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UNCLAS  //N01650//
ALMAR 019/00
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC MMMA//
SUBJ/TIMELY SUBMISSION OF PERSONAL AWARDS//
REF/A/DOC/CNO/08AUG91//
REF/B/DOC/CMC/26MAY99//
NARR/REF A IS SECNAVINST 1650.1F, THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AWARDS
MANUAL.  REF B IS MCO 1650.19H, THE ADMINISTRATION AND ISSUE
PROCEDURES FOR DECORATIONS, MEDALS AND AWARDS.//
POC/MR. S. A. MACKEY/HEAD/MMMA/DSN 278-9340/TEL:(703) 784-9340//
RMKS/1.  THE PERSONAL AWARDS PROGRAM IS A TOOL FOR COMMANDERS TO
RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MARINES AND SAILORS ENTRUSTED TO
THEM.  AS COMMANDERS, WE MUST PLACE THE APPROPRIATE EMPHASIS ON
AWARDS PROGRAMS AT ALL LEVELS.  THIS ACTION SERVES TWO PURPOSES;
FIRST, IT ALLOWS TANGIBLE RECOGNITION TO THOSE MARINES AND SAILORS
WHOSE ACTIONS ARE CLEARLY DESERVING OF RECOGNITION.  SECOND, WE SEND
A MESSAGE TO HIS OR HER PEERS THAT WE WILL REWARD SUPERIOR
PERFORMANCE.
2.  I ASK YOU TO REVIEW THE CONTENTS OF THE REFERENCES, PAYING
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE TIMELINESS FOR AWARD SUBMISSIONS.  IT IS
A COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT AWARDS ARE SUBMITTED IN A
TIMELY MANNER.  TOO FREQUENTLY, WE ARE UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR MARINES AND SAILORS DURING AN APPROPRIATE
CEREMONY IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS BECAUSE THE AWARD RECOMMENDATION
WAS NOT SUBMITTED IN A TIMELY MANNER.
3.  TAKE CARE OF YOUR MARINES AND SAILORS.  THEY ARE OUR GREATEST
ASSET.  SEMPER FIDELIS, J. L. JONES, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE
CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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