R 302025Z MAR 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 185/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/2010 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN /CMC WASHINGTON DC I/271924ZJAN2010//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2010 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK, USMC AWARD AND THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES, USMCR AWARD.  THESE AWARDS, SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (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 MAJOR MICHAEL B. WEBER, USMC AS THIS YEAR'S COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD RECIPIENT.  MAJOR WEBER DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE MEB-A G-2 OPERATIONS AND TARGET INTELLIGENCE OFFICER DURING 2009.  HIS EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS PROVIDED CRITICAL OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO USMC UNITS ARRIVING IN THEATER AND ESTABLISHED THE TARGET INTELLIGENCE METHODOLOGY STILL IN USE TODAY.  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 STAFF SERGEANT DENNIS M. RILEY, USMCR AS THIS YEAR'S COLONEL JAMES L. JONES AWARD RECIPIENT.  STAFF SERGEANT RILEY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE 4TH LIGHT ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION S-2 CHIEF, MEB-A DURING 2009.  HIS EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAPTURE OF TWO MEB-A HIGH PAYOFF TARGETS AND SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATIONS LEADING TO SUCCESSFUL FOLLOW-ON OPERATIONS.  THIS MARINE RESERVIST EPITOMIZES VALUES AND COMMITMENT IN THE LONG AND DISTINGUISHED TRADITIONS OF THE CITIZEN MARINE EMBODIED IN THE COLONEL JAMES L. JAONES, USMCR AWARD.
4.  BOTH MAJOR WEBER AND STAFF SERGEANT RILEY WILL BE HONORED AT AN AWARDS BANQUET IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA HOSTED BY NMIA ON 2 MAY 2010.  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 BGEN V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//