R 292004Z JAN 13    
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 055/13
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MF(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/2013 EXCEPTIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR//
REF/A/MSGID:CMC WASHINGTON DC/-/101500ZDEC2011//
AMPN/REF IS MARADMIN 699/12, 2013 EXCEPTIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR AWARD.//
POC/ELAINE WOODHOUSE/CIV/UNIT:MFB/-/TEL:703-432-9044//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO MAJOR ROBYN MESTEMACHER, I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR (SARC), FOR HER SELECTION AS THE MARINE CORPS 2013 EXCEPTIONAL SARC OF THE YEAR. 
2.  THE DOD SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE OFFICE ANNUALLY RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS WHOSE WORK HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY AND DEMONSTRATES OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN SUPPORT OF THE MARINE CORPS SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM AND VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
3.  COMPETITION WAS PARTICULARLY KEEN AND ALL NOMINEES ARE COMMENDED FOR THEIR SUPERIOR DEVOTION TO THE MARINE CORPS SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AND PREVENTION PROGRAM.
4.  MAJ MESTEMACHER WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH IN APRIL 2013 AT A CEREMONY AT THE PENTAGON TO HONOR HER EXEMPLARY EFFORTS. 
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL R. E. MILSTEAD JR., DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER AND RESERVE AFFAIRS.//