R 151645Z OCT 21
MARADMIN 553/21
MSGID/GENADMIN/COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO VA//
SUBJ/ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CALENDAR YEAR 2021 MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION AWARDS PROGRAM (MCAAP)//
REF/A/MCO 1650.52A/DTD FEB 07 2011//
AMPN/REF/A/MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION AWARDS PROGRAM (MCAAP)//
POC/B.G. WISNESKI/LTCOL/DEPUTY PROGRAM MANAGER, AMMUNITION/TEL: 703-462-4984/EMAIL: BRIAN.WISNESKI@USMC.MIL//
POC/T.W. GARCIA/CAPT/OPERATIONS OFFICER, PROGRAM MANAGER, AMMUNITION/TEL: 703-615-3966/EMAIL: TIMOTHY.GARCIA@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  The purpose of this message is to solicit nominees for the Calendar Year (CY) 2021 Marine Corps Ammunition Awards Program (MCAAP).  This program was established to recognize the exemplary performance of Ammunition Officers and Ammunition Technicians in the operating forces, supporting establishments, and the Selected Marine Corps Reserve (SMCR) who have made significant contributions while serving in an ammunition billet in their unit’s assigned mission and who embody the Marine Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment.  The MCAAP encompasses individual awards for Ammunition Officers and Ammunition Technicians serving within the ammunition community.
2.  Inclusive dates for the awards are 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.
3.  The reference is pending update and will include new award categories.  For CY 2021, we are soliciting nominations for the following five categories:
3.A.  The Ammunition Officer of the Year Award (Warrant Officer to Limited Duty Officer Captain).
3.B.  The Ammunition Staff Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year Award (Staff Sergeant or Gunnery Sergeant).
3.C.  The Ammunition Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year Award (Corporal or Sergeant).
3.D.  The Ammunition Technician of the Year Award (Private to Lance Corporal).
3.E.  The SMCR Ammunition Technician/Officer of the Year Award (Private to Chief Warrant Officer 5). 
4.  In accordance with the reference, nominees must set a standard of technical and professional excellence by exhibiting the leadership traits and principles of a Marine, to include the MOS knowledge expected of an Ammunition Officer or Ammunition Technician of the appropriate rank.
4.A.  Nominees should be recognized as Marines who best exemplify outstanding performance and technical expertise that have significantly and positively impacted their unit’s mission accomplishment with regards to ammunition logistics.
4.B.  Marines being nominated for the SMCR Ammunition Technician/Officer of the Year category shall not have served in excess of 180 days on Active Duty Operational Support (ADOS) orders or as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) during CY 2021.  Marines in this status are eligible for the active component award categories and should be submitted through their attached active duty units' operational chain of command.
5.  A sample nomination package is included in reference (a), enclosure 1.  Award nomination packages shall include:
5.A.  Nomination letter(s) from command, with chain of command endorsements, to include the first O-6 in the chain of command.
5.B.  Unit point of contact to include phone number and email address.
5.C.  Phone number and email address for each nominee.
5.D.  A summary of performance that provides a concise resume of qualifications, including billet description and significant contributions to the command; not to exceed two pages in length, using 12-pitch, Times New Roman font, single spaced text.
5.E.  A career biography of nominee.
5.F.  A proposed citation not to exceed 9 typewritten lines; landscape view with half-inch margins; using 9-pitch, Times New Roman font.
5.G.  Do not include SSN for award nominees.
5.H.  Do not include official photographs for award nominees.
6.  Each Marine Corps Major Subordinate Command (i.e. Marine Division, Marine Logistics Group, Marine Air Wing, MEF Information Group, Marine Corps Bases, posts and stations), are encouraged to submit as many nominations as deemed eligible for consideration for each award category.
7.  Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) will convene their own selection board to select the most qualified SMCR Marine.  MARFORRES will forward awardee to Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command (COMMARCORSYSCOM), Program Manager (PM) Ammunition NLT 3 Feb 2022 to be included in the MARADMIN announcing the winners.  Details for the SMCR selection board will be sent by MARFORRES to unit POCS via SEPCOR.
8.  All active duty nomination packages shall be sent electronically via e-mail to:  ammomail@usmc.mil in a pdf file. The subject line should read:  "Calendar Year 2021 Marine Corps Ammunition Awards Program, (Award Category), ICO (Rank/Name)".
9.  COMMARCORSYSCOM, PM Ammunition and MARFORRES must receive all nomination packages no later than 1500 EST on 20 January 2022.  Packages received after the due date and time are not eligible for consideration. 
10.  At the conclusion of the convening boards, selected awardees will be announced via SEPCOR to include coordinating instructions for awardees.  COMMARCORSYSCOM and The Marine Corps Association & Foundation will recognize the award recipients during an awards dinner and reception that will be held in CY 2022; tentatively scheduled for June 8, 2022. 
11.  Ensure widest dissemination of the contents of this message.
12.  Release authorized By BGen A.J. Pasagian, Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command.//