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NAVADMIN 125/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/APR//
SUBJ/2008 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (VCNO) SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR 
OF THE YEAR//
RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE 
SK1(AW/EXW) KESHA MCKIBBEN AS THE 2008 VCNO SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR OF 
THE YEAR.
2. PETTY OFFICER MCKIBBEN WAS NOMINATED BY NAVY RESERVE FORCES COMMAND. 
SHE WAS SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF FIVE OUTSTANDING FINALISTS 
REPRESENTING THE FINEST PETTY OFFICERS SERVING ASHORE. A HEARTY 
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER FINALISTS:
RATE/NAME               	NOMINATING COMMAND
IT1(SW/AW) RANIA MAYNOR 	U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND
MA1(SW/AW) LARRY THOMAS		NAVY INSTALLATIONS COMMAND
HM1(FMF) KELVIN CHATMAN		BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY
SK1(SW/AW) DARYL SWEARSON	NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND
3. THE COMPETITION WAS EXTREMELY KEEN AND CHARACTERIZED THE HIGH 
CALIBER OF SAILORS SERVING ASHORE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ALL OF THE 
FINALISTS REPRESENTED THEIR COMMANDS WELL AND SHOULD BE EXTREMELY PROUD 
OF THIS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.
4. PETTY OFFICER MCKIBBEN WILL COMPETE IN THE 2008 CHIEF OF NAVAL 
OPERATIONS SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR COMPETITION IN WASHINGTON, DC IN 
MAY 2009.
5. RELEASED BY VADM J. C. HARVEY JR., DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.//
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