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MARADMIN 293/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/SD//
SUBJ/NOMINATION FOR THE 2001 GEICO MILITARY SERVICE AWARD//
RMKS/1. THE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY (GEICO) HAS
ESTABLISHED A MILITARY SERVICE AWARDS PROGRAM TO HONOR ONE ENLISTED
MEMBER FROM EACH MILITARY SERVICE AND ONE MEMBER FROM SELECTED
RESERVE COMPONENTS FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MILITARY OR
CIVILIAN COMMUNITY IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
A. DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION
B. FIRE SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION
C. TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION
2. THE 2000 MARINE CORPS RECIPIENT WAS GUNNERY SERGEANT STEVEN A.
SHAHEEN AT MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTYNINE PALMS,
CA. GUNNERY SERGEANT SHAHEEN RECEIVED THE AWARD AS A RESULT OF HIS
EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF TRAFFIC SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION.
3. COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOMINATE ELIGIBLE MARINES FOR THE
2001 AWARD. THE MARINE CORPS RECIPIENT WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT A
SPECIAL AWARDS CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON, DC AND WILL RECEIVE A CASH
HONORARIUM OF 2,500 DOLLARS. GEICO WILL PAY THE COST OF LODGING AND
ROUND TRIP TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MARINE AND HIS OR HER SPOUSE.
4. COMMANDERS MAY ALSO NOMINATE ELIGIBLE SAILORS, E.G. HOSPITAL
CORPSMEN, SERVING IN THEIR COMMAND, TO BE THE NAVY RECIPIENT.
5. SELECTIONS WILL BE BASED ON NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS IN ONE OF
THE ABOVE AREAS IN CAREER (ON DUTY) AND/OR NON-CAREER (OFF-DUTY)
RELATED ACTIVITIES. CONTRIBUTIONS ON WHICH NOMINATIONS ARE BASED
MAY SPAN PRIOR YEARS AND/OR BE ONGOING. ANY ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE
COMPONENT ENLISTED MEMBER WITH AT LEAST ONE YEAR OBLIGATED SERVICE,
FROM THE DATE OF THE NOMINATION PACKAGE SUBMISSION, IS ELIGIBLE.
6. EACH NOMINATION PACKAGE SHOULD CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING:
A. ONE PAGE CONTAINING FULL NAME, GRADE, DUTY TITLE, ORGANIZATION OF
ASSIGNMENT, OFFICE SYMBOL, DUTY STATION, OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL
MAILING ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS AND A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH TO
INCLUDE FAMILY, MILITARY HISTORY, AND MILITARY/CIVILIAN EDUCATION
AND AWARDS.
B. ONE PAGE NARRATIVE STATING THE REASON THE MARINE OR SAILOR IS
BEING NOMINATED. DESCRIBE THE SPECIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS OR SERVICES THE
NOMINEE CONTRIBUTED AND HOW THEY BENEFITED THE MILITARY AND/OR
CIVILIAN COMMUNITY. PROVIDE DETAILS ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AVOID
GENERAL STATEMENTS SUCH AS: "CONTRIBUTED GREATLY, ON NUMEROUS
OCCASIONS, OR CONDUCTED MANY..."
C. NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF MILITARY POINT OF CONTACT (UNIT
COMMANDER, ETC.).
D. ONE EIGHT-BY-TEN INCH COLOR PHOTOGRAPH, HEAD AND SHOULDERS VIEW
OF THE MARINE OR SAILOR IN SERVICE DRESS UNIFORM WITHOUT COVER.
E. A LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT FROM THE HIGHEST MILITARY AUTHORITY ON
THE ASSIGNED INSTALLATION.
7. MAXIMUM OF THREE NOMINEES, ONE FROM EACH OF THE AREAS OF
CONSIDERATION, MAY BE SUBMITTED FROM EACH COMMAND. NOMINATION
PACKAGES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MARINES AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE MEMBERS
MUST BE MAILED IN TIME TO REACH CMC BY COB, 9 NOV 01. PACKAGES FOR
MARINES SHALL BE FORWARDED, VIA THE NOMINEE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND, TO:
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (SD)
HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS
2 NAVY ANNEX, ROOM 3317
WASHINGTON, DC 20380-1775
PACKAGES FOR NAVAL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO MARINE CORPS COMMANDS SHALL
BE FORWARDED, VIA THE NOMINEE'S CHAIN OF COMMAND, IN TIME TO REACH
THE NAVAL SAFETY CENTER BY COB, 26 OCT 01. MAILING ADDRESS IS:
COMMANDER, NAVAL SAFETY CENTER
ATTN: CODE 421
375 A STREET
NORFOLK, VA 23511-4399
8. PREVIOUS GEICO MILITARY SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE ELIGIBLE.
HOWEVER, THEIR NOMINATIONS MUST NOT CONTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS UPON WHICH
THE PRIOR AWARD WAS BASED. OTHER PRIOR NOMINEES MAY INCLUDE
MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED.
9. DFAS AND DLA SHOULD ENSURE THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO ALL
ATTACHED MARINES AND THEIR UNIT COMMANDERS.
10. POC FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MS. ELEANOR KAUFER, CMC
(SDO-5), DSN 224-1202/3164 OR COMM (703) 614-1202/3164.//
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