2007 CAMPAIGN DRUG FREE (CDF) FLAGSHIP AWARD WINNERS:
UNCLASSIFIED// R 151524Z JAN 08 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 009/08 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/JAN// SUBJ/2007 CAMPAIGN DRUG FREE (CDF) FLAGSHIP AWARD WINNERS// REF/A/DOC/BUPERS/12DEC2007// REF/B/DOC/NAVPERS/26MAR1997// NARR/REF A IS BUPERSINST 1650.12D, NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE OF THE YEAR AWARD PROGRAM. REF B IS NAVPERS 15604B, NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE GUIDEBOOK.// POC/CLAUDIA CUARTASCORDOBA/SK1/CNRFC/TEL: COMM: (504) 678- 5795//DSN: 678-5795/EMAIL: CLAUDIA.CUARTAS@NAVY.MIL.// RMKS/1. CAMPAIGN DRUG FREE (CDF) IS ONE OF FIVE NAVY FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS AND IS OPEN TO ALL NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND COAST GUARD VOLUNTEERS. COMMANDER, NAVY RESERVE FORCE IS THE EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR CDF AND EACH YEAR, THE NAVY RECOGNIZES COMMANDS THAT HAVE COORDINATED THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS. 2. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 2007 CAMPAIGN DRUG FREE FLAGSHIP AWARD WINNING COMMANDS: A. SMALL SHORE WINNER: NAVY REGION SOUTHEAST RESERVE COMPONENT COMMAND, WHICH EDUCATED 1,304 STUDENTS ON THE BENEFITS OF A DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE. B. MEDIUM SHORE WINNER: FLEET AND INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER PEARL HARBOR, HI, BY USING DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION (DARE) AND MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD) TO INSPIRE 400 STUDENTS TO BE DRUG FREE. C. LARGE SHORE WINNER: NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE, KINGS BAY, GA, BY USING THE "BE DRUG FREE" CURRICULUM, NAVY MILITARY WORKING DOGS, AND CDF PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE ALCOHOL AWARENESS TO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. D. SMALL SEA WINNER: MOBILE DIVING AND SALVAGE UNIT ONE, WHICH INSPIRED 274 YOUTHS TO HAVE A HEALTHY, DRUG FREE LIFESTYLE THROUGH THE KEIKI FITNESS PROGRAM AND A READING PROGRAM TO BUILD SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS. E. MEDIUM SEA WINNER: USS MESA VERDE (LPD 19), IN USING 347 MILITARY VOLUNTEERS TO MENTOR 500 STUDENTS ON THE DANGERS OF DRUGS AND THE BENEFITS OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. F. LARGE OVERSEAS WINNER: U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, GUAM, IN REACHING 2,125 STUDENTS THROUGH ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAMS, THE DRUG EDUCATION FOR YOUTH (DEFY) PROGRAM, AND SUPPORT OF RED RIBBON WEEK. 3. THROUGHOUT THE NAVY, COMMANDS AND INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATION IN CDF BENEFITED THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY SERVE AND DEMONSTRATED THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR SAILORS, MARINES, COAST GUARDSMEN, AND CIVILIANS. I OFFER MY CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION TO EACH OF YOU WHO SERVE. YOU HAVE PROUDLY REFLECTED THE NAVYS CORE VALUES. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 4. AWARD WINNERS WILL RECEIVE COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR EXCEPTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 5. RELEASED BY VADM J. STUFFLEBEEM, DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.// BT NNNN