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MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/CMC//
SUBJ/2002 ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS (AOC) MARINE CORPS
/OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD//
POC/WERTH/MAJ/-/TEL(703)692-4329/-/WERTHJF@HQMC.USMC.MIL//
REF/A/DOC/PRESIDENT AOC LTR/7 JAN 2002//
AMP/REF REQUESTS CMC TO SELECT UNIT TO RECEIVE THE AOC 2002
MARINE CORPS OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD//
RMKS/1.  I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2002
ASSOCIATION OF OLD CROWS (AOC) MARINE CORPS OUTSTANDING UNIT
AWARD:  MARINE TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE SQUADRON 3, MARINE
FORCES ATLANTIC.  THE UNIT'S CONTRIBUTIONS IN  ELECTRONIC
WARFARE (EW), INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO) AND SIGNALS
INTELLIGENCE (SIGINT) SUPPORT TO THE MAGTF BEST REPRESENT THE
BROAD TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS DEFINED BY AOC
FOR RECEIPT OF THIS AWARD.  
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.  ACCORDINGLY,
OUTSTANDING SERVICE, JOINT, AND NATO UNITS ARE SELECTED BASED
ON THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2001 EVENTS.  THE
AOC WILL RECOGNIZE VMAQ-3, ALONG WITH OTHER OUTSTANDING UNITS,
BY PRESENTING AWARDS AT THE 39TH ANNUAL AOC INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM AND CONVENTION 28 OCT 02 AT THE RENAISSANCE HOTEL IN
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.    
3. TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER, MARINES, SAILORS, AND FAMILY
MEMBERS OF VMAQ-3, I PASS ALONG MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS.  
YOU CAN TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN YOUR UNIT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
THIS WELL-DESRVED RECOGNITION BY THE MARINE CORPS AND THE AOC.  
WELL DONE!        
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//