R 041626Z NOV 13
UNCLASSIFIED/
MARADMIN 587/13
MSGID/GENADMIN/COMMARCORSYSCOM QUANTICO, VA//
SUBJ/HIGGINS, STONER, AND ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE 2012 AWARD RECIPIENTS//
REF/A/MCO 1650.46B//
AMPN/REF A IS MCO 1650.46B (ANDREW J. HIGGINS, EUGENE M. STONER, AND DONALD ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE)//
POC/LISA WEAVER MARCORSYSCOM/-/TEL:COMM 703-/432-4106/TEL:DSN 378-4106//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES OF THE HIGGINS, STONER, AND ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE.  THESE AWARDS ARE CO-SPONSORED BY THE COMMANDER, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND AND THE MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION TO RECOGNIZE SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND/OR SUPPORT OF SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE OPERATING FORCES.
2.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUCE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE HIGGINS, STONER, AND ROEBLING AWARDS FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE. THEIR SUPERIOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN PURSUIT OF ACQUISITION, FIELDING, AND SUPPORT OF SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE OPERATING FORCES REFLECTED GREAT CREDIT UPON THEMSELVES, THE ACQUISITION COMMUNITY, AND THE MARINE CORPS.
3.  THE AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE:
3.A.  ANDREW J. HIGGINS AWARD FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE - LIEUTENANT COLONEL MICHAEL S. BURKS, PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE LAND SYSTEMS-MARINE CORPS.
3.B.  EUGENE M. STONER AWARD FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE - GUNNERY SERGEANT RAYMOND T. JENTZ, PROGRAM MANAGER, MARINE INTELLIGENCE, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND.
3.C.  DONALD ROEBLING AWARD FOR ACQUISITION INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE - MR. SALVATORE A. FANELLI, PROGRAM MANAGER, INFANTRY WEAPONS SYSTEMS, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND.
4.  THE AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT A MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND ACQUISITION AWARDS TOWN HALL.
5.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY BGEN F. L. KELLEY, COMMANDER, MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND.//