R 172205Z DEC 10


SUBJ: BRAVO ZULU - INNOVATION EXPO PARTICIPATION

1. EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE MISSION SUPPORT TEAM WHO PARTICIPATED

IN THIS YEARS INNOVATION EXPO, HELD IN TAMPA, FL 2-4 NOVEMBER

DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED AND CONGRATULATED. A DIVERSE GROUP OF

MISSION SUPPORT UNITS PRESENTED INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS VIA INFORMATIONAL

BOOTHS.  THESE UNITS INCLUDED SECCEN, PSSU MIAMI, USCG ACADEMY AND

THE LDC, PSC, SFLC, SILC, ALC, C4IT SC, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

CENTER, NAVCEN, USCG YARD, APO, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM CGHQ (CG-1,

4, 6 AND 9, DCMS-34, 5 AND 8).  YOUR DISPLAYS OF INITATIVE IN THE

AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND

ADVANCED ACQUISITIONS SHOWCASED THE OUTSTANDING TALENT, MOTIVATION

AND DEDICATION RESIDENT IN OUR WORKFORCE.

2. IN ADDITION TO YOUR BOOTH DISPLAYS, DCMS REPRESENTATIVES

PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL INSIGHTFUL PANELS TO FOSTER POSITIVE DIALOG

AMONG A DIVERSE MIX OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES, AND PROVIDE

TRANSPARENCY OF OUR MISSION SUPPORT GOALS. I WAS PARTICULARLY

IMPRESSED WITH THE GREAT TURN OUT FOR THE DCMS PANEL SESSIONS, AND

FOR THE HIGH DEGREE OF INFORMAL COLLABORATION AND LEARNING AMONGST

ALL THE EXPO PARTICIPANTS.

3. SENIOR LEADERSHIP, INDUSTRY AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

IN ATTENDANCE WERE PRESENTED WITH DCMS FOUNDATIONAL TENETS AND A

LEVEL OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE THAT LEFT THEM WITH A GREATER

APPRECIATION FOR THE COAST GUARDS MISSION SUPPORT COMMUNITY, ITS

RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FORWARD-LEANING CONCEPTS.  SEVERAL MEMBERS

WHO ATTENDED MADE PERSONAL NOTE THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPOS

THEY HAD ATTENDED TO DATE.  NOT ONLY WERE YOUR EFFORTS IMPRESSIVE,

BUT TIMELY. BY EXHIBITING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MISSION SUPPORT

YOU MADE OUR MODERNIZATION EFFORTS CREDIBLE AND UNDERSTOOD IN THE

MINDS OF OUR PARTNERS.  THIS IS CRITICAL TO MISSION EXECUTION.

4. I AM PROUD OF YOUR EFFORTS.  A BELATED BRAVO ZULU TO ALL OF YOU

FOR A JOB WELL DONE.

5. VADM JOHN P. CURRIER, CHIEF OF STAFF, SENDS.

6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.