MLTS AWARDS INFORMATION - FY 2008
From: Special Assistant for
Recognition and Awards
Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps
SPECIFIC FY 2008 INFORMATION
General Individual Format: Use of numbered paragraph format preferred. Headers should include nominee’s full name and rank, nomination category, unit title, supported command and location, title in unit structure, time in unit, unit make-up. List nominator’s name, rank, title, telephone and email contact information, name and region of SJA. MLTS individual will attend (i.e., East Coast, West Coast). Then list specific achievements.
Notes/Suggestions for Individual Award Submissions: There is no required format, however, I suggest you use a numbered paragraph structure, as noted above.
Educational attainments/efforts are a plus for the enlisted nominees and should be included in their package. If they are working full-time, performing their reserve duties and working towards a degree/advanced degree, etc., this is important for us to know and should be included. Community service may also be applicable and appropriate to include, especially for enlisted folks.
Please give us specific accomplishments. We are more interested in the individual’s numbers/statistics than those of the unit. Please give us their numbers/stats, if applicable, and their specific achievements. Professional development, for both enlisted and officers, is important to include.
If applicable, you may include whether the individual drives a long way to drill, whether at various sites for mission accomplishment, drills during the week because it provides better support for the active side, etc.
General Reserve Unit Format: Use of numbered paragraph format is preferred. Headers should include nominee’s full name, title and rank, name of supported command and location. Name and region of SJA. Please include unit make-up. Nominations should come from supported command vice self-nomination. Much greater weight is given to the former. Break out the separate types of support/achievements provided for easier reading/evaluation. Identify the reserve unit commanding officer. Include the MLTS unit/representative will attend.
General Supported Command Format: Use of numbered format is preferred. Headers should include nominator’s full name, title and rank, name of reserve unit, supported command and location. Name and region of SJA. Include duties and responsibilities, AOR of supported command. Emphasis on how they utilize the reserve unit/individuals, and how it impacted their ability to accomplish their mission. Include the MLTS reserve unit representative will attend.
DO NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE NOMINATION ON A SINGLE DOCUMENT. EVERY NOMINATION SUBMISSION SHOULD BE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE SUBMITTED IN PDF FORMAT ONLY OR SCANNED AND SENT AS EMAIL ATTACHMENT.
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE SUBMITTED VIA REGIONAL SJA NLT 15 MARCH 2008.
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE SUBMITTED BY REGIONAL SJA TO CAPT KATHLEEN THOMPSON NLT 15 April 2008.
ALL SUBMISSIONS THIS YEAR TO BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY, VIA EMAIL.
PDF FORMAT OR SCANNED ONLY – THIS WILL ALLOW US TO OPEN/READ THE FILES. SJAs SHOULD SUBMIT ALL NOMINATIONS VIA EMAIL, IN SEPARATE ATTACHMENTS FOR EACH CATEGORY (JUNIOR OFFICER, SENIOR OFFICER, LETTERS OF APPRECIATION, COMMENDATIONS, UNIT AND SUPPORTED COMMAND).
AWARDS BOARD WILL CONVENE IN APRIL 2008. AWARDS NEED TO BE TIMELY TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD. AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND PRESENTED (AS IN THE PAST) AT THE APPROPRIATE EAST AND WEST COAST MLTS’.
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTIFIED, SJAs TO TRANSMIT TO CAPT KATHLEEN THOMPSON EMAIL ADDRESS AT: kathleen.k.thompson@us.army.mil and kathleen.k.thompson@navy.mil
GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Each year, at the Military Law Training Symposiums, our Navy Reserve Judge
Advocate General's Corps Awards Program recognizes the outstanding performance
of individual judge advocates, and legalmen, as well as that of Navy Reserve Law
Units and active duty supported commands. Please read this bulletin closely; it
contains significant changes from previous guidance occasioned by the change in
our MLTS format for this year.
The Awards
Three awards are authorized. They are, in order of precedence:
1. The Rear Admiral Hugh H. Howell, Jr. Award of Excellence;
2. The Judge Advocate General Commendation; and
3. The Judge Advocate General Letter of Appreciation.
The Rear Admiral Hugh H. Howell, Jr. Award of Excellence is the highest award
available and is presented in honor of Rear Admiral Hugh H. Howell, Jr., the
first flag officer of the Navy Reserve Law Program. This award is presented to
judge advocates, legalmen (E-6 and below) and units demonstrating outstanding
support of the Navy and Navy Reserve at a significant level of responsibility
and to active-duty supported commands demonstrating outstanding support of the
Reserve Law Program.
Up to Four Hugh Howell Awards of Excellence may be presented each year for:
1. Reserve Law Unit
2. Senior Judge Advocate (O-5 and above)
3. Junior Judge Advocate (O-4 and below)
4. Reserve Legalman (E-6 and below)
5. Active Duty Supported Command
The Judge Advocate General Commendation is awarded to Reserve judge advocates,
legalmen and Reserve units whose performance or achievement distinguishes them
from others similarly situated, but which is not sufficient to justify the award
of the Rear Admiral Hugh H. Howell, Jr. Award of Excellence.
The Judge Advocate General Letter of Appreciation is intended to serve as a
formal means of recognition to individuals for significant service or
achievement. Ordinarily, this service or achievement would justify the issuance
of a letter of appreciation or commendation from an active-duty or Reserve
command.
Please note that Chief Legalmen and Senior Chief Legalmen are recognized by the MCPO Dilbert Black Excellence in Leadership Award. Accordingly, Chief Petty
Officers are not eligible for the Hugh H. Howell, Jr. Award of Excellence.
However, Chief Legalmen and above remain eligible for all other awards.
Also of note is the LN1 Kimberly Kay Clark Legalman Award. This award was
established in memory of LN1 Kimberly Kay Clark, who lost her life as a result
of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. This award is funded by Oklahoma City Trust Authority with donations
from the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, the Naval Reserve Association, the
Reserve Officer's Association, the Oklahoma City Counsel of the Navy League of
the United States, Naval Reservists from across the United States, citizens of
Oklahoma City, and LN1 Clark's family. The award criteria mandate that nominees
be E6 and below and that they be enrolled in a college degree program.
Procedures for the nomination of candidates for and the selection of recipients
of both the Dilbert Black and Kimberly Clark awards are separate from those
discussed in this bulletin. Please watch for separate communications regarding
each, to be released in due course.
Limits for Nominations
In order to preserve the integrity of the Awards Program, Commanding Officers
should refrain from nominating more than 25% of unit officers and 25% of unit
enlisted members for receipt of any award at an MLTS. For example, an 8 officer,
2 enlisted unit may nominate no more than a total of 2 officers and 1 enlisted
member; nominations may be for either the Hugh H. Howell, Jr., Judge Advocate
General Commendation, or Judge Advocate General Letter of Appreciation award.
Proper Sources of Nominations
Nominations for unit awards should be initiated by the active-duty supported
command and forwarded to the Judge Advocate General Reserve Awards Board via the
cognizant Reserve Component Command SJA.
1. Individual nominations, other than for commanding officers, normally should
be initiated by the individual's commanding officer and forwarded via the
cognizant SJA to the Judge Advocate General Reserve Awards Board.
2. Nominations for awards to commanding officers (for Senior Officer category)
should normally be initiated by the active-duty supported command and submitted
via the cognizant SJA to the Judge Advocate General Reserve Awards Board.
3. Active-duty supported command nominations should be initiated by the
commanding officer of the supporting Reserve unit and forwarded via the
cognizant staff judge advocate to the Judge Advocate General Reserve Awards
Board.
4. Any officer senior in rank or position to the individual being nominated may
submit a nomination for the award of the Judge Advocate General Letter of
Appreciation via the cognizant SJA to the Judge Advocate General Reserve Awards
Board.
K. K. THOMPSON
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