R 221409Z APR 08
MARADMIN 263/08
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UNCLAS
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/MARADMIN//
SUBJ/2008 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES
/AWARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/311342ZJAN2008//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2008
COLONEL DONALD G. COOK, USMC AWARD AND THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES,
USMCR AWARD. THESE AWARDS, SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (NMIA), RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE
AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY OR GOVERNMENT
CIVILIAN AND RESERVE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL
RESPECTIVELY. SELECTING A SINGLE WINNER FOR EACH AWARD FROM AMONG
THE MANY OUTSTANDING AND DESERVING CANDIDATES WAS EXCEPTIONALLY
CHALLENGING.
2. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CAPTAIN EDWARD P. AMDAHL, USMC AS THIS
YEAR'S COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD RECIPIENT. CAPTAIN AMDAHL
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE INTELLIGENCE ADVISOR FOR MILITARY
INTELLIGENCE TRAINING TEAM 7 IN HABBANIYAH, IRAQ. HIS INTELLECT,
ENERGY, AND PROFESSIONALISM GREATLY IMPROVED THE COMBAT
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 3D BDE, CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUCCESSFUL
COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS IN THIS CRITICAL AREA OF AL ANBAR
PROVINCE, IRAQ. THIS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL EPITOMIZES VALUES
AND COMMITMENT IN THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE
AS EMBODIED IN THE COLONEL DONALD G. COOK, USMC AWARD.
3. I AM EQUALLY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN P.
WISNIESKI, USMCR AS THIS YEAR'S COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD
RECIPIENT. STAFF SERGEANT WISNIESKI DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS A
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/HUMAN INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST WITH HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TEAM 8, 2D INTELLIGENCE BATTALION FROM
SEPTEMBER 2007 TO MARCH 2008. HIS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE
FACILITATED OPERATIONS AND SAVED THE LIVES OF NUMEROUS SERVICE
MEMBERS AND CIVILIANS. THIS MARINE RESERVIST EPITOMIZES VALUES AND
COMMITMENT IN THE LONG AND DISTINGUISHED TRADITION OF THE CITIZEN
MARINE EMDODIED IN THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES, USMC AWARD.
4. BOTH CAPTAIN AMDAHL AND STAFF SERGEANT WISNIESKI WILL BE HONORED
AT AN AWARDS BANQUET IN THE WASHINGTON D. C. AREA HOSTED BY NMIA ON
4 MAY 08. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE
MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ENABLE SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO
OUR CORPS. I KNOW ALL MARINES ARE PROUD OF THESE DESERVING
RECIPIENTS.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN R. M. LAKE, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE,
HEADQUARTERS, U. S. MARINE CORPS.//
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