R 200010Z APR 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 021/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4//
SUBJ/2004 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARD RECIPIENTS//
REF/A/DOC/MCO 1650.47/-//
NARR/REF A IS MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARD PROGRAM (NOTAL)//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PER THE REF, THE MARINE CORPS C4 AWARDS PROGRAM
RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE FIELD OF COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS,
AND COMPUTERS.
2. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE
2004 MARINE CORPS C4 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 JEFFREY L. HAMMOND, 7TH COMMUNICATION BATTALION,
III MEF HEADQUARTERS GROUP, III MEF, OKINAWA, JAPAN. THE GRAY TROPHY
HONORS A MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
B. JAMES HAMILTON OUTSTANDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: MR. DAVID GREEN, MARINE CORPS TACTICAL
SYSTEMS SUPPORT ACTIVITY, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. 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 ENLISTED COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS
(1) STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
EXCELLENCE AWARD: GUNNERY SERGEANT RAYMOND B. STEPHENS, II MARINE
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. THE LITTLETON AWARD
FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZES THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF A SNCO PERFORMING OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DUTIES
IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
(2) NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE
AWARD: SERGEANT FLORENTINO REYES, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. THE LITTLETON AWARD FOR OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS
EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN NCO PERFORMING
OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
(3) NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE EXCELLENCE AWARD:
SERGEANT JERRY D. KIGHT, COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, 4TH FORCE
SERVICE SUPPORT GROUP, GREENSBORO, NC. THE LITTLETON AWARD FOR
ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN
NCO PERFORMING ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE
MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
4. AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE C4 AWARDS DINNER AT THE
HILTON ALEXANDRIA MARK CENTER HOTEL, ALEXANDRIA, VA, ON 27 APRIL
2005.
5. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES FOR A JOB
WELL DONE.
6. KEEP ATTACKING, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//