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Eligibility: |
Candidates will be junior Surface Warfare Officers (SWO) and junior
Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialists (ESWS), United States Navy, and United
States Naval Reserve, who have exhibited sustained excellence in the operational
art of Surface Warfare as demonstrated on US Navy surface ships completing
deployments during the calendar years ending on 30 September. Candidates must be
grade E-3 through E-7, W-2 through W-4, or O-1 through O-4. Clearly, this
award focuses on and recognizes the superior operational performance by our
junior leaders. |
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Certification: |
Any
surface ship squadron commander, operational ISIC 06 and above, or Commander,
Forward Deployed Naval Forces, Commander, Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific, or
Commander Western Hemisphere Group.
(Note: Units homeported overseas (FDNF) which do not maintain the traditional
deployment regiment shall be nominated by operational commanders for operational
commitments roughly equivalent to BG or ARG deployments over the same one year
(October-September) period.)
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Selection: |
1) Upon return of the
deploying group from extended deployment of 120 days or longer, is requested to
identify one SWO officer and one ESWS Sailor from the deployed
ships’ crews who displayed exceptional execution of Surface Warfare Operations
during the deployment. Every aspect of Operational Surface Warfare should be
taken into account when considering selectees. These aspects are not limited to,
but include the following: Deck Seamanship, Shiphandling, Weapons Control,
Engineering, Maintenance, Damage Control, Navigation, Welldeck & Flightdeck
performance, Fiscal Management, Leadership, Training, Command & Control,
Communications, Food Service, and Administration. Selectees should have
demonstrated superior action or commendable results in one or more of these
significant Surface Warfare disciplines.
2) Selectees' accomplishments will be reviewed by the SNA
Awards Committee during October of each year. One officer and one enlisted
member each from Atlantic and Pacific commands deemed by the Awards Committee to
be especially worthy of further recognition will be proposed to the Executive
Committee for invitation to attend the annual SNA Symposium in order to receive
a special award.
3) While no truly worthy SWO or ESWS member should be
overlooked in the nomination processes, the target recipients for these
awards are Enlisted Members, E-3 to E-7 and Officers, W-2 to W-4, O-1 to O-4.
The focus of this award is on the junior leaders of our community.
All nominations must be received by
01 November 2011 to qualify for selection. |
