R 261739Z APR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 244/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC L//
SUBJ/FY 2010 FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN/083 10/YMD:20100219//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/FY10 MAJGEN W.P.T. HILL AWARDS/161723Z/FEB 10//
REF/C/MSGID:DOC/MCO 10110.14M/YMD:20090709//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 083 10 SOLICITATION FOR NOMINEES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2010 MAJOR GENERAL W.P.T. HILL MEMORIAL AWARDS PROGRAM FOR FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE, FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR.  REF B IS THE MAJOR GENERAL W.P.T. HILL MEMORIAL AWARDS WINNERS.  REF C IS THE MARINE CORPS FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSISTENCE PROGRAM.//
POC/J. P. STOCKWELL/CAPT/UNIT:HQMC LFS-4/-/TEL:703-695-7208 / TEL:225-7208//
POC/L.E. DIXON/GYSGT /UNIT:HQMC LFS-4/-/TEL:703-695-7662/TEL:225-7662//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE FY 2010 MAJOR GENERAL W.P.T. HILL MEMORIAL AWARDS PROGRAM FOR FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE, FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE AND OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO DUTY FOR FOOD SERVICE PROFESSIONALS.
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE STAFF SERGEANT LATISHA S. FRANKLIN AS THIS YEARS RECIPIENT OF THE FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD.  HER PROFESSIONALISM, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, DEVOTION TO DUTY, AND PEERLESS TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ARE THE SUBSTANCES THAT PROVIDE A FIRM BASE FOR THE MARINES AND OKINAWA NATIONALS EMPLOYED AT THE CAMP COURTNEY MESS HALL.
3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING MARINES WHO WERE NOMINATED AND PERFORMED SO COMMENDABLY DURING THIS COMPETITION:
RANK            NAME                  UNIT
STAFF SERGEANT  MICHAEL BRANDT        REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM 7,
                                      MARINE EXPEDITIONARY
                                      BRIGADE, AFGHANISTAN
SERGEANT        JONATHAN DUNCAN       COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT
                                      17, 1ST MARINE LOGISTICS
                                      GROUP, MCB CAMP
                                      PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA
SERGEANT        BILLY EDWARDS         MARINE WING SUPPORT
                                      SQUADRON 272, 2D MARINE
                                      AIR WING, MCAS CHERRY
                                      POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
SERGEANT        LISA FIGUEROA         MARINE CORPS DETACHMENT,
                                      FORT LEE, VIRGINIA
SERGEANT        MONIQUE GONZALEZ      II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY
                                      FORCE, MCB CAMP LEJEUNE,
                                      NORTH CAROLINA
SERGEANT        CHRISTOPHER TIJERINO  MARINE WING SUPPORT
                                      SQUADRON 172, 1ST MARINE
                                      AIR WING, CAMP FOSTER,
                                      OKINAWA, JAPAN
CORPORAL        ALLEN BAER            COMBAT LOGISTICS REGIMENT
                                      37, 3D MARINE LOGISTICS
                                      GROUP, MCB CAMP BUTLER,
                                      OKINAWA, JAPAN
CORPORAL        JACOB BALLARD         HEADQUARTERS AND
                                      HEADQUARTERS SQUADRON,
                                      MCAS YUMA, ARIZONA
4. STAFF SERGEANT FRANKLIN WILL BE HONORED AT THE FY 2010 JOINT JOHN L. HENNESSY AND MAJGEN W.P.T. HILL AWARD CEREMONY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON 21 AND 22 MAY 2010.  THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND THE HENNESSY TRAVELERS ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
5. TRAVEL INFORMATION.
5.A.  WINNER WILL BE MET AT THE AIRPORT AND PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO THE HOTEL BY A MEMBER OF THE HQMC STAFF.
5.B.  RENTAL CAR IS NOT AUTHORIZED.
5.C. COORDINATE TRAVEL TO ARRIVE AT THE EVENT HOTEL ON 20 MAY 2010 AND DEPART ON 23 MAY 2010.
6. UNIFORM FOR ALL AWARDS CEREMONIES WILL BE BLUE-WHITE DRESS "B" PER REF B.
7. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN E.G. PAYNE, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDANT, (LF).//