ANNUAL CNO AFLOAT SAFETY AWARDS:
RTTUZYUW RUEWMCS0000 1920232-UUUU--RUCRNAD ZNR UUUUU R 110232Z JUL 09 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00// TO NAVADMIN BT UNCLAS//N03590// NAVADMIN 204/09 MSGID/GENADMIN//CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/JUL// SUBJ/ANNUAL CNO AFLOAT SAFETY AWARDS// REF/A/DOC/CNO/26JAN2004// AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 3590.24D, CNO AFLOAT SAFETY AWARDS PROGRAM// POC/L. BOTICARIO/CAPT/OPNAV N86/LOC: WASHINGTON DC/TEL: (703)692-4630 /TEL: DSN: 222-4630// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2008 AFLOAT SAFETY AWARDS. A. NAVY-WIDE: CATEGORY WINNER SUBMARINE REPAIR (AS) USS FRANK CABLE (AS 40) B. COMMANDER NAVAL SURFACE FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET: CATEGORY WINNERS CRUISER (CG) USS MONTEREY (CG 61) DESTROYER (DD, DDG) USS PORTER (DDG 78) FRIGATE (FFG, FFG(NRF)) USS SIMPSON (FFG 56) PATROL COASTAL (PC) PATROL COASTAL CREW JULIET AMPHIBIOUS (LARGE) USS WASP (LHD 1) AMPHIBIOUS (MED/SMALL) USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43) MINE WARFARE (MCM/MHC) MCM CREW DOMINANT C. COMMANDER NAVAL SURFACE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET: CATEGORY WINNERS CRUISER (CG, CGN) USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) DESTROYER (DD, DDG) USS HOPPER (DDG 70) FRIGATE (FFG, FFG (NRF)) USS JARRETT (FFG 33) AMPHIBIOUS (LARGE) USS TARAWA (LHA 1) AMPHIBIOUS (MED/SMALL) USS CLEVELAND (LPD 7) D. COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET: CATEGORY WINNERS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE (SSN) USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719) FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN/SSGN) USS ALASKA (SSBN 740) E. COMMANDER SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET: CATEGORY WINNERS FAST ATTACK SUBMARINE (SSN) USS TUCSON (SSN 770) FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE (SSBN/SSGN) USS OHIO (SSGN 726)(GOLD) F. COMMANDER, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND: CATEGORY WINNERS AUXILIARY, COMBAT LOGISTICS FORCE USNS BRIDGE (T-AOE 10) AUXILIARY, SPECIAL MISSION USNS GRAPPLE (T-ARS 53) AUXILIARY, STRATEGIC SEALIFT USNS MENDONCA (T-AKR-303) 2. SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES TO USS WASP AND USS FORT MCHENRY FOR WINNING THEIR THIRD CONSECUTIVE CNO AWARD AND USS MONTEREY AND USS LAKE ERIE FOR WINNING THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE CNO AWARD. 3. THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLEET READINESS, INCREASED MORALE, EFFICIENCY, AND ECONOMIC USE OF RESOURCES THROUGH SAFETY. THE WINNER IN EACH CATEGORY WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE AND A CNO CITATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS FOR A JOB WELL DONE. 4. RECIPIENTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO DISPLAY THE GREEN SAFETY "S" ON THE BULWARK UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE NEXT COMPETITIVE CYCLE ARE ANNOUNCED. 5. FOR COMSUBLANT, COMSUBPAC, COMNAVSURFLANT, COMNAVSURFPAC: PLEASE ARRANGE FOR PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS WITH CHINFO. COMNAVSAFECEN WILL PROVIDE THE PLAQUES AND DCNO (N8) WILL PROVIDE THE CITATIONS. 6. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS// BT #0000 NNNN