R 251743Z APR 12
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MARADMIN 240/12
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/2012 MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM (MCIAP) AWARDEES SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN /CMC WASHINGTON DC/YMD:20111130//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS//
POC/T. A. PROGAR/CIV/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC/NAME:IJ/TEL:703-614-2677/ EMAIL:THOMAS.PROGAR@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE ANNUAL MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS. THE MCIAP RECOGNIZES INTELLIGENCE MARINES, CIVILIANS AND UNITS THAT BEST EXEMPLIFY INTELLIGENCE EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND DEMONSTRATE DEDICATION TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE. THE INCREASED NUMBER AND QUALITY OF THE NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR REFLECTED THE CONTINUED OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF OUR MARINES ACROSS THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE. SELECTION OF THIS YEAR'S AWARDEES WAS EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING.
2. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING SELECTEES:
A. THE LTCOL MICHAEL D. KUSZEWSKI MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER OFTHE YEAR AWARD: CAPTAIN JASON R. JOHNSTON USMC, S-2, 13TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT.
B. THE MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT SAMUEL C. PLOTT MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD: MASTER SERGEANT WILLIAM S. BENEDICT USMC, INTELLIGENCE CHIEF, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE BATTALION (MSOIB).
C. THE MASTER SERGEANT CHARLES C. ARNDT MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD: CORPORAL RAYMOND H. LINDSEY USMC, WATCH CHIEF, SECOND MARINE DIVISION G-2 FORWARD.
D. THE LCPL JAMES E. SWAIN MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ENLISTED MARINE OF THE YEAR AWARD: LANCE CORPORAL LAUREN A. KOHLS USMC, EAST EUROPEAN CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST, SECOND RADIO BATTALION.
E. THE MR. JOHN J. GUENTHER MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: MR. DAVID S. MERCER, SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION ENTERPRISE OFFICE DIRECTOR, MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY.
F. THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AWARD: CORPORAL BENJAMIN C. ARECHIGA USMC, GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST, FIRST MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE G-2.
G. THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (DIRINT'S CUP): THIRD INTELLIGENCE BATTALION.
3. THE MCIAP SELECTEES WILL BE HONORED AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION (MCA AND F) INTELLIGENCE AWARDS DINNER ON 20 SEPTEMBER 2012 IN ARLINGTON, VA. HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (HQMC-I) WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AWARD RECIPIENTS TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY; MCA AND F WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ONE NON-DOD RELATIVE OR FRIEND OF EACH AWARD RECIPIENT TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY. HQMC-I AND MCA AND F COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
4. IN ADDITION TO THE MCIAP SELECTEES, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTEES FOR THE 2012 NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (NMIA) COLONEL DONALD G. COOK USMC, AWARD AND THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES USMCR, AWARD. THE NMIA AWARDS RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY REGULAR MARINE OR GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN AND A RESERVE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTIVELY. THIS YEAR'S COL COOK AWARD SELECTEE IS MSGT WILLIAM S. BENEDICT USMC, MSOIB AND THIS YEAR'S COL JONES AWARD SELECTEE IS CAPTAIN JAMES W. STAMAN II USMCR, MARINE CORPS FORCES CYBERSPACE COMMAND. THESE OUTSTANDING MARINES WILL BE HONORED AT THE NMIA AWARDS BANQUET ON 20 MAY 2012 IN MCLEAN, VA. NMIA COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
5. I EXTEND MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO DISPLAY SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR CORPS. ALL MARINES ACROSS OUR INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE AND OUR CORPS ARE PROUD OF THESE DESERVING RECIPIENTS.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//