2008 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR OF THE YEAR FINALISTS:
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 0972056-UUUU--RUCRNAD. ZNR UUUUU R 072056Z APR 09 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//DNS TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS //N01700// NAVADMIN 107/09 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/APR// SUBJ/2008 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR OF THE YEAR FINALISTS// RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE THE FIVE FINALISTS FOR THE 2008 VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (VCNO) SHORE ACTIVITIES SAILOR OF THE YEAR. 2. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING SAILORS: NAME NOMINATING COMMAND SK1(AW/EXW) KESHA MCKIBBEN NAVY RESERVE FORCE IT1(SW/AW) RANIA MAYNOR U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND MA1(SW/AW) LARRY THOMAS NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST HM1(FMF) KELVIN CHATMAN BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY SK1(SW/AW) DARYL SWEARSON NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND 3. THE COMPETITION WAS EXTREMELY TOUGH AND EPITOMIZES THE HIGH CALIBER OF SAILORS SERVING ASHORE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THESE FIVE FINALISTS WILL REPRESENT THEIR COMMANDS AND COMPETE IN THE 2008 VCNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR COMPETITION TO BE HELD 21 - 24 APRIL 2009 IN WASHINGTON, DC. 4. RELEASED BY VICE ADMIRAL J. C. HARVEY, JR., DIRECTOR, NAVY STAFF.// BT #0000 NNNN