R 081439Z FEB 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 090/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/2010 MARINE CORPS LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD//
POC/D.A. MORE/MSGT/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC /-/TEL:DSN 224-6561 /EMAIL:DONALD.MOORE@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CORPORAL JAMES D. MORIN (PMOS 2673) FROM 3D RADIO BATTALION, MARINE CORPS BASE, HAWAII AS THE 2010 MARINE CORPS LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.  A PANEL OF SENIOR LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS SELECTED CPL MORIN FROM A LIST OF HIGHLY COMPETITIVE NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED FROM UNITS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS.  NOMINATIONS WERE OPEN TO ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE MARINES WITH AN MOS OF 02XX, 26XX, OR 2799.
2.  CORPORAL MORIN IS A VERY DEDICATED TAGALOG LINGUIST WHO MAINTAINED A LANGAUGE TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH WHICH HE ACHIEVED A 3/3 ON THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST.  LARGELY THROUGH SELF-STUDY, CORPORAL MORIN ALSO DEVELOPED LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES IN THE TAUSUG, YAKAN, AND MAGUIDANAO DIALECTS.
3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO CORPORAL MORIN FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, DEDICATION TO MISSION, AND SUPERIOR LINGUISTIC SKILLS. HIS COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING HIS LANGUAGE SKILLS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESSFUL MARINE CORPS COMBAT OPERATIONS.
4.  CORPORAL MORIN IS THE MARINE CORPS' NOMINEE FOR THE 2010 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.
5.  THE SERVICE AND DOD LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGERS'CONFERENCE IN MAY 2011, IN MONTEREY, CA.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN V. R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//