2003 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION (MSF) AWARD WINNERS
Date Signed: 6/15/2007 | ALMARS Number: 048/04
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SUBJ/2003 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION (MSF) AWARD WINNERS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION (MSF)
ESTABLISHES THE NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.  THE MSF
ANNUAL AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO MSF'S MISSION OF IMPROVING THE SAFETY OF
MOTORCYCLISTS ON THE NATION'S STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.  TWO MARINE
CORPS CIVILIANS AND ONE INSTALLATION ARE BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE MSF
FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2003.A.  WILLIAM H. COSBY, SAFETY
DIVISION, HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, WAS HONORED WITH THE MSF'S
HIGHEST RECOGNITION, THE MSF AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.  THROUGH HIS
LEADERSHIP ABILITY, HE MADE TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE QUALITY
OF MOTORCYCLE RIDER EDUCATION AND TRAINING.  HE PARTNERED WITH KEY
BASES AND THE MSF TO LAUNCH THE MARINE CORPS' MILITARY MOTOR VEHICLE
AND POWER SPORTS TRAINING SPECIALIST PROGRAM.  THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES
LOCAL COMMANDS WITH TRAIN-THE-TRAINER CAPABILITY AND INCREASES
RESIDENT TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERTISE.  MR. COSBY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE
JOINT EFFORT TO INCORPORATE THE MSF'S RIDER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SYSTEM INTO ALL SERVICES.   B.  MR. SCOTT E. PEARCE, MCAS YUMA
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER, WAS HONORED WITH THE OUTSTANDING
RIDERCOACH/DIRT BIKE SCHOOL COACH AWARD. IN ADDITION TO MOTORCYCLE
TRAINING, HE EARNED CERTIFICATION TO BRING DIRTBIKE AND ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE SAFETY COURSES TO LOCAL MARINES.  MR. PEARCE'S EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN REDUCING MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC FATALITIES ABOARD
MCAS YUMA. C.  MCAS YUMA RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MILITARY
BASE IN RECOGNITION OF ITS AGGRESSIVE COMMAND SUPPORT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC AND RECREATION SAFETY PROGRAM.  MCAS YUMA
CONTINUES TO INCREASE BOTH ITS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAPABILITIES
AND ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY.2.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARD WINNERS FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN
THE FIELD OF MOTORCYCLE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY.  THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS
REFLECT THE FOCUS AND LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM THAT WE MUST ALL
DEMONSTRATE IN ORDER TO REDUCE NEEDLESS MISHAPS AND FATALITIES.
WELL DONE!3.  SEMPER FIDELIS AND KEEP ATTACKING, M. W. HAGEE,
GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//