R 020930Z DEC 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0697/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM//
SUBJ/2009 COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC) CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID:MSG/MARADMIN 511-09/YMD:20090829//
REF/B/MSGID:DOC/MCCDC/YMD:20090721//
NARR/REF A IS MARADMIN 511-09 ANNOUNCING THE 2009 CMC CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR BOARD.  REF B IS THE AUTHORITY TO MERITORIOUSLY PROMOTE THE WINNER.//
POC/DONES, A./CAPT/UNIT:FTAP OFFICER/NAME:MMEA-6/-/TEL:DSN 278-9238//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE 2009 CMC CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR SELECTION BOARD.
2.  THE CMC CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE ACTIVE COMPONENT CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST FORCE.
3.  PER THE REF, ON 8 OCTOBER 2009, A SELECTION BOARD CONVENED TO CONSIDER THE NOMINATIONS SUBMITTED.  ALL NOMINEES POSSESS EXEMPLARY RECORDS INDICATING NOTEWORTHY LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. COMPETITION WAS EXCEPTIONALLY KEEN.  THE RESULTS OF THE BOARD ARE AS FOLLOWS:
   CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR:
   SSGT J. M. SPENCE
   0217/4821 USMC
   NOMINATED BY CG, 2D MARINE DIVISION   
   RUNNER UP:
   GYSGT A. RAMOS JR
   1232/4821 USMC
   NOMINATED BY CG, 1ST MARINE DIVISION
4.  IAW REF B, SSGT SPENCE IS SELECTED TO BE MERITORIOUSLY PROMOTED TO GUNNERY SERGEANT EFFECTIVE 2 OCTOBER 2009.
5.  MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ENLISTED ASSIGNMENTS (MMEA) WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CAREER RETENTION SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR SELECTEE AND HIS SPOUSE TO ATTEND THE CMC COMBINED AWARDS CEREMONY IN QUANTICO, VA.  DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
6.  THE AWARD FOR THE SELECTED RUNNER-UP WILL BE FORWARDED TO HIS COMMAND FOR PRESENTATION AT AN APPROPRIATE CEREMONY.
7.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE SELECTED AND ALL WHO WERE NOMINATED.  YOUR PERFORMANCE IN A VITAL AREA IS COMMENDABLE AND HAS DIRECTLY IMPACTED THE MARINE CORPS IN A POSITIVE AND ENDURING MANNER; KEEP CHARGING. 
8.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MR. C. F. SWAIN, DIRECTOR, MANPOWER MANAGEMENT DIVISION, (ACTING).//