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SUBJ/2007 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARD RECIPIENTS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4/YMD:20041201//
POC/D. PARIS/LTCOL/UNIT:HQMC C4/-/TEL: DSN 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.
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2007 MARINE CORPS
COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS.  THE RECIPIENTS WERE SELECTED FROM A HIGHLY
DESERVING GROUP OF MARINES AND CIVILIAN MARINE NOMINEES.
3.  AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE:
A.  ALFRED M. GRAY TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP:
 CAPTAIN THOMAS J. CLEAVER , 8TH COMMUNICATIONS BATTALION, 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. ANTONINO E. SCIMEMI , MARINE CORPS NETWORK
OPERATIONS AND SECURITY COMMAND, QUANTICO, VA.  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 JAMES
A. LEWIS, MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 48, DET A, 4TH MARINE
AIRCRAFT WING, GREAT LAKES, ILL.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF A SNCO 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 REYES P. BUENTELLO,
MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 18, 1ST MARINE AIRCRAFT WING,
OKINAWA, JA.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A 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 DONALD P. BINDYKE,
ELECTRONIC MAINTENANCE COMPANY, 2D MAINTENANCE BATTALION, 2 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:
MARINE WING COMMUNICATIONS SQUADRON 28, 2D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING,
MCAS CHERRY POINT, 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.
4.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE C4 AWARDS DINNER AT THE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL, 300 ARMY NAVY DRIVE, ARLINGTON, VA, ON 14 MAY 2008.
5.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES FOR A JOB
WELL DONE.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//