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SUBJ/2017 USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) AWARD FOR OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY 
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AMPN/POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR
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POC/RAELSON, GREG/LCDR/CNIC/TEL:  (202)433-3568/EMAIL:
greg.raelson@navy.mil//

RMKS/1.  It is with great pleasure that I announce the selection of 
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO THREE as the Fiscal Year 2017 winner of 
the USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) Award for Overall Excellence in Community 
Service.  Per reference (a), this annual award recognizes a Navy command that 
engaged in exemplary voluntary community service activities with local 
communities.  Sailors at Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO THREE greatly 
improved the lives of thousands in their local community by donating more 
than 2,500 volunteer hours and demonstrated personal excellence by 
encouraging local youth to reach their fullest potential in the areas of 
education and civic responsibility.

2.  Selection was highly competitive with the winner chosen from a field of 
12 outstanding nominees.

3.  The following commands were nominated by their community service Region 
coordinators for consideration:
    a.  Navy Medicine Professional Development Center
    b.  Naval Air Station Patuxent River
    c.  Navy Munitions Command Atlantic, Detachment Jacksonville
    d.  Center For Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Keesler Air Force 
Base, Mississippi
    e.  Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO THREE
    f.  Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE
    g.  Afloat Training Group San Diego
    h.  Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay
    i.  Naval Airborne Weapons Maintenance Unit ONE
    j.  Naval Hospital Guam
    k.  Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Whidbey Island
    l.  Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Lemoore

4.  Congratulations and thank you for your participation and continued 
support of our Navy communities.  Your proactive engagement made a tremendous 
difference in the lives of those around you. Well done!

5.  Released by Vice Admiral K. M. Donegan, Director, Navy Staff.//

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