R 241700Z APR 06
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 192/06
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/2006 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES
/AWARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/181752Z4JAN//
AMPN/REF A IS MARADMIN 020/06 WHICH SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE
SUBJECT AWARDS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2006
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 THAT CAPTAIN LESTER R. GERBER, USMC HAS
BEEN SELECTED AS THIS YEARS RECIPIENT FOR THE COL DONALD G. COOK
AWARD. CAPT GERBER DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER FOR 3D BN, 8TH MARINES DURING RECENT OIF DEPLOYMENTS. HIS
AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE APPREHENSION OF HUNDREDS
OF SUSPECT INDIVIDUALS, THE DISCOVERY OF HIGH YIELD WEAPONS CACHES,
AND THE NEUTRALIZATION OF INSURGENT CELLS. UPON RETURN FROM
DEPLOYMENT, HE ENERGETICALLY PROVIDED PRE-DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT TO
UNITS OF I AND II MEF, AND HE PAINSTAKINGLY, TO INCLUDE THE USE OF
COUNTLESS PERSONAL HOURS, WORKED TO ENSURE THE CORPS ASSIMILATED
OPERATIONAL LESSONS LEARNED INTO SECURITY AND STABILITY OPERATIONS
AND TACTICAL SUPPORT TO COUNTER-INSURGENCY OPERATIONS. HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO I AND II MEF UNITS DEPLOYED TO
AL ANBAR PROVINCE IN IRAQ SET A NEW STANDARD FOR SUPERIOR TACTICAL
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO COMBAT OPERATIONS. 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 THAT CAPTAIN FREDERICK J.
CATCHPOLE, USMCR HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THIS YEARS RECIPIENT OF THE
COL JAMES L. JONES AWARD. CAPT CATCHPOLE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS
THE COMMANDER OF AN IMAGERY INTERPRETATION PLATOON AND A DETACHEMENT
FROM THE INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT BATTALION OF MARINE FORCES RESERVE.
CAPTAIN CATCHPOLE'S LEADERSHIP RESULTED IN SUPERB INTELLIGENCE
SUPPORT TO 1ST MARINE DIVISION'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN AL ANBAR
PROVINCE, BOTH WHILE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AND WHILE AT THE MARINE CORPS
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY (MCIA) REACHBACK SITE IN CONUS. HE
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS AN EXEMPLARY COMMAND BRIEFER WITH SUPERIOR
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND ABILITY TO DELIVER TIMELY AND RELEVANT
INTELLIGENCE. 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 CAPT GERBER AND CAPT CATCHPOLE WILL BE HONORED DURING AN
AWARDS BANQUET IN THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA HOSTED BY NMIA ON 7 MAY
06. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE MARINES
AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ENABLE SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR
MARINE CORPS. I KNOW ALL UNITED STATES MARINES IN AND OUT OF
UNIFORM FEEL PRIDE IN HONORING THESE DESERVING RECIPIENTS.//