R 201841Z APR 11
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 257/11
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/2011 NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (NMIA) COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN 84-11/CMC WASHINGTON DC I/032217ZFEB2011//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS//
POC/T.A. PROGAR/CIV/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC I/-/TEL:703-614-2677 /EMAIL:THOMAS.PROGAR@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2011 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK, USMC AWARD AND THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES, USMCR AWARD. THESE AWARDS, SPONSORED BY THE NMIA, RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY OR GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN AND RESERVE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL RESPECTIVELY. SELECTING A SINGLE WINNER FOR EACH AWARD FROM AMONG THE MANY OUTSTANDING AND DESERVING CANDIDATES WAS EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING.
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CORPORAL RAYMOND P. WEEKS, USMC AS THIS YEAR'S COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD RECIPIENT. CPL WEEKS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS INDIA COMPANY 3RD BATTALION 3RD MARINES INTELLIGENCE CELL TEAM LEADER DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE PROFICIENCY SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO INDIA COMPANY'S REDUCTION OF TALIBAN CAPABILITIES IN THE NAWA DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. THIS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL EPITOMIZES VALUES AND COMMITMENT IN THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AS EMBODIED IN THE COLONEL DONALD G. COOK, USMC AWARD.
3.  I AM EQUALLY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE SERGEANT MICHAEL J. EGGLI, USMCR AS THIS YEAR'S COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD RECIPIENT. SGT EGGLI'S EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AS A HUMAN INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION TEAM LEADER ASSIGNED TO I MEF (FWD) DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FORCE PROTECTION MEASURES AND THE MITIGATION OF THREATS TO FRIENDLY FORCES. THIS MARINE RESERVIST EPITOMIZES VALUES AND COMMITMENT IN THE LONG AND DISTINGUISHED TRADITIONS OF THE CITIZEN MARINE EMBODIED IN THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES, USMCR AWARD.
4.  BOTH WILL BE HONORED AT THE NMIA AWARDS BANQUET ON 15 MAY 2011 IN MCLEAN, VA. I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ENABLE SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR CORPS. I KNOW ALL MARINES ARE PROUD OF THESE DESERVING RECIPIENTS.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BRIGADIER GENERAL V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE.//