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MARADMIN 070/10
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO VA /F002//
SUBJ/HIGGINS STONER AND ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE//
POC/BRUCE SCOTT/CIV /UNIT:MARCOSYSCOM/NAME:MCB QUANTICO /TEL:7034324474//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/NARR/REF A IS MCO 1650.46 ANDREW J. HIGGINS, EUGENE M. STONER, AND DONALD ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE 1.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS BULLETIN IS TO SOLICIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS.  THE REFERENCE PROVIDES ELIGIBILITY, CRITERIA, AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURES.  EACH YEAR THE COMMANDER, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND AND THE MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION PRESENT THE ANDREW J.
HIGGINS, EUGENE M. STONER, AND DONALD ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE.  THE HIGGINS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS OFFICER; THE STONER AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER (SNCO) AND THE ROEBLING AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS CIVILIAN ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE, WHO AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER NOMINATION IS SERVING IN A GROUND ACQUISITION BILLET.  THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE PERSONNEL FOR THEIR SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND OR INNOVATION IN THE PURSUIT OF ACQUISITION, FIELDING, AND OR SUPPORT OF SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE OPERATING FORCES.
2.  ELIGIBILITY.  ANY MARINE CORPS OFFICER OR SNCO SERVING IN A DESIGNATED GROUND ACQUISITION BILLET DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2009 MAY BE NOMINATED BY HIS OR HER SUPERVISOR AS LONG AS THE MARINE HAS NOT TENDERED HIS OR HER RESIGNATION, HAS NOT APPLIED FOR RETIREMENT, OR DOES NOT EAS BEFORE 1 SEPTEMBER 2010.  ANY GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN ACQUISITION PROFESSIONAL CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE MARINE CORPS MAY BE NOMINATED BY HIS OR HER SUPERVISOR.  PREVIOUS AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE INELIGIBLE.  AWARD NOMINEES NOT SELECTED AS RECIPIENTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS ARE ELIGIBLE.
3.  NOMINATIONS MUST BE IN THE FORMAT OUTLINED IN ENCLOSURE 2 OF THE REFERENCE.  INCLUDE THE NOMINATING ORGANIZATION ADDRESS AND HIS OR HER POINT OF CONTACT NAME, PHONE NUMBER, AND E-MAIL ADDRESS.  E-MAIL PACKAGES TO:  MCSCAWARDS@USMC.MIL.  PACKAGES MUST BE RECEIVED NLT 1 MARCH 2010.
4.  THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED IN JUNE 2010 AT THE MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND ACQUISITION EXCELLENCE DAY IN WOODBRIDGE, VA.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY COL F. L. KELLEY, CHIEF OF STAFF, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND.//