ALCOAST 126/09
COMDTNOTE 1710
SUBJ:  MWR AWARDS
A.  COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 221949Z OCT 08/ALCOAST 528/08
1.  PER REF (A), THE INTERNATIONAL MILITARY COMMUNITY EXECUTIVES
ASSOCIATION (IMCEA) HAS ANNOUNCED ITS ANNUAL MWR AWARD WINNERS.
MR. BLAIR MARKHAM, MWR DIRECTOR AT AIRSTA BORINQUEN, IS THE
COAST GUARD IRV RUBENSTEIN MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER FOR THIS YEAR.
MR. MARKHAM IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS EXPANSION OF THE MWR PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES OFFERED TO THE COAST GUARD COMMUNITY AT THIS OCONUS
COMMAND.  HE IS ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE WOUNDED
WARRIOR PROGRAM BY HOSTING THE SOLDIERS UNDERGOING DISABLED SCUBA
(SUDS) PROGRAM AT THE AIRSTA.
2.  COMPETITION WAS KEEN IN ALL AWARD CATEGORIES AMONG ALL
NOMINEES IN ALL FIVE SERVICES. I AM ALSO PLEASED THE IMCEA
ANNOUNCED THAT MR. JEFFERY WAPNER, OUTDOOR RECREATION AND AUTO
HOBBY SHOP MANAGER AT TRACEN YORKTOWN, WAS THE IMCEAS ROY C. OLSON
AWARD WINNER THIS YEAR.  MR. WAPNER IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS
DEDICATION, LEADERSHIP, AND INNOVATIVENESS IN EXPANDING THE MWR
PROGRAM AT THIS TRAINING COMMAND. HE IS ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR
OFFERING ADDITIONAL, POPULAR OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TRIPS AT NO COST TO
THE TRACENS MWR PROGRAM.
3. OTHER COAST GUARD NOMINEES INCLUDE LT CHRIS HOOPER, MWR OFFICER,
ISC ST. LOUIS, IRV RUBENSTEIN MEMORIAL AWARD.  ALTHOUGH NOT AN
AWARD WINNER, HE CAN TAKE PRIDE IN HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MWR
PROGRAM AT HIS COMMAND THROUGH HIS EXPANSION OF ITS INFORMATION,
TICKETS, AND TOURS PROGRAM.  ALL COMMANDS TAKING THE TIME TO
NOMINATE MWR PERSONNEL FOR THIS NATIONAL AWARD RECOGNITION SHOULD
BE COMMENDED.
4.  THESE IMCEA AWARDS WERE PRESENTED AT THE IMCEA AWARDS
CEREMONY HELD ON 25 FEB 2009 AT THE LAS VEGAS HILTON, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE IMCEAS PARTICIPATION IN THE CATERSOURCE
CONFERENCE.
5.  RADM JODY A. BRECKENRIDGE, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR HUMAN
RESOURCES, SENDS.
6.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.