R 241527Z Oct 13
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MARADMIN 558/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC AVN ASM//
SUBJ/SOLICITATION FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2014 MARINE CORPS/AVIATION ASSOCIATION (MCAA) JOHN GLENN SQUADRON MARINE AVIATION ACQUISITION AWARD NOMINATION SUBMISSIONS//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/MCO 1650.29H/YMD:20121015//
AMPN/REF A IS AVIATION AWARDS ORDER.//
POC/D. P. SMAY/LTCOL/UNIT: MARINE AVIATION DETACHMENT (MAD) PATUXENT (PAX) RIVER/-/TEL:DSN 342-1421 /TEL:COMM(301)342-1421/EMAIL: DAVID.P.SMAY(AT)NAVY.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. PURPOSE. TO SOLICIT NOMINATIONS FOR THE ANNUAL MCAA JOHN GLENN SQUADRON MARINE AVIATION ACQUISITION AWARDS.  NOMINATION PACKAGES ARE DUE TO MAD PAX RIVER NLT 13 DEC 13.
2. BACKGROUND: THE MCAA JOHN GLENN SQUADRON, LOCATED AT NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND, ANNUALLY PRESENTS AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE MARINES WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES THROUGH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO, OR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF MARINE AVIATION ACQUISITION DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR. CITATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL AND PERMANENT TROPHIES WILL BE PRESENTED AT A FORMAL DINNER BANQUET HELD AT NAS PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND IN LATE JANUARY /EARLY FEBRUARY 2014.  TRANSPORTATION AND BILLETING FOR AWARDEES (AND THEIR SPOUSE, IF APPLICABLE) WHO DO NOT RESIDE IN THE LOCAL AREA WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE MCAA JOHN GLENN SQUADRON.
3. INSTRUCTIONS/CRITERIA FOR NOMINATIONS:
3.A. THE PERIOD FOR ALL MCAA AVIATION ACQUISITION AWARDS IS 01 JANUARY 2013 THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 2013.
3.B. AWARD CRITERIA AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING AND SUBMITTING NOMINATION PACKAGES CAN BE FOUND ON THE MCAA JOHN GLENN SQUADRON WEBSITE AT HTTP:(SLASH SLASH)WWW.MCAA-JGS.ORG/DOWNLOADS/NOMINATION(PERCENT)20FORM.PDF.
4. THE 2014 MCAA AVIATION ACQUISITION AWARDS AND ELIGIBILITY ARE LISTED BELOW:
4.A. SENATOR JOHN H. GLENN TEST PILOT / NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER-OF-THE-YEAR, SPONSORED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC AVIATION.  ELIGIBILITY: ALL MARINE AVIATORS AND NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICERS PERFORMING DUTIES AS A TEST PILOT OR NFO.
4.B. LIEUTENANT GENERAL MICHAEL A. HOUGH ACQUISITION OFFICER-OF-THE-YEAR, SPONSORED BY BELL HELICOPTER. ELIGIBILITY: ALL MARINE OFFICERS PERFORMING DUTIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO, OR SUPPORT MARINE AVIATION ACQUISITION EFFORTS.
4.C. GUNNERY SERGEANT SEAN JOYCE / MASTER GUNNERY SERGEANT GARY LEADER ACQUISITION STAFF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER-OF-THE-YEAR, SPONSORED BY ROLLS ROYCE.  ELIGIBILITY: ALL MARINE STAFF NCOS PERFORMING DUTIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OR SUPPORT MARINE AVIATION ACQUISITION EFFORTS.
5. NOMINATION PACKAGES MUST BE SUBMITTED, THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE CHAIN OF COMMAND, TO: COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE MARINE AVIATION\DETACHMENT PATUXENT RIVER VIA EMAIL TO DAVID.P.SMAY(AT)NAVY.MIL.
5.A. NOMINATION PACKAGES MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAD PAX NLT 13 DECEMBER 2013.  LATE OR INCOMPLETE NOMINATION PACKAGES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
6. RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN R. E. SCHMIDLE, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION.//