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SUBJ/SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD RECIPIENT// 
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073/08.  SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD//
RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE 
SELECTION OF ASC(AW/SW) GIOVANNI DAVID BALINGIT AS THE 2007 SPIRIT OF 
HOPE AWARD WINNER. 
2.  PER REF A, THE SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE HOPE 
FAMILY FOUNDATION IN 1997, IN HONOR OF MR. BOB HOPE.  THE "SPIRIT OF 
HOPE" AWARD IS PRESENTED TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS WHO EMBODY THE 
CORE VALUES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR MILITARY:  DUTY, HONOR, COURAGE, 
LOYALTY, COMMITMENT AND INTEGRITY.  A NAVY NOMINEE HAS BEEN PRESENTED 
THIS AWARD ANNUALLY SINCE CY 2005.  
3.  ASC BALINGIT WAS NOMINATED BY COMMANDING OFFICER, FLEET READINESS 
CENTER SOUTHWEST, FOR HIS STELLAR MILITARY RECORD; THE MANY 
CONTRIBUTIONS HE HAS MADE IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAILORS' 
QUALITY OF LIFE; AND HIS UNSWERVING SERVICE TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.  
4.  ASC BALINGIT WILL BE PRESENTED THE 2007 SPIRIT OF HOPE AWARD, ON
28 OCTOBER 2008, AT A CEREMONY IN THE PENTAGON HONORING ALL OF THE 
SERVICES' AWARDEES.  
5.  POINT OF CONTACT:  MS. MILLIE KING, OPNAV N135, AT (703) 614- 
3448/DSN 224 OR EMAIL AT millie.king@navy.mil.
6.  RELEASED BY VADM M. E. FERGUSON III, N1.// 
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