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MARADMIN 162/12
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/2011 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CMC WASHINGTON DC C4/YMD:20090105//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1650.50, MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS PROGRAM.//
POC/N.A. TVERDOSI/CAPT/UNIT:HQMC C4/-/TEL:(703)693-3477//
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 (C4).
2. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2011 MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS.  THE RECIPIENTS WERE SELECTED FROM A HIGHLY DESERVING GROUP OF MARINE AND CIVILIAN MARINE NOMINEES. AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE:
2.A.  GENERAL ALFRED M. GRAY TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATIONS LEADERSHIP:  CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER S. TSIRLIS, 8TH COMMUNICATION BATTALION, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (II MEF) HEADQUARTERS GROUP, II MEF.  THE GRAY TROPHY HONORS A MARINE CAPTAIN FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
2.B. JAMES HAMILTON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT CIVILIAN MARINE OF THE YEAR AWARD:  MRS. TONYA M. VANNOY, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS REGIMENT, U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.  THE HAMILTON AWARD RECOGNIZES A CIVILIAN MARINE WHO PERFORMED SPECIAL ACTS OF NOTEWORTHY LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE AREA OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.
2.C.  PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (NCO) TROPHY FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE:  SERGEANT SAMUEL K. LAND, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT GROUP, U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN NCO PERFORMING OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATION DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
2.D.  PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER TROPHY FOR ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE EXCELLENCE:  SERGEANT ZACHARY R. MCCLENDON, 1ST RADIO BATTALION, I MEF HEADQUARTERS GROUP, I MEF.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AN NCO PERFORMING ELECTRONICS MAINTENANCE DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
2.E. PFC HERBERT A. LITTLETON STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) TROPHY FOR OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS EXCELLENCE:  GUNNERY SERGEANT RYAN E. EVANS, 1ST MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS BATTALION, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS REGIMENT, U.S. MARINE CORPS FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A SNCO PERFORMING OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DUTIES IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS MISSION.
2.F. LIEUTENANT COLONEL KEVIN M. SHEA MEMORIAL UNIT AWARD: COMMUNICATIONS PLATOON, 3D BATTALION, 2D MARINES, 2D MARINE DIVISION, II MEF.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT THAT HAS DISTINGUISHED ITSELF BY MAKING THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MARINE CORPS C4 FIELD.
3. AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE C4 AWARDS DINNER AT THE CRYSTAL GATEWAY MARRIOTT ON 19 APRIL 2012.
4. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AWARD RECIPIENTS AND NOMINEES FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
5. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN K. J. NALLY, DIRECTOR, COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND COMPUTERS.//