R 211418Z APR 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 013/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4//
SUBJ/2008 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARD RECIPIENTS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4/DMY:05012009//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1650.50, MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS PROGRAM.//
POC/M. BIRK/LTCOL/UNIT:HQMC C4/-/TEL:223.3540//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PER THE REF, THE MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD OF COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS (C4).
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2008 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS.  THE RECIPIENTS WERE SELECTED FROM A HIGHLY DESERVING GROUP OF MARINES AND CIVILIAN MARINE NOMINEES:  AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE:
A.  GENERAL ALFRED M. GRAY TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP:  CAPTAIN MICHAEL T. HLAD, 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.  THE GRAY TROPHY HONORS A MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
B.  JAMES HAMILTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CIVILIAN MARINE OF THE YEAR AWARD:  MR. ANTHONY R. GILLESPIE, MARINE CORPS INSTALLATIONS EAST, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.  THE HAMILTON AWARD RECOGNIZES A CIVILIAN MARINE WHO PERFORMED SPECIAL ACTS OF NOTEWORTHY LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE AREA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.
C.  PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER TROPHY FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE:  GUNNERY SERGEANT ERIC C. HERNANDEZ, 2D MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BATTALION, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER PERFORMING OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
D.  PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER TROPHY FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE:  SERGEANT MATTHEW V. BARNETT, 9TH COMMUNICATIONS BATTALION, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, CAMP PENDLETON, CA.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) PERFORMING OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATION DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
E.  PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER TROPHY FOR ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE EXCELLENCE:  CORPORAL BRIAN W. CARTER, 2D MAINTENANCE BATTALION, 2D MARINE LOGISTICS GROUP, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A NCO PERFORMING ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
F.  LIEUTENANT COLONEL KEVIN M. SHEA MEMORIAL UNIT AWARD:  S-6 COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT, 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE COMMUNICATIONS OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF BY MAKING THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARINE CORPS C4 FIELD.
3.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE C4 AWARDS DINNER AT THE CRYSTAL CITY HYATT, ON 13 MAY 2009.
4.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
5.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//