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NAVADMIN 102/08
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/APR//
SUBJ/2007 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (VCNO) SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR 
OF THE YEAR// 
RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE HM1(SW) ASHLEY 
THOMASON AS THE
2007 VCNO SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR OF THE YEAR.
2. PETTY OFFICER THOMASON WAS NOMINATED BY CHIEF, BUREAU OF MEDICINE 
AND SURGERY. 
HE WAS SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF FIVE OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES 
REPRESENTING THE FINEST PETTY OFFICERS SERVING ASHORE. A HEARTY 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER
FINALISTS:
RATE/NAME                                             NOMINATING 
COMMAND
YN1 VIRGINIA WRIGHT                        COMMANDER, NAVY RESERVE 
FORCE
MA1(SW/AW) DONALD COPPING       COMMANDER, STRATEGIC SYSTEMS
PROGRAMS
MA1(SW) KAREN CAMPBELL              COMMANDER, NAVY INSTALLATIONS
COMMAND
IT1(SW) CAROLINA WEISE                   DIRECTOR, DEFENSE INFORMATION
SYSTEMS AGENCY
3. THE COMPETITION WAS EXTREMELY KEEN AND CHARACTERIZED THE HIGH 
CALIBER OF SAILORS SERVING ASHORE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FINALISTS 
REPRESENTED THEIR COMMANDS IMPRESSIVELY AND CAN BE PROUD OF THIS 
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.
4. PETTY OFFICER THOMASON WILL COMPETE IN THE 2007 CHIEF OF NAVAL 
OPERATIONS SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR COMPETITION IN WASHINGTON, DC IN 
MAY 2008.
5. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY, JR., DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.// BT #0000 
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