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SUBJ/CALENDAR YEAR 2009 ARLEIGH BURKE FLEET TROPHY AWARD RECIPIENTS// 

REF/A/DOC/CNO/30JAN2007// 
AMPN/REF A IS OPNAVINST 3590.11F, THE ARLEIGH BURKE FLEET TROPHY/
MARJORIE STERRETT BATTLESHIP FUND AWARD/USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL 
TROPHY.// 

RMKS/1.  RECOGNIZING SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN THEIR IMPROVEMENTS IN 
BATTLE EFFICIENCY, IT IS AN HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THE CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
ARLEIGH BURKE FLEET TROPHY AWARD RECIPIENTS:
A.  ATLANTIC FLEET:  USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736) (GOLD)
B.  PACIFIC FLEET:  STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147)

2.  SELECTION FOR THIS AWARD IS A REFLECTION OF THE PROFESSIONALISM 
AND DEDICATION OF THESE COMMANDS. THE PERFORMANCE OF USS WEST 
VIRGINIA (SSBN 736) (GOLD) IS TESTAMENT TO THE QUALITY OF HER CREW, 
WHO ACHIEVED TWO SUCCESSFUL DETERRENT PATROLS AND AN EXCEPTIONAL 
TACTICAL READINESS EVALUATION.  THE "ARGONAUTS" OF STRIKE FIGHTER 
SQUADRON ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147) ACHIEVED AN EXCEPTIONAL 55 PERCENT 
GAIN IN BATTLE EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE SINCE 2008, WHILE TRANSITIONING 
FROM THE LEGACY FA-18C TO THE FA-18E SUPER HORNET.

3.  CONGRATULATIONS TO USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736) (GOLD) AND 
STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147) FOR YOUR HARD WORK 
AND COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE.

4.  RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.//

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