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SUBJ/2010 VADM JAMES STOCKDALE LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS// 

RMKS/1.  I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CDR MICHAEL A. MCCARTNEY, FROM THE 
PACIFIC FLEET, AND CDR JEFFREY M. GRIMES, FROM FLEET FORCES COMMAND, 
ARE THE 2010 RECIPIENTS OF THE VADM JAMES BOND STOCKDALE AWARD FOR 
INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP.  CDR MCCARTNEY WAS SELECTED FOR HIS 
PERFORMANCE AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CHUNG-HOON (DDG 93) AND CDR 
GRIMES FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS MARYLAND (SSBN
738) (GOLD).

2.  THIS FLEET AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN HONOR OF VADM JAMES BOND 
STOCKDALE WHOSE DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER SYMBOLIZED THE HIGHEST 
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN BOTH PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND LEADERSHIP.  THE 
AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO TWO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY 
BELOW THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN WHO ARE IN COMMAND OF A SINGLE SHIP, 
SUBMARINE, OR AVIATION SQUADRON, SEAL TEAM (OR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE 
SQUADRON) OR SEAL DELIVERY VEHICLE TEAM, SPECIAL BOAT TEAM, EXPLOSIVE 
ORDNANCE DISPOSAL MOBILE UNIT, MOBILE DIVING AND SALVAGE UNIT, OR NAVY 
SPECIAL CLEARANCE TEAM DURING THE NOMINATION CYCLE.  CANDIDATES ARE 
NOMINATED BY PEERS WHO THEMSELVES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD.

3.  THE 2010 WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONG NINE OUTSTANDING FINALISTS 
IN A REVIEW PROCESS THAT INCLUDED SCREENING AT THE FLEET COMMANDER 
LEVEL AND FINAL SELECTION BY A BOARD OF SENIOR OFFICERS.

4.  THE FOLLOWING FINALISTS DESERVE WELL-EARNED CONGRATULATIONS:
A.  PACIFIC FLEET FINALISTS:
- CDR DAVID J. BRYSON, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, ELECTRONIC ATTACK 
SQUADRON ONE FOUR ONE (VAQ-141)
- CDR GERARD A. SOMLAI, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS NEBRASKA (SSBN 739)
(BLUE)
- CDR MARVIN E. THOMPSON, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, USS HARPERS FERRY 
(LSD 49) B.  FLEET FORCES COMMAND FINALISTS:
- CDR TIMOTHY F. MURPHY, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, ELECTRONIC ATTACK 
SQUADRON ONE FOUR ZERO (VAQ 140)
- CDR ERIC H. VER HAGE, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CARR (FFG 52)
- CDR ROBERT E. POLING III, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, MARITIME 
EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRON TWO (MSRON TWO)
- CDR JOHN RUDELLA, COMMANDING OFFICER, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE TACTICAL 
DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION SQUADRON THREE (NSWTACDEVRON
THREE)

5.  CDR MCCARTNEY AND CDR GRIMES, AS WELL AS ALL NOMINEES, SHOULD BE 
JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS.

6.  AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER 2010.

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

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