MARADMINS : 261/07
UNCLAS 171336Z APR 07
CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL MARADMIN(UC)
MARADMIN 261/07
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC I //
SUBJ/2006 COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD AND COLONEL JAMES L. JONES
/AWARD//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN 081/07/051455ZFEB2007/-//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS.//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES FOR THE 2006
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 THAT CAPTAIN JASON A. MITZEL, USMC HAS
BEEN SELECTED AS THIS YEARS RECIPIENT FOR THE COL DONALD G. COOK
AWARD. CAPT MITZEL DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE TARGETING OFFICER
FOR I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FORWARD DURING THEIR RECENT OIF
DEPLOYMENT. HE MASTERFULLY UTILIZED A MYRIAD OF TARGETING TECHNIQUES
AS DEVELOPED BY SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES WHILE INCORPORATING THE
UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND CAPABILITIES OF ALL ELEMENTS OF MARINE INTELLIGENCE,
ESPECIALLY HUMAN AND SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE.
HIS LEADERSHIP AND VISION WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING HIGH FIDELITY,
ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ON HIGH VALUE INDIVIDUALS (HVI) THAT RESULTED
IN UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE. CAPT MITZEL DEVELOPED
30 TARGET PACKAGES THAT ASSISTED IN THE NEUTRALIZATION OF 13 KEY
INSURGENT LEADERS. HE DEVELOPED THE INTELLIGENCE THAT LED TO THE
SUCCESSFUL TARGETING OF FOUR INSURGENTS WHO KIDNAPPED U.S. CITIZEN JILL
CARROLL. HE DEVELOPED INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES USING MARINE UNMANNED AERIAL
VEHICLES TO TARGET INSURGENTS WHICH YIELDED EXCEPTIONAL RESULTS. HE
EPITOMIZED THE 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 THAT MAJOR MATTHEW SWINDLE, USMCR
HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THIS YEARS RECIPIENT OF THE COL JAMES L.
JONES AWARD. MAJ SWINDLE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF AS THE
OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE JOINT PROSECUTION AND EXPLOITATION CENTER (JPEC),
I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FORWARD DURING THEIR RECENT OIF DEPLOYMENT.
MAJ SWINDLE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED THE CONCEPT FOR COUNTERING INSURGENT
RECIDIVISM BY ESTABLISHING THE JPEC. THE JPEC IS THE FIRST INSTITUTION IN
IRAQ DESIGNED TO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE PROSECUTION AND INTELLIGENCE
EXPLOITATION OF INSURGENT DETAINEES. HE WAS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES, AND PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, AND
SYSTEMS NECESSARY TO BUILD THREE JPEC FACILITIES AT FALLUJAH, AL ASAD, AND
RAMADI. HIS EFFORTS RESULTED IN HUNDREDS OF INSURGENTS IN CUSTODY WHO
PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED, INCREASED INTELLIGENCE EXPLOITATION OF
DETAINEES BY SEVERAL ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE, AND RELIEVED MANEUVER UNITS OF THE
OVERWHELMING RESPONSIBILITY TO PROSECUTE AND EXPLOIT DETAINED INSURGENTS.
THIS MARINE RESERVIST EPITOMIZES VALUES AND COMMITMENT IN THE LONG AND
DISTINGUISHED TRADITION OF THE CITIZEN MARINE EMBODIED IN THE COLONEL
JAMES L. JONES, USMC AWARD.
4. BOTH CAPTAIN MITZEL AND MAJOR SWINDLE WILL BE HONORED DURING AN AWARDS
BANQUET IN THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA HOSTED BY NMIA ON 6 MAY 07. I WOULD
LIKE TO EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE MARINES AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHO ENABLE SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR MARINE CORPS. I KNOW ALL
UNITED STATES MARINES IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM FEEL PRIDE IN HONORING THESE
iDESERVING RECIPIENTS.//