ALCOAST 063/09
COMDTNOTE 5780
SUBJ: 2008 COAST GUARD JOC ALEX HALEY, CDR JIM SIMPSON, AND DOD
THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARDS
A. 2008 CHIEF JOURNALIST ALEX HALEY, COMMANDER JIM SIMPSON AND DOD
THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARD, COMDTNOTE 5780
1. THIS ALCOAST SOLICITS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2008 CHIEF JOURNALIST
ALEX HALEY, CDR JIM SIMPSON, AND DOD THOMAS JEFFERSON PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AWARDS. THESE AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE AND FORMALLY
RECOGNIZE COAST GUARD WIDE PARTICIPATION IN CONDUCTING OUR
IMPORTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS MISSION. THE COAST GUARDS SUCCESS DEPENDS
IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND
SUPPORTING OUR MISSIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, OUR SERVICE NEEDS EVERY
MEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE COAST GUARD STORY. REF A PROVIDES
ELIGIBILITY, SUBMISSION, AND JUDGING CRITERIA. SUBMISSIONS MUST
REACH COMDT (CG-092) NLT 27 FEB 2009.
2. THE JOC ALEX HALEY AWARD, NAMED FOR THE COAST GUARDS FIRST CHIEF
JOURNALIST AND RENOWNED AUTHOR, RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS OF
INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHOSE PUBLISHED WORKS HAVE
HELPED TO RAISE SERVICE VISIBILITY. COMPETITION CATEGORIES FOR THE
JOC HALEY AWARD HAVE BEEN REVISED. MEMBERS SHOULD REFER TO REF A
FOR NEW SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.
3. THE CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE FIRST PRESS
ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDANT AND RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN AN ALL-
ENCOMPASSING UNIT PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MEDIA
RELATIONS, INTERNAL INFORMATION, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. ALL COAST
GUARD UNITS ARE ELIGIBLE AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. UNITS WITH
ASSIGNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS WILL BE EVALUATED SEPARATELY.
THOSE UNITS IN WHICH A PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT IS CO-LOCATED WILL
BE CONSIDERED AS UNITS WITHOUT ASSIGNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS
SO LONG AS THE UNITS PERSONNEL ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR
EARNING ITS PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACHIEVEMENTS. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE CDR SIMPSON AWARD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED, AND CAN
BE FOUND IN REF A.
4. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARD, OPERATED UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
RECOGNIZES JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE IN INTERNAL INFORMATION, AND IS
OPEN TO COAST GUARD JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. COMDT (CG-09225)
SELECTS INDIVIDUAL COAST GUARD ENTRANTS VIA THE JOC HALEY
COMPETITION AND SUBMITS THEIR PUBLISHED WORK FOR COMPETITION IN THE
THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARD PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE MEMBERS MUST COMPETE IN
THE JOC HALEY COMPETITION TO QUALIFY FOR THE THOMAS JEFFERSON
COMPETITION, FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN REF A.
5. NO PAPER DISTRIBUTION OF REF A WILL BE MADE. OFFICIAL
DISTRIBUTION IS THROUGH THE COAST GUARD DIRECTIVES SYSTEM AND MAY
BE VIEWED ON THE INTRANET AT
HTTP://CGCENTRALWEB.USCG.MIL/CLINK/3484 OR ON THE INTERNET AT
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/DIRECTIVES. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
CWO3 ADAM WINE AT (202) 372-4638 OR ADAM.M.WINE(AT)USCG.MIL.
6. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.