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UNCLAS //N01630//
MARADMIN 620/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/MARBKS//
SUBJ/SELECTION OF MCI GRADUATE OF THE YEAR FOR FY01 GUNNERY SERGEANT
/CHRISTOPHER A. TOTEN 428 47 3600/7051 USMC//
REF/A/MSG/DTG 230800Z AUG 01 ZYW//
POC/MAJ HERITAGE/OPSO/MCI/-/TEL:(202) 685-7620/TEL:DSN 325-7620//
RMKS/ 1. REF A REQUESTED COMMANDS TO SUBMIT NOMINEES FOR MCI GRADUATE
OF THE YEAR.
2. MCI WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE GYSGT CHRISTOPHER A. TOTEN,
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION,
BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA, AS MCI'S GRADUATE OF THE YEAR FOR FY01. HE
WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE MARINE CORPS' REPRESENTATIVE IN THE DISTANCE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING COUNCIL (DETC) OUTSTANDING GRADUATE PROGRAM.
DETC IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING ASSOCATION WHO ACCREDITS
DISTANCE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, LIKE MCI. THE GRADUATE OF THE YEAR
PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE A MARINE WHOSE RECORD OF SELF-STUDY
AND EDUCATION, THROUGH MCI COURSE WORK, BEST EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE
IN THE LIFELONG STUDY OF THE PROFESSION OF ARMS.
3. DURING FY 01, GYSGT TOTEN COMPLETED 26 MCI COURSES AND ONE
DISTANCE PME PROGRAM. HE HOLDS TWO ASSOCIATE DEGREES FROM THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE AND IS WORKING TOWARDS A
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE THROUGH PARK COLLEGE. GYSGT
TOTEN IS CERTIFIED AS A FIRE INSTRUCTOR, FIRE INSPECTOR, FIRE
OFFICER, FIRE FIGHTER II, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TECHNICIAN, ARSON
DETECTION, RESCUE TECHNICIAN, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
4. ALL NOMINATIONS RECEIVED WERE WELL PREPARED, COMPETITIVE, AND
REFLECTED THE HIGH QUALITY OF MARINES SERVING OUR CORPS.
5. MCI WILL COORDINATE WITH THE MCAS, BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA
VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO AFFECT SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR SNM.//
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