2009 CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (CNO) SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR:
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 1411357-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 211357Z MAY 10 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00// TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS //N01700// NAVADMIN 182/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/MAY// SUBJ/2009 CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (CNO) SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR// RMKS/1. IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I ANNOUNCE CTT1(SW/AW) CASSANDRA L. FOOTE AS THE 2009 CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR. 2. PETTY OFFICER FOOTE WAS NOMINATED BY DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, MANPOWER, PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION. SHE WAS SELECTED FROM A FIELD OF FOUR OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES REPRESENTING THE FINEST PETTY OFFICERS SERVING ASHORE. A HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER FINALISTS: RATE/NAME NOMINATING COMMAND LN1(SW/AW) JESSICA H. BYARD COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET MM1(SW/AW) STEVEN T. ROBERSON COMMANDER, U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND HM1(FMF) OLUYINKA O. ADEFISAN VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 3. THE COMPETITION WAS EXTREMELY KEEN AND CHARACTERIZED THE HIGH CALIBER OF SAILORS SERVING ASHORE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. FINALISTS REPRESENTED THEIR COMMANDS IMPRESSIVELY AND CAN BE PROUD OF THEIR SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. 4. PETTY OFFICER FOOTE WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, DC IN JULY 2010 TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR HER SELECTION AS THE CNO SHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR. RECOGNITION WILL INCLUDE MERITORIOUS ADVANCEMENT TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AND AWARDING OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL. 5. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.// BT #0000 NNNN