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MARADMIN 568/04
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP//
SUBJ/SOLICITATION OF NOMINEES FOR RECOGNITION AT THE 2005 DOD AFRICAN
/AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH OBSERVANCE//
REF/A/MEMO/OSD/13DEC2004//
AMPN/REF A IS MEMORANDUM ON NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
2005//
POC/M. Y. AYRES/CAPT/MPE/-/TEL:DSN 278-9372/TEL:COMM 703 784-9372//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY,
THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE IS SPONSORING EVENTS TO CELEBRATE AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY MONTH 2005.  MR. CHARLES ABELL, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY UNDER
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WILL HOST A RECEPTION
AND LUNCHEON WHERE PRESIDENTS OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES (HBCU'S), COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND
MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND SENIOR CIVILIANS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
AT BOTH EVENTS, SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED
ABROAD IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM (GWOT) SINCE
FEBRUARY 2004 WILL BE RECOGNIZED. 
2.  EACH SERVICE IS REQUESTED TO NOMINATE AN ACTIVE DUTY AND/OR
RESERVE COMPONENT MARINE TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
IN SUPPORT OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM.  NOMINEES MUST HAVE
DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES ABROAD IN THE GWOT DURING THE PERIOD OF
MARCH 2004 TO FEBRUARY 2005 AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE
RECOGNITION FORUMS IN MONTGOMERY, AL ON 23 AND 24 FEBRUARY 2005.
NOMINATION PACKAGES SHOULD INCLUDE A DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH (.JPG
FORMAT), A ONE-PAGE, SINGLE-SPACED NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE
NOMINEE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, A ONE-PAGE, SINGLE-SPACED BIOGRAPHY,
AND A SAMPLE CITATION (NOT TO EXCEED 12 LINES).  MARINES
SELECTED FOR RECOGNITION WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE RECEPTION
AND AT THE LUNCHEON.  TAD EXPENSES WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH CMC
(MPE).
3. SUBMIT NOMINATIONS ELECTRONICALLY TO DEANNA.SOSNOWSKI@USMC.MIL BY
20 JANUARY 05.//