FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
R 072043Z JAN 08
MARADMIN 017/08
SUBJ/2007 HULBERT TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP SELECTION BOARD//
REF/A/DOC/CMC/YMD:20071130//
NARR /REF A IS MCO 1650.49 HULBERT TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP. POC/B.W. TIPPETT/MAJ/HQMC PPO POG/-/TEL: COMM (703) 692-4290 /EMAIL:BRAFORD.TIPPETT@USMC.MIL//
POC/E.A. BENSON/YA-03/HQMC PPO POG/-/TEL: COMM (703) 692-4303 /EMAIL:EUGENE.A.BENSON@USMC.MIL //
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. SITUATION: THE HULBERT TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP IS AN AWARD PRESENTED ANNUALLY IN MEMORY OF MARINE GUNNER HENRY LEWIS HULBERT, U.S. MARINE CORPS, MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT BLANC MONT RIDGE, FRANCE ON OCTOBER 4, 1918.  THIS MARADMIN ANNOUNCES THE 2007 HULBERT TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND SOLICITS NOMINATIONS FROM THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS. THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR PLANS, POLICIES & OPERATIONS (DC, PP&O) WILL CONVENE A BOARD OF SENIOR FIELD GRADE OFFICERS IN APRIL 2008. THIS BOARD WILL REVIEW NOMINATIONS AND FORWARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS (CMC) FOR FINAL SELECTION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNER.
2. MISSION: PER THE REFERENCE, COMMANDERS WILL USE THE FOLLOWING PREREQUISITES TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS:
A. NOMINEES MUST BE CWO2 OR CWO3, INFANTRY WEAPONS OFFICERS (MOS 0306) SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY AS A BATTALION INFANTRY WEAPONS OFFICER WITHIN THE GROUND COMBAT ELEMENT OF THE OPERATING FORCES DURING THE PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY.
B. NOMINATIONS MAY BE SUBMITTED POSTHUMOUSLY, PROVIDED THE OFFICER NOMINATED WOULD MEET ALL ELIGIBILITY AND AWARD CRITERIA IN PARA (4) OF THE REF.
C. NOMINEES SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY THEIR SENIORS, CONTEMPORARIES, AND SUBORDINATES, AS THE OFFICER WHO MOST EXEMPLIFIES OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP, COURAGE, AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE WITHIN THE MARINE
GUNNER COMMUNITY.
D. THE OFFICER MUST CLEARLY AND DRAMATICALLY DEMONSTRATE THE IDEALS OF COURAGE, RESOURCEFULNESS, PERSEVERANCE, AND CONCERN FOR THE WELL BEING OF OUR CORPS AND THE ENLISTED MARINES WITH WHOM HE SERVES.
E. NOMINEES MUST EXHIBIT QUALITIES THAT HAVE MADE AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESPRIT DE CORPS, TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL INFANTRY WEAPONS COMPETENCE, AND LOYALTY WITHIN THE UNIT IN WHICH HE SERVES.
F. NOMINEES, THROUGH PERSONAL EXAMPLE, MUST SET THE STANDARD THAT ALL OTHER OFFICERS SEEK TO EMULATE.
G. THE AWARD PERIOD COVERS CALENDAR YEAR (CY) 2007. ACTIONS INCLUDED IN EACH NOMINATION MUST HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN CY 2007.
3. EXECUTION: REQUEST COMMARFORCOM AND COMMARFORPAC NOMINATE ONE (1) OFFICER FROM EACH MEF USING THE ELIGIBILITY AND AWARD CRITERIA STATED ABOVE AND IN THE REF. DUE TO THE FACT THAT 4TH MARDIV WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED INFANTRY WEAPONS OFFICERS AT THE BATTALION LEVEL UNTIL FY10, NOMINATIONS FROM COMMARFORRES FOR THIS YEARS AWARD ARE NOT APPLICABLE. COMMANDERS WILL SUBMIT NOMINATIONS NO LATER THAN 31 MARCH 2008 TO DC, PP&O. NOMINATIONS WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: A. OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS OF THE BOARD DATE.
B. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF THE NOMINEE.
C. SUMMARY OF PERFORMANCE SUPPORTING THE NOMINEE'S QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE AWARD.
4. ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS:
A. DC, PP&O WILL PROCESS THE
NOMINATION PACKAGES. ALL PACKAGES WILL INCLUDE THE NOMINATING UNIT'S
ADDRESS, POINT OF CONTACT, AND PHONE NUMBER (COMM & DSN). ALL PACKAGES MUST REACH DC, PP&O NLT 31 MARCH 2008. THE MAILING ADDRESS FOR NOMINATION PACKAGES IS AS FOLLOWS: COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, HQMC PP&O POG (ROOM 4A472), (ATTN: MAJ BRAD TIPPETT), 3000 MARINE CORPS PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, DC 20350-3000.  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS (PDF FILES) WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IN CASES WHERE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST AND ONLY WHEN PRIOR COORDINATION
HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE POCS LISTED BELOW. FAXED SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
B. WHILE REF (A) IS APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE, THIS MARADMIN IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE BASED ON INFANTRY WEAPONS OFFICERS NOT BEING ASSIGNED AT THE BATTALION LEVEL WITHIN 4TH MARDIV UNTIL FY10.
5. COMMAND AND SIGNAL:
A. ENSURE WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS MSG.
B. DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MARADMIN TO MAJ BRAD TIPPETT AT DSN: 222-4290 OR MR. GENE BENSON AT DSN: 222-4303. 6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN R.J. JOHNSON, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, PLANS, POLICIES, AND OPERATIONS.//