FY 02 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARDS
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 058/03
ALMARS : 058/03
R 071400Z OCT 03
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(uc)
TO ALMAR(uc)
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UNCLASSIFIED
ALMAR 058/03
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CMC//
SUBJ/FY 02 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARDS//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 5100.32//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 5100.32, MARINE CORPS SAFETY AWARDS
PROGRAM//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  RECENTLY, I HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE
OF FORMALLY RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUAL MARINES, MARINE UNITS,
AND BASES AND STATIONS FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY EFFORTS AND
PERFORMANCE IN THE AREA OF SAFETY.  THEY WERE RECOGNIZED
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SAFETY AWARD AND THE
MARINE CORPS SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY AWARD.
2. THE MARINES, UNITS, AND BASES AND STATIONS HONORED
ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. MARINE AWARDEES
(1) CWO4 CURRY, TBS, AND MR. JORDAN PICKETT, MCB CAMP
LEJEUNE WERE AWARDED THE MARINE CORPS SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT
IN SAFETY AWARD.
B. UNIT AWARDS  
(1) VMA-223, MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC AND 2D FSSG, MCB, CAMP
LEJEUNE, NC WERE HONORED WITH THE MARINE CORPS ACHIEVEMENT
IN SAFETY AWARD AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SAFETY
EXCELLENCE AWARD.
(2) MARINE CORPS TRANSPORT SQUADRON 1 (VMR-1) AND MARINE
AERIAL REFUELER TRANSPORT SQUADRON 452(VMGR-452) RECEIVED
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARDS.
C. BASES AND STATIONS AWARDS
(1) MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, MIRAMAR WAS AWARDED THE
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SAFETY
ASHORE.  
(2) MARINE CORPS BASE, HAWAII WAS AWARDED THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE NAVY CENTER OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD.
3. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS.  I EQUATE
SAFETY TO FORCE PRESERVATION, AND ALL THOSE INVOLVED
IN THIS SUPERB ACHIEVEMENT WERE ACTING IN THE HIGHEST
TRADITION OF OUR CORPS BY TAKING CARE OF OUR MARINES.  
YOUR RECORDS OF SAFETY EXCELLENCE DEMONSTRATE HOW
STRONG AND ACTIVE SAFETY PROGRAMS REINFORCED BY
SUPERB MARINES AND UNITS AT OUR BASES AND STATIONS
CONTRIBUTE TO READINESS AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CORPS.
4.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U. S. MARINE
CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//