R 032217Z FEB 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 084/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/SOLICITATION OF NOMINEES FOR THE 2011 MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:MCO/CMC WASHINGTON DC/-//
POC/M.A. SILVER/CIV /UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC I/-/TEL:703-614-2522 /TEL:DSN 224-2522/
EMAIL:MARK.SILVER@USMC.MIL//
POC/T.A. PROGAR/CIV/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC I/-/TEL:703-693-5433 /TEL:DSN 223-5433/
EMAIL:THOMAS.PROGAR@USMC.MIL//
AMPN/REF A IS THE DRAFT MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM (MCIAP) MARINE CORPS ORDER (MCO)//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO SOLICIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE 1ST ANNUAL MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS, TO BE PRESENTED DURING THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS DINNER, ARLINGTON, VA, 15 SEPT, 2011. NOMINATION PACKAGES ARE DUE TO HQMC INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT NLT 4 APR 2011.  MCIAP AWARDS WILL BE SPONSORED BY THE MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION AND WILL RECOGNIZE SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT DURING CALENDAR YEAR (CY) 2010.
    A.  THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM (MCIAP) IS ADMINISTERED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE (DIRINT) AND CONSISTS OF FIVE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND ONE UNIT/ORGANIZATION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INTELLIGENCE.  INDIVIDUAL AWARDS RECOGNIZE THOSE WHOSE PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AND EMBODIES THE MARINE CORPS CORE VALUES OF HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT.  THE DIRINT UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARD RECOGNIZES THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT/ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE THAT HAS MADE THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE, TECHNOLOGY, OR PROCEDURES AND/OR THROUGH DEMONSTRATION OF CONSISTENT RESOURCEFULNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS WHILE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN A TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL, OR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT.
    B.  THE DIRINT VIA THE MCIAP ASSUMES STEWARDSHIP OF AWARDS FORMERLY PRESENTED TO OFFICER, SNCO, NCO, AND CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS BY THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED (MCIA, INC.).  MCIA, INC. WILL CONTINUE TO SPONSOR THE MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL E. ENNIS USMC LITERARY EXCELLENCE AWARD AND THE JOHN J. GUENTHER MERIT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD; MCIA, INC. AWARD SUBMISSION INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MCIA-INC.ORG.
2.  NOMINATION CRITERIA.  COMMANDERS (BATTALION/SQUADRON AND ABOVE) AND G2S ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT CANDIDATES FOR THE FOLLOWING AWARDS:
    A.  THE LTCOL MICHAEL KUSZEWSKI MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD.  NOMINEES MUST BE MARINE OFFICERS (WO-COL) WITH A MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) OF 02XX OR 26XX, SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN AN INTELLIGENCE BILLET WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE DURING CY 2010.
    B.  THE MGYSGT SAMUEL C. PLOTT STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) OF THE YEAR AWARD.   NOMINEES MUST BE MARINE SNCOS (SSGT-MGYSGT) WITH AN MOS OF 02XX OR 26XX, SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN AN INTELLIGENCE BILLET WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE DURING CY 2010.
    C.  THE MSGT CHARLES ARNDT NCO OF THE YEAR AWARD.  NOMINEES MUST BE NCOS (CPL-SGT), WITH AN MOS OF 02XX OR 26XX, SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY IN AN INTELLIGENCE BILLET WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE DURING CY 2010.
    D.  THE LCPL JAMES E. SWAIN MARINE ENLISTED OF THE YEAR AWARD. NOMINEES MUST BE MARINE ENLISTED (PVT-LCPL) WITH AN MOS OF 02XX OR 26XX, SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE DURING CY 2010.
    E.  THE JOHN GUENTHER INTELLIGENCE CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD. NOMINEES MUST BE DEFENSE CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL SYSTEM (DCIPS) EMPLOYEES SERVING WITHIN MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE; CONTRACTORS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
    F.  THE DIRINT UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (THE DIRINT'S CUP). NOMINATED UNITS/ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE ANY INTELLIGENCE OR RADIO BATTALION, HEADQUARTERS G/S-2 SECTION, SQUADRON, COMPANY, PLATOON, DETACHMENT, BRANCH, ETC., WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCE, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT, OR MARINE CORPS RESERVE.
    G.  NOMINEES' ACTIONS MUST HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHIN CY 2010. PREVIOUS INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE SAME AWARD, BUT PREVIOUS NOMINEES REMAIN ELIGIBLE.
3.  NOMINATION PROCEDURES.  SUBMISSION PACKAGES FOR THE MCIAP AWARDS MUST BE RECEIVED BY HQMC INTELLIGENCE DEPT NO LATER THAN 4 APR 2011. AWARD SUBMISSION TEMPLATE/SAMPLE FORMAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE HQMC INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT NIPRNET WEBSITE: WWW.MARINES.MIL/UNIT/HQMC/INTELLIGENCE/PAGES/DEFAULTV2.ASPX OR SIPRNET WEBSITE: WWW.HQMC.USMC.SMIL.MIL/INTEL/INTELUNDERSCOREHOME.HTM; EMPHASIS SHOULD BE ON CONTENT RATHER THAN VOLUME.  PACKAGES CAN BE EMAILED TO THE POCS IN PDF FORMAT, FAXED TO COMM 703-614-5888 OR DSN 224-5888, OR MAILED TO: HEADQUARTERS US MARINE CORPS (INTELLIGENCE DEPT), 3000 MARINE CORPS PENTAGON, RM 1A262B, WASHINGTON DC 20350-3000, ATTN: IJ
    A.  THE DIRINT WILL CONVENE AN AWARDS BOARD CONSISTING OF OFFICERS, SNCOS, AND CIVILIANS TO REVIEW NOMINATIONS AND SELECT WINNERS. 
    B.  IN ADDITION TO THE MCIAP AWARDS, THE BOARD WILL SELECT FROM THE SUBMITTED NOMINEES THE 2011 ANNUAL NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (NMIA) COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY IN MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE.  THE COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY (OFFICER OR ENLISTED) OR GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL.  THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS RESERVE (OFFICER OR ENLISTED) INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL.
4.  AWARD PRESENTATION.  THE MCIAP AWARD WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AT A DATE TBD; THE MCIAP AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS DINNER ON 15 SEPT 2011, IN ARLINGTON, VA. THE NMIA AWARD WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN APR 2011; THE NMIA AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE NIMA BANQUET ON 15 MAY 2011, IN THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA. 
    A.  INTEL DEPT WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE MCIAP TO INCLUDE FUNDING FOR AWARD RECIPIENTS PARTICIPATION IN THE AWARD CEREMONY; THE WINNING UNIT/ORGANIZATION WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE SENIOR OFFICER OR ENLISTED MARINE DESIGNATED BY THE UNIT.
    B.  NMIA WILL PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR THE COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARDS.   
5.  ENSURE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS MSG.
6.  QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MARADMIN SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE POCS.
7.  THIS MESSAGE SELF CANCELS ON 1 JANUARY 2012.
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//