2018 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AWARDS SOLICITATION:
UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 161413Z JAN 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN CMC WASHINGTON DC COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// NAVADMIN 007/18 MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/JAN// SUBJ/2018 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AWARDS SOLICITATION// REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1650.26E/6DEC17// AMPN/NAVAL INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM// POC/WILSON/LT/OPNAV N2N6C1/-/TEL: (703) 604-6288/TEL: DSN 664-6288 /EMAIL: christopher.wilson@navy.mil// RMKS/1. Reference (a) is the Naval Intelligence Awards program that recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement in Naval Intelligence. This NAVADMIN builds on guidance provided in reference (a) and solicits nominations. a. Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks Intelligence Junior Officer of the Year Award recognizes junior officers for their leadership, performance, special accomplishments, and overall contribution to command efficiency, morale, and welfare while serving on both sea and shore duty. Two junior officers (Active or Reserve Component) will be selected, one for the sea duty category and one for the shore duty category. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-1 through O-3 are eligible. b. Commander Dan F. Shanower Intelligence Specialist of the Year Award recognizes Intelligence Specialists for their performance, leadership, special accomplishments, and overall contribution to command efficiency, morale and welfare. A total of four Active or Reserve Component intelligence specialists, a junior and senior intelligence specialist of the year for each of the sea duty and shore duty categories, will be selected. Active and Reserve Component Intelligence Specialists in pay grades E-1 through E-5 are eligible to compete for the Junior Intelligence Specialist of the Year award. Active and Reserve Component Intelligence Specialists in pay grade E-6, including those who are frocked to E-6 during eligibility period, are eligible to compete for the Senior Intelligence Specialist of the Year award. c. The Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Leadership recognizes leadership from deserving Active or Reserve Component officer, enlisted, or civilian personnel who exemplify excellence and exceptional dedication to duty within the Naval Intelligence community. Two candidates will be selected for this award, one Active Duty or civilian candidate and one Reserve Component candidate. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-4 through O-6, Intelligence CWOs (783X) CWO-3 through CWO-5, Intelligence Specialists E-7 through E-9, and civilians GS-13 through GS-15, or equivalent, are eligible. d. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Excellence in Intelligence Instruction recognizes excellence in intelligence instruction. Two candidates will be selected, one from the Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Virginia Beach and one from IWTC San Diego. Active and Reserve Component U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Service members serving as instructors, faculty, or staff at IWTC Virginia Beach and IWTC San Diego are eligible. e. Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton Award for Leadership and Mentorship recognizes outstanding leadership and mentorship in the furtherance of Naval Intelligence performance. There is no set number of awards to be given each year. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-4 through O-6, Intelligence CWOs (783X) CWO-3 through CWO-5, and Intelligence Specialists E-6 through E-9 are eligible. f. Herman Dworkin Award for Maritime Analytic Excellence recognizes a civilian or military analyst working maritime issues who exemplifies an exceptional work ethic and analytical expertise. One candidate will be selected for this award. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-3 through O-5, Intelligence CWOs (783X) CWO-2 through CWO-5, and civilians GS-12 through GS-14, or equivalent, are eligible. Nominees must have at least 10 years of experience in the field of maritime intelligence analysis and be currently analytically active. 2. Submission requirements are outlined in reference (a). The eligibility period for all intelligence awards is 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017. 3. Submission instructions. With two exceptions below, the nominees current command must forward all award nomination packages via AMRDEC SAFE (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE/Welcome.aspx) to christopher.wilson@navy.mil. All emails must have the award name and the last name of the nominee in the subject line. a. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Leadership Reserve Component nominations: Forward all packages to Commander, Naval Information Force Reserve via encrypted email to YN1 Sharon Hull and YN2 Dexter Correll at nifr_all_awards@navy.mil. b. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Excellence in Intelligence Instruction nominations: Forward all packages to respective IWTC POCs via encrypted email to Mr. Larry Banks, larry.banks@navy.mil (IWTC Virginia Beach) or Mrs. Carey Barton, carey.barton@navy.mil (IWTC San Diego). 4. All packages must be submitted no later than 16 March 2018. 5. Reference (a) covers recognition details for each award. For any questions contact the message POC. 6. The nomination template is posted to the Navy Information Warfare Outreach page on milSuite at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC -244835 (Common Access Card e-mail certificate login required). Reference (a) and the award nomination template do not require the use of Social Security Numbers or other sensitive personally identifiable information (PII). Commands should avoid including unnecessary PII in nomination packages. 7. Incomplete packages or packages failing to meet all guidance as outlined in this message and reference (a) will not be considered. Late submissions will not be accepted. 8. Classified nomination packages are discouraged and will not be accepted. 9. Released by VADM Jan E. Tighe, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//