R 201535Z DEC 12
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 729/12
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/2012 MARINE CORPS LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD//
POC/J. D. DENTON/MSGT/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC/NAME:I/TEL:244-6561/EMAIL:JOSEPH.D.DENTON@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE SERGEANT MIGUEL L. ILES (PMOS 2673) FROM 3D RADIO BATTALION, MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, AS THE 2012 MARINE CORPS LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR. A PANEL OF SENIOR LANGUAGE PROFESSIONALS SELECTED SERGEANT ILES FROM A LIST OF HIGHLY COMPETITIVE NOMINEES FROM UNITS THROUGHOUT THE MARINE CORPS.  NOMINATIONS WERE OPEN TO ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE MARINES FROM THE 02XX, 26XX, OR 2799 OCCFIELDS.
2. SERGEANT ILES IS A HIGHLY DEDICATED KOREAN AND CHINESE MANDARIN LINGUIST WHOSE SUSTAINED AND RIGOROUS PERSONAL LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM ENABLED HIM TO ACHIEVE 3/3 IN KOREAN AND A 3/3(PLUS) IN CHINESE MANDARIN.
3. CONGRATULATIONS TO SERGEANT ILES FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, DEDICATION TO MISSION, AND SUPERIOR LINGUISTIC SKILLS.  HIS COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING HIS LANGUAGE SKILLS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SUCCESSFUL MARINE CORPS, COMBINED, JOINT AND PARTNER NATION OPERATIONS.
4. SERGEANT ILES IS THE MARINE CORPS NOMINEE FOR THE 2012 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR.
5. SERVICE AND DOD LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT THE COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM MANAGERS CONFERENCE IN MAY 2013, IN MONTEREY, CA.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//