
SERVICE.  THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE UNIT AWARD ARE: (A)
UNITS CAN BE ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE, AUXILIARY SQUADRON, OR SPOUSES
CLUB.  (B) UNITS MUST BE ENGAGED IN A SPECIFIC UNDERTAKING AIMED AT
FURTHERING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CURRENT ACTIVITIES OR THE HISTORY
AND HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARD.  UNITS THAT RECEIVE THE AWARD MAY
NOT RESUBMIT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS.  THE LARGE UNIT WINNER
RECEIVES FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THE SMALL UNIT TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS FOR THEIR MORALE FUND.
3. THE WINNER IN THE 2007 LARGE UNITS CATEGORY WAS SECTOR
CHARLESTON.  THIS UNIT CREATED A PICTORIAL EXHIBIT AND DISPLAY CASE
ON THE COAST GUARDS ROLE IN CHARLESTON AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE PORT
OVER TIME.  IT ALSO HELD AN ART CONTEST INTENDED TO PRODUCE
GRAPHICS FOR USE ON THE SECTORS MERITORIOUS UNIT ALUMNI AWARD AND
DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING OUTREACH TO COAST
GUARD VETERANS.  IT HAS PRACTICED DILIGENT SUBMISSION TO THE COAST
GUARD HISTORIANS OFFICE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS DONATED TO THE
SECTOR BY PRIVATE CITIZENS.  CARE WAS TAKEN TO AID RESEARCHERS,
STUDENTS, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PRESONNEL AND OTHERS IN RESEARCHING
THE HISTORY OF THE COAST GUARD IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON.  THE
SECTOR DEVELOPED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE
COAST GUARD IN CHARLESTON.
4. THE WINNER IN THE 2007 SMALL UNITS CATEGORY WAS LIGHT STATION
BOSTON.  THIS STATION HAS TAKEN A LEAD ROLE IN THE HISTORICAL
INTERPRETATION OF THE BOSTON HARBOR NATIONAL PARK AREA.  IT HAS
WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
HISTORICAL INTERPRETIVE TRAINING GUIDE USED BY FULL-TIME AND PART-
TIME INTERPRETERS ON THE ISLAND.  IT HAS DEVELOPED THE WATCHSTANDER
PROGRAM FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE THROUGH WHICH COAST GUARD AUXILIARISTS
APPLYING FOR DUTY MUST QUALIFY AS BOTH BOAT CREW AND HISTORICAL
INTERPRETER.  THE LIGHT STATION HAS DEVELOPED A HISTORICALLY
ACCURATE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR BOTH MODERN AND HISTORIC FACETS OF
THE LIGHTHOUSE AND GROUNDS.
5. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A CONCISE
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION, IN TRIPLICATE, OF THEIR EFFORTS.  THESE MAY BE
A SINGLE SPECIFIC COMPLETED PROJECT OR AN ONGOING, CONTINUING
UNDERTAKING.  PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATERIAL RELATED TO THE
PROJECT ARE USEFUL BUT NOT NECESSARY, SUCH MATERIAL WILL NOT BE
RETURNED.
6. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ALSO ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FURTHERING OF U.S. COAST
GUARD HISTORY.  DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER, IN
TRIPLICATE, DETAILING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.
7. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 15 APRIL 2008.  WINNERS WILL BE
ANNOUNCED IN MAY.
8. MAIL ENTRIES TO:  COAST GUARD UNIT AWARD COMMITTEE, FOUNDATION
FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY, C/O JOHN GALLUZZO, PO BOX 181, HULL, MA
02045.
9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FCGH WEB SITE AT
WWW.FCGH.ORG.
10.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
11. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.