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SUBJ: COAST GUARD NOMINATION FOR THE ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL

AVIATION (ANA) AWARDS FOR 2010

A. COMNAVAIRFOR MSG 171630Z SEP 10

1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFERENCE (A), THE CHIEF OF AVIATION FORCES

(CG-711) IS HONORED TO ANNOUNCE THE COAST GUARD'S NOMINATIONS FOR THE

ANNUAL ASSOCIATION OF NAVAL AVIATION (ANA) AWARDS.  THE COAST GUARD

IS ELIGIBLE FOR SIX OF THESE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS.  THE FOLLOWING CREWS

AND INDIVIDUALS WILL REPRESENT THE COAST GUARD AND BE JUDGED AGAINST

NAVY AND MARINE CORPS NOMINEES.  THE PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS

AWARD WAS 01 JANUARY 2010 TO 31 DECEMBER 2010.

2.  THE AMERICAN LEGION AVIATOR VALOR AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A PILOT

OR NFO FOR A CONSPICUOUS ACT OF VALOR IN FLIGHT.  LCDR THOMAS HICKEY,

FROM AIR STATION NEW ORLEANS WAS SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE COAST

GUARD FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS WHILE RESPONDING TO A CATASTROPHIC

EXPLOSION ON THE DEEPWATER HORIZON MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT.

3.  THE FLEET SUPPORT/SPECIAL MISSION AWARD AND MARITIME PATROL AWARD

NOMINEE IS ATC MOBILE FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT AND CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE

FEDERAL RESPONSE TO THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL.  CREWS FROM ATC

MOBILE FLEW 2,135 MISHAP FREE HOURS OVER 143 DAYS OF CONTINUOUS

OPERATIONS.

4.  THE HELICOPTER AVIATION AWARD NOMINEE IS AIR STATION NEW ORLEANS.

AIR STATION NEW ORLEANS LAUNCHED THREE HELICOPTERS IN RESPONSE TO AN

EXPLOSION ABOARD THE DEEPWATER HORIZON.  THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF THESE

AIRCREWS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING OR ASSISTING 115 LIVES.

HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE FOLLOWING UNITS:

AIR STATION ELIZABETH CITY.

AIR STATION SAVANNAH.

AIR STATION SITKA.

5.  THE OUTSTANDING CHIEF PETTY OFFICER AWARD NOMINEE IS AETC GREG

HART FROM AIR STATION NEW ORLEANS, FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND DEVOTION TO

DUTY.  HONORABLE MENTION GOES TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS:

AIR STATION ATLANTIC CITY, AMTC JEFFREY KING

AIR STATION BARBERS POINT, AMTC MARK FIDLER

AIR STATION LOS ANGELES, AMTC JASON FORBES

AIR STATION MIAMI, AMTC TERRY SHAW

AIR STATION SITKA, AETC MORTON SMITH

AVIATION LOGISTICS CENTER, AETC PATRICK MUDGE

SECTOR CORPUS CHRISTI, AMTCS BRUCE DESPARD

6.  THE ENLISTED AVIATION MAINTENANCE AWARD NOMINEE IS AMT2 JASON

WRIGHT, FROM AIR STATION SITKA, FOR DISPLAYING AN EXCEPTIONAL WORK

ETHIC, MATURITY, PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP. HONORABLE

MENTION GOES TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS:

AIR STATION ATLANTIC CITY, AMT2 JASON ATKINSON

AIR STATION LOS ANGELES, AST1 DENNIS MOYER

AIR STATION NEW ORLEANS, AET2 SCOTT LLOYD

AIR STATION SACRAMENTO, AET1 WESLEY POLHAMUS

AIR STATION WASHINGTON, AMT2 SEAN ANDERSON

SECTOR COLUMBIA RIVER, AMT1 DANIEL COLEMAN

7.  THE SELECTION PROCESS WAS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING THIS YEAR.  THE

NOMINATIONS WERE UNIFORMLY EXCEPTIONAL AND ILLUSTRATED THE

EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE AND SKILL WITH WHICH OUR AIRCREWS CONTINUE TO

SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.  THEY ARE ALL WORTHY OF HIGH HONOR.

8.  I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARD

NOMINEES, AND TO EACH OF THE SUBMITTED AIRCREWS AND INDIVIDUALS, FOR

REFLECTING THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF COURAGE AND PROFESSIONALISM.

9.  THE OFFICIAL ANA RESULTS FROM THE FINAL COMPETITION WILL BE

RELEASED AT A LATER DATE, ONCE THEY ARE AVAILABLE.

10.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.

11.  CAPT M. D. EMERSON, CHIEF OF AVIATION FORCES, SENDS.