2010 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WINNER
UNCLASSIFIED// RTTUZYUW RHSSXYZ0001 0191247-UUUU--RHSSSUU. ZNR UUUUU R 191818Z JAN 11 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO AL NAVADMIN NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS PASS TO ALL OFFICE CODES FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN NAVADMIN 017/11 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/JAN// SUBJ/2010 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WINNER// REF/A/DOC/BUPERSINST 1650.12E/13MAR08// REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS 15604D/26MAR97// NARR/REF A IS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD SUBMISSION. REF B IS THE NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE GUIDEBOOK. RMKS/1. THE USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD,NAMED IN HONOR OF A SHIP AND IT'S CREW THAT CONSISTENTLY PROVIDED TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY SUPPORT, IS GIVEN TO A NAVY COMMAND FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING EFFORTS IN WORKING WITH AMERICA'S COMMUNITIES. 2. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 2010 USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD WINNER: A. NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, FOR PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THE SAILORS AT THIS COMMAND GREATLY IMPACTED THEIR COMMUNITY BY CONTRIBUTING MORE THAN 4,400 VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR MORE THAN 10,300 STUDENTS, 1,025 VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS 40TH ANNUAL SPRING GAMES, THE STARBASE-ATLANTIS PROGRAM AND EARTH DAY. THEY HAVE PROVIDED CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ST. MARY'S COUNTY CHRISTMAS IN APRIL, REPAIRING 589 HOMES AND 14 NONPROFIT FACILITIES. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS COMMAND'S TIRELESS EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH THESE SAILORS LIVE AND WORK. B. I AM ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 HONORABLE MENTION: MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRON SEVEN, FOR PROVIDING OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. THE SAILORS AT THIS COMMAND GREATLY IMPACTED THE GUAM COMMUNITY BY PARTICIPATING IN EARTH WEEK, SCIENCE FAIRS, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS PROGRAMS, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, GUAM ANIMALS IN NEED, TUTORING STUDENTS AT THE JOSE RIOS MIDDLE SCHOOL IN AGAT, GUAM, RED RIBBON WEEK WHERE THEY PRESENTED DANGERS OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TO MORE THAN 700 STUDENTS AND HELPING MORE THAN 50 ORPHANED, ABANDONED AND SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN MINDANAO. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THEIR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 3. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL PARTICIPATING COMMANDS AND TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFITED FROM OUR DEDICATED AND CARING SAILORS AND CIVILIANS. YOUR PARTICIPATION AND CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR NAVY'S COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED AND ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. 4. THE AWARD WINNER WILL RECEIVE A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE. THE HONORABLE MENTION WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE. 5. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ORGANIZING COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS AT YOUR COMMAND, CONTACT MIKE BRUNER, CNIC (N914), AT 202-433-2944/ DSN 288, OR BY EMAIL MIKE.BRUNER@NAVY.MIL. 6. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL JOHN M. BIRD, DIRECTOR NAVY STAFF.// BT #0001 NNNN