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NAVADMIN 371/09

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SUBJ/FY09 COPERNICUS AWARDS//

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AMPN/REF A SOLICITED NOMINATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 COPERNICUS

AWARD//

POC/BROOKE ZIMMERMAN/LCDR/CNO N2N6123/-/TEL:703-614-4933/ EMAIL

BROOKE.ZIMMERMAN(AT)NAVY.MIL//

RMKS/1. AS ANNOUNCED IN REF A, THE FY 09 COPERNICUS AWARDS RECOGNIZE

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL WARFARE IN THE DISCIPLINES OF C4I,

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION WARFARE. THE ARMED FORCES

COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION (AFCEA) AND THE U.S. NAVAL

INSTITUTE (USNI) ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING COPERNICUS AWARD

WINNERS:

NAME, COMMAND NAME

CWO2 TIMOTHY R. ALDRICH, MEB-AFGHANISTAN

LT MARCUS C. ARROYO, DISA-EUROPE

CPL WESLEY H. BLAKE, 8TH COMMBN, II MEF

CTRCM(SW) STEVEN B. CHANEY, NIOC, TX

ETCS(SW/AW) RALPH K. GLENN, USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77)

LCDR DANIEL D. IMBAT, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE SUPPORT ACTIVITY ONE

LCDR KAMBRA R. JUVE, COMSECONDFLT

LT SONIA L. KENDALL, USCG COMMANDANT (CG-65)

MR. JOHN LOCKE, NSW MSC

MR. PETER V. MARKS, NAVMISSA, SAN ANTONIO

IS1 ROBERT A. NAPP, USCG CRYPTOLOGIC UNIT, TEXAS

IT1(SW/AW) DARRELL, R. OTTLEY, USS BAINBRIDGE (DDG 96)

LCDR DAVID P. PERRY, NCTAMS PAC

CTRC(SW/AW) GEOFFREY R. REEVES, USS NITZE (DDG 94)

LCDR RONALD A. SCHNEIDER, USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

LT BRIAN P. WALSH, NIOC, MD

2. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2009 COPERNICUS AWARD SELECTEES AND NOMINEES.

YOUR EFFORTS ARE CRITICAL TO ADVANCING WARFIGHTING CAPABILITIES AND

SUPPORTING OUR FORCES IN HARMS WAY.

3. AFCEA/USNI WILL SEND LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL COPERNICUS

AWARD SELECTEES, INVITING THEM, THEIR SPOUSES OR A GUEST, AND THEIR

COMMANDING OFFICERS TO ATTEND ON 2 FEBRUARY 2010 THE FOLLOWING:

1230 - 1400 - LUNCHEON - ADM JAMES STAVRIDIS, USN (CONFIRMED SPEAKER),

AT THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER EXHIBIT FLOOR DURING AFCEA WEST 2010. ATTIRE IS UNIFORM OF THE DAY FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL AND BUSINESS CASUAL FOR CIVILIANS.

1600 - 1730 - AFCEA/USNI AWARDS RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION CEREMONY, AT

THE SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER, ROOM 3. ATTIRE IS SERVICE DRESS BLUE

(NAVY AND COAST GUARD UNIFORMED PERSONNEL), SERVICE "A" (MARINE CORPS

UNIFORMED PERSONNEL), AND BUSINESS ATTIRE FOR CIVILIANS.

1830 - 2100 - GRAND RECEPTION, ON BOARD AIRCRAFT CARRIER MIDWAY, 910

NORTH HARBOR DRIVE, ALONGSIDE NAVY PIER.

4. ALL AWARD WINNERS ARE ASKED TO EMAIL THEIR MAILING ADDRESS, PHONE

NUMBERS, EMAIL, AND RSVP ATTENDANCE BY 8 JANUARY 2010, TO MS. NORMA

CORRALES, 4400 FAIR LAKES COURT, FAIRFAX, VA 22033-3899 TEL 703-631-

6149, FAX 703-631-4693, EMAIL NCORRALES(AT)AFCEA.ORG.

5. AWARDEE TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NOMINATING

COMMAND.

6. RELEASED BY VADM DAVID J. DORSETT, N2/N6//

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