SUBJ: CAPTAIN STRATTON AND MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (MCPO) FAURIE
WOMENS LEADERSHIP AWARDS
1. THE SEA SERVICES LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION (SSLA) REQUESTS
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2009 CAPTAIN DOROTHY STRATTON AND THE MCPO
PEARL FAURIE WOMENS LEADERSHIP AWARDS.  ESTABLISHED IN 2001, THESE
AWARDS HONOR CAPTAIN STRATTON, THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE SPARS, AND
MCPO FAURIE, THE FIRST FEMALE MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER IN THE
COAST GUARD.
2. THE CAPTAIN STRATTON AWARD RECOGNIZES A FEMALE OFFICER, ACTIVE
DUTY OR RESERVE, IN PAYGRADES W2 THROUGH O4 WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED
EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.  SIMILARLY, THE MCPO FAURIE AWARD
RECOGNIZES AN ACTIVE DUTY OR RESERVE ENLISTED WOMAN IN PAYGRADES E4
THROUGH E9 WHO ALSO HAS EXHIBITED EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP.  LAST
YEARS AWARD RECIPIENTS WERE LTJG RACHEL BEHRENS AND SKCM SANDRA
FLETCHER.
3. AWARD CRITERIA FOR NOMINEES:
 A. CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED, INSPIRATIONAL, INNOVATIVE AND
IMAGINATIVE LEADERSHIP AND MENTORSHIP ON AND OFF DUTY.
 B. MADE SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS THAT RESULTED IN LASTING
IMPROVEMENTS IN WORKING CONDITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEIR
PEERS, SUBORDINATES AND THE COAST GUARD.
 C. EXEMPLIFIED THE COAST GUARDS CORE VALUES OF HONOR, RESPECT AND
DEVOTION TO DUTY.
4. NOMINATIONS MUST COVER THE PERIOD FROM MAY 2008 THROUGH APRIL
2009 AND BE SUBMITTED IN MEMORANDUM FORMAT, ADDRESSED TO THE COAST
GUARDS DIVERSITY OFFICE, COMDT (CG-12B).  NOMINATIONS SHOULD
EMPHASIZE THE NOMINEES LEADERSHIP QUALITIES VERSUS TECHNICAL
COMPETENCY, AND INCLUDE:
 A. NOMINEES CURRENT ASSIGNMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY
 B. A NARRATIVE DEPICTING THE NOMINEES DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP
ABILITIES PER PARA 3, CITING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
 C. THE IMPACT OF THE NOMINEES ACTIONS ON PERSONNEL, THE UNIT AND
THE COAST GUARD.
5. NOMINATIONS SHALL BE NO LONGER THAN THREE PAGES, PLUS NOT MORE
THAN A ONE-PAGE ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY THE COMMANDING
OFFICER/OFFICER IN CHARGE (CO/OIC).  IF CO/OIC IS NOMINATED,
ENDORSEMENT SHALL BE FROM THE NEXT SENIOR COMMAND.
6. NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY COMDT (CG-12B) NO LATER THAN 1
MAY 2009.  AWARDS RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE
CONSIDERED.  NOMINATIONS MUST BE SCANNED AND EMAILED TO OSC ADWOA
HENDRICKS AT ADWOA.S.HENDRICS(AT)USCG.MIL OR NOMINATIONS MAY BE
FAXED TO (202) 475-5918.
7. AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE HONORED AT AN AWARDS CEREMONY AT THE
GRAND HYATT WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, DC, DURING THE 22ND ANNUAL SSLA
WOMENS LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM (18-19 JUN 2009).  TRAVEL AND PER DIEM
FOR THE RECIPIENTS WILL BE PROVIDED BY COMDT (CG-12B).
8. THE POC WITHIN COMDT (CG-12B) IS OSC ADWOA HENDRICKS, EMAIL TO
ADWOA.S.HENDRICKS(AT)USCG.MIL, PHONE (202) 475-5251.
9. MR CURTIS B. ODOM, DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, SENDS.
10. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.