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UNCLAS //N05354//
MARADMIN 028/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MP//
SUBJ/2001 NATIONAL IMAGE INC. MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS//
POC/D.H. COLEMAN/CAPT/CMC (MPE)/TEL:(703)784-9371/TEL:DSN 278-9371//
RMKS/1. CMC (MPE) IS SOLICITING NOMINEES FOR THE 2001 NATIONAL IMAGE
INC. MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS. NATIONAL IMAGE INC. IS A PRIVATE,
NONPROFIT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1972 TO ADDRESS THE
EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS. EACH YEAR
NATIONAL IMAGE INC. PRESENTS MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS TO ONE
OFFICER AND ONE ENLISTED MARINE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
HISPANIC COMMUNITY. THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT NATIONAL
IMAGE'S 13TH ANNUAL MILITARY AWARDS BANQUET ON 24 MAY IN ATLANTIC
CITY, NEW JERSEY.
2. NOMINEES FOR THE AWARDS MUST HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES TO
THE MARINE CORPS AND THE NATION BY:
A. DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP ABILITIES.
B. PROMOTING CIVIL/HUMAN RIGHTS, RACE RELATIONS, EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY, AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
C. ENDORSING THE INTEGRATION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN WITHIN THE
ARMED FORCES AMONG HISPANICS.
D. ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARMED FORCES
AMONG HISPANICS.
E. FOSTERING INNOVATIVE AND BENEFICIAL PROGRAMS/RELATIONS WITHIN
THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY ACROSS ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES.
F. ADHERING TO THE TENETS OF THE CONSTITUTION, THAT ALL PERSONS
ARE CREATED EQUAL, AND THAT FREEDOM IS A UNIVERSAL RIGHT THAT MUST
BE VIGILANTLY PROTECTED.
3. COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOMINATE DESERVING MARINES
FOR THIS AWARD. ALL MARINES, REGARDLESS OF RACE OR ETHNICITY ARE
ELIGIBLE. NOMINATION PACKAGES MUST INCLUDE A SHORT BIOGRAPHY; AN
8X10 BLACK AND WHITE, HEAD AND SHOULDERS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NOMINEE
IN SERVICE "A" UNIFORM; AND TWO PAGE DOUBLE-SPACED NARRATIVE OF
ACTIONS PERFORMED AND IMPACT. PACKAGES MUST BE RECEIVED AT CMC
(MPE), 3280 RUSSELL ROAD, QUANTICO VA 22134-5103 BY 1 MAR 01.
4. THE AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA MARADMIN IN LATE MAR.
TRAVEL FOR THE AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE FUNDED BY CMC (MPE).//
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