R 241515Z JUN 13
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MARADMIN 308/13
MSGID/GENADMIN,USMTF,2007/CMC WASHINGTON DC I(UC)/F002//
SUBJ/2012 MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM (MCIAP) AWARDEES SELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT//
REF/A/MSGID:MARADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC I/YMD:20121127//
AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT AWARDS//
POC/T. A. PROGAR/CIV/UNIT:CMC WASHINGTON DC/NAME:I/TEL:703-614-2522/EMAIL:THOMAS.PROGAR(AT)USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NOMINEES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2012 MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE AWARDS.  THE MCIAP RECOGNIZES INTELLIGENCE MARINES, CIVILIANS AND UNITS THAT BEST EXEMPLIFY INTELLIGENCE EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, AND DEDICATION TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT WITHIN THE OPERATING FORCES, SUPPORTING ESTABLISHMENT AND MARINE CORPS RESERVE.  THE HIGH QUALITY OF THE NOMINEES REFLECT THE CONTINUED OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE OF OUR MARINES ACROSS THE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE.  SELECTION OF THIS YEAR'S AWARDEES WAS EXCEPTIONALLY CHALLENGING.
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING SELECTEES:
    2A.  THE LTCOL MICHAEL D. KUSZEWSKI MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD: CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 4 ANDREW G. LUTZ USMC, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.
    2B.  THE MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT SAMUEL C. PLOTT MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE STAFF NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD: GUNNERY SERGEANT EDDIE L. DEWITT USMC, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND.
    2C.  THE MASTER SERGEANT CHARLES C. ARNDT MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD: SERGEANT GREGORY J. BAK USMC, 1ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION.
    2D.  THE LCPL JAMES E. SWAIN MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE ENLISTED MARINE OF THE YEAR AWARD: LANCE CORPORAL DEREK D. PETERSON USMC, 1ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION.
    2E.  THE MR. JOHN J. GUENTHER MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE CIVILIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD: MR. JAMES L. BREASETTE, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS FORCES COMMAND.
    2F.  THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE INNOVATION AWARD: GUNNERY SERGEANT JONATHAN S. FRENCH USMC, 1ST INTELLIGENCE BATTALION.
    2G.  THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARD (DIRINT'S CUP): 3RD RADIO BATTALION.
    2H.  THE MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL E. ENNIS AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCE: 1ST LIEUTENANT JESSE S. SLOMAN, 3RD INTELLIGENCE BATTALION.
3.  THE MCIAP SELECTEES WILL BE HONORED AT THE THIRD ANNUAL MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION AND FOUNDATION (MCAF) INTELLIGENCE AWARDS DINNER ON 19 SEPTEMBER 2013 IN ARLINGTON, VA.  IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE SELECTEES, THE 2012 MARINE CORPS LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR, SERGEANT MIGUEL L. ILES, 3RD RADIO BATTALION AND THE 2012 COMMAND LANGUAGE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR, 3RD RADIO BATTALION, WILL BE HONORED DURING THIS YEAR'S CEREMONY.  HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (HQMC-I) WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AWARD RECIPIENTS TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY; MCAF WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ONE NON-DOD RELATIVE OR FRIEND OF EACH AWARD RECIPIENT TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY.  HQMC-I AND MCAF WILL PROVIDE FUNDING COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE.
4.  I AM ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE SELECTEES FOR THE 2012 NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION (NMIA) COLONEL DONALD G. COOK USMC, AWARD AND THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES USMCR, AWARD.  THE NMIA COOK AND JONES AWARDS RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY FOR AN ACTIVE DUTY REGULAR MARINE OR GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN AND A RESERVE MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL, RESPECTIVELY.  THE 2012 COL COOK AWARD SELECTEE IS GUNNERY SERGEANT EDDIE L. DEWITT USMC, MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND AND THE 2012 COL JONES AWARD SELECTEE IS CAPTAIN JOSHUA C. DONATHAN USMCR, 4TH RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION.  THESE OUTSTANDING MARINES WERE HONORED AT THE NMIA AWARDS BANQUET ON 19 MAY 2013.
5.  I EXTEND MY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONALS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO DISPLAY SUCH OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO OUR CORPS.  ALL MARINES ACROSS OUR INTELLIGENCE ENTERPRISE AND OUR CORPS ARE PROUD OF THESE DESERVING RECIPIENTS.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY MAJGEN V.R. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, HEADQUARTERS, U.S. MARINE CORPS.//