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SUBJ: SUBJ/2011 USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE WINNER IN 
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SUBJ/2011 USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE WINNER IN 
COMMUNITY SERVICE//

REF/A/DOC/BUPERSINST 1650.12E/13MAR2008//

AMPN/REF A IS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR 
AWARD SUBMISSION.// POC/HILLEY, MONIQUE/MC1/CNIC/TEL: 202-433-4019/EMAIL:
monique.hilley@navy.mil//

RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE SELECTION OF USS GEORGE 
WASHINGTON (CVN 73) AS THE WINNER OF THE USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD FOR OVERALL 
EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF A, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES A NAVY COMMAND THAT PROVIDED 
OUTSTANDING EFFORT WORKING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
BY VOLUNTEERING OVER 8,000 HOURS OF THEIR TIME AND TALENTS IN SOUTH KOREA, 
PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, AND JAPAN, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON SAILORS GREATLY 
IMPACTED THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE FIFTY COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITH 
WHICH THEY MAINTAIN PARTNERSHIPS.

2. THE SELECTION WAS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE WITH THE WINNER CHOSEN FROM A FIELD OF 
14 OUTSTANDING NOMINEES. EACH NOMINEE IS A WINNER WITHIN ITS OWN REGION. THE 
TOP THREE NOMINEES WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE, AND I EXTEND A SPECIAL "WELL DONE" TO 
NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND SUGAR GROVE AND NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT 
RIVER FOR RECEIVING HONORABLE MENTION.

3. THE FOLLOWING INSTALLATIONS WERE NOMINATED BY THEIR REGION COMMANDERS FOR 
THIS YEAR'S CONSIDERATION:
AFLOAT TRAINING GROUP MIDDLE PACIFIC CENTER FOR NAVAL AVIATION TECHNICAL 
TRAINING UNIT, WHIDBEY ISLAND MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRON SEVEN 
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL COMPUTER AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS STATION 
SAN DIEGO NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY WASHINGTON NAVAL 
SUPPLY FLEET LOGISTICS CENTER PEARL HARBOR NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND 
MARYLAND NAVY INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND SUGAR GROVE NAVY MUNITIONS 
COMMAND, EAST ASIA DIVISION, UNIT GUAM TRAINING SUPPORT CENTER GREAT LAKES 
U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL GUAM USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

4. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AND TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT BENEFITED FROM OUR 
DEDICATED AND CARING SAILORS AND CIVILIAN EFFORTS. YOUR PARTICIPATION AND 
CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR NAVY'S COMMUNITIES ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED AND MAKE 
A DIFFERENCE. BRAVO ZULU TO USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73) FOR THEIR 
SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCE!

5. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL J. M. BIRD, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.//

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