2016 NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS:
UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 011603Z JUN 16 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 127/16 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/DNS/JUN// SUBJ/2016 NAVY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS// REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 5350.6C/26MAR2007// REF/B/DOC/BUPERSINST 1650.12E/ NARR/Ref A is Navy Community Service Program (NCSP). Ref B is Navy Community Service Awards Program.// POC/WRIGHT, ED/CNIC NOOP/EMAIL: george.wright@navy.mil/ TEL: 202-433-4359, DSN 288// RMKS/1. The purpose of this NAVADMIN is to solicit the 2016 Annual Navy Community Service Awards program nominations. 2. In accordance with reference (a), the Navy annually recognizes the most outstanding community service program initiatives by individual commands. The Navy Community Service Awards Program includes the following categories: a. USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) Award for Overall Excellence Flagship Sponsor: Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) POC: Mr. Ed Wright, (202) 433-4359/DSN 288 NOTE: This award is open to all commands of all sizes. Nomination packages must have at least three of the five Flagship projects (below) included in the package b. Personal Excellence Partnership Flagship, Flagship Sponsor: CNIC POC: Mr. Ed Wright, (202) 433-4359/DSN 288 c. Health, Safety and Fitness Flagship Flagship Sponsor: Commander, Naval Education & Training Command POC: Mr. Keith Washington, (850) 473-6377/DSN 753 d. Campaign Drug-free Flagship Flagship Sponsor: Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command POC: LSC Sacoyia Aiken, (757) 322-6551/DSN 262 e. Project Good Neighbor Flagship Flagship Sponsor: Chief of Chaplains POC: RP2 David Okula, (703) 614-5565/DSN 223 f. Environmental Stewardship Flagship Flagship Sponsor: OPNAV N4 POC: Ms. Ashley Tolbert, (703) 695-5116/DSN 225 3. In accordance with reference (a), CNIC is the Navy's lead responsible for administering the Navy Community Service Award Program and coordinating the efforts of Flagship sponsors and Region coordinators. 4. Each Flagship sponsor will conduct an awards board with judges representing Active duty, Reserve, Navy and community-based organizations. The awards board will select Navy-wide winners in each category and Flagship. CNIC's Flagship awards board will also consider nominations for the USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) Award for Overall Excellence. 5. Guidance on Submitting Nomination Packages a. All Navy commands are eligible to compete for the 2016 Navy Community Service Awards program. b. Deadline for commands to submit nominations to the Navy Community Service Program Geographic Region Coordinator (GRC) is 31 July 2016. Submissions must be in the format provided in reference (b). A fillable PDF submission data sheet and guidelines are available through the Region coordinator. c. Nominations cannot exceed ten pages in length. A maximum of five pages of nomination information and five pages of supporting documents, such as news clippings, letters of appreciation, and local community awards are permitted. d. Only the GRC is authorized to submit nominations directly to Flagship sponsors and CNIC for the USS BAINBRIDGE (CGN 25) Award for Overall Excellence. 6. Timeline For Processing Of Nominations a. 31 July: Command nomination packages due to GRC. b. 30 September: GRC nominations due to Flagship sponsors c. 1-27 October: Nominations processed through Flagship sponsor awards boards d. 31 October: Awards boards finalize nominations. e. 30 November: Flagship sponsors release NAVADMIN to announce awardees f. 31 December: Awards plaques and certificates distributed to awardees 7. Geographic Region Coordinators Are a. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic POC: Mr. Herb Pittman, (757) 322-2836/DSN 564 b. Naval District Washington DC POC: Ms. Olivia Hunter, (202) 433-6854/DSN 288 c. Navy Region Southeast POC: Ms. Twilla Smith, (904) 542-1663/DSN 942 d. Navy Region Southwest POC: Mr. Kevin Dixon, (619) 532-1430/DSN 522 e. Navy Region Hawaii POC: ENS Krystyna Nowakowski (808) 473-0660/DSN 315 f. Navy Region Marianas POC: Ms. Tanya Mendiola, (671) 349-6114 g. Navy Region Northwest POC: Ms. Missy Anderson, (360) 396-1526/DSN 332 h. Navy Region Europe Africa Southwest Asia POC: LT Dan Day, (39)081-568-4727/DSN 314-626 i. Naval Forces Korea POC: LT Joshua Kelsey, 011-82-2-7913-6794/DSN 315-768-8012 j. Navy Region Japan POC: CDR Ron Flanders, (81) 46-816-7615/DSN 315-243-7615 8. Contact your GRC for additional information on preparing awards packages. Previous award winning nomination packages are not available for review. 10. Released by Vice Admiral R. L. Thomas, Director, Navy Staff.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//