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SUBJ/HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY JUNIOR OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD  
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REF/A/MSG/CNO WASHINGTON DC/061421ZJUL10//
AMPN/REF A IS NAVADMIN 222/10 - FAMILYGRAM 05-10 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
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RMKS/1.  REF A ANNOUNCED THE INAUGURAL HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY JUNIOR 
OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARD.  THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES ONE JUNIOR OFFICER, O4 
OR BELOW, WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE READINESS OF OUR 
NAVY.

2.  IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE I ANNOUNCE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ESTHER A. 
BOPP AS THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY JUNIOR OFFICER OF 
THE YEAR FOR HER WORK AS DEPUTY, RESERVE PLANS AND POLICY (N131R), LEAD 
OFFICER PROMOTION PLANNER, AND MAJOR COMMAND REVIEW BOARD AND SPECIAL 
PROJECTS OFFICER.

3.  LCDR BOPP WAS SELECTED FROM A GROUP OF 29 OUTSTANDING CANDIDATES, 
LTJG TO LCDR, REPRESENTING THE FINEST HUMAN RESOURCES JUNIOR OFFICERS 
SERVING ASHORE AND AFLOAT.

4.  THE COMPETITION WAS EXTREMELY KEEN AND CHARACTERIZED THE HIGH 
CALIBER OF HR OFFICERS SERVING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS RECOGNIZED 
LEADERS IN NAVY AND JOINT HUMAN RESOURCE SOLUTIONS.  ALL NOMINEES FOR 
THIS AWARD HAD OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED 
FOR THEIR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

5.  THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED BY RDML KURTA AND RDML COVELL IN A 27 
OCTOBER 2010 CEREMONY AT THE NAVY ANNEX.  THE CEREMONY ALSO RECOGNIZED 
THE NINTH BIRTHDAY OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS 
ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER 2001.  LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BOPP RECEIVED A NAVY 
COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE 2010 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY JUNIOR OFFICER 
OF THE YEAR CERTIFICATE.

6.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1//
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