R 301946Z SEP 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 038/11
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PLI//
SUBJ/2011 ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS MARINE CORPS OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARDS//
POC/MAJ JONES/PLI/-/-/TEL:(703)692-4326/ EMAIL:JAMES.B.JONES3@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/RMKS/1.  I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2011 ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS (AOC) MARINE CORPS OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARDS.
    AIR ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW):  MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE
                                  SQUADRON 2 (VMAQ-2)
    GROUND EW:                    1ST RADIO BATTALION 
    INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO):  SPECIAL OPERATIONS TASK FORCE WEST,
                                  2D MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS
                                  BATTALION.
2.  THE AOC IS AN ASSOCIATION OF U.S. GOVERNMENT DEFENSE, CIVIL INDUSTRY, AND ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS DEDICATED TO FORWARDING THE TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF EW AND EMERGENT IO IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.  OUTSTANDING U.S. MILITARY, JOINT, AND NATO UNITS WERE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2010 EVENTS.
3.  TO THE MARINES, SAILORS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF VMAQ-2, 1ST RADIO BATTALION, AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS TASK FORCE WEST, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUPERB PERFORMANCE.  YOU CAN TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION BY THE MARINE CORPS AND THE AOC.  WELL DONE.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES F. AMOS, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//