R 041638Z JAN 12

ALCOAST 003/12
COMDTNOTE 5728
SUBJ: 2011 COAST GUARD JOC ALEX HALEY AND CDR JIM SIMPSON PUBLIC
AFFAIRS AWARDS
A. MEDALS AND AWARDS MANUAL, COMDTINST M1650.25 (SERIES)
B. PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANUAL, COMDTINST M5728.2 (SERIES)
1. THIS ALCOAST SOLICITS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2011 CHIEF JOURNALIST
(JOC) ALEX HALEY AND CDR JIM SIMPSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS. THESE
AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE AND FORMALLY RECOGNIZE COAST
GUARD-WIDE PARTICIPATION IN CONDUCTING OUR IMPORTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS
MISSION. THE COAST GUARDS SUCCESS DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING OUR MISSIONS.
CONSEQUENTLY, OUR SERVICE NEEDS EVERY MEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE
COAST GUARD STORY. SUBMISSIONS MUST REACH COMDT (CG-092) NLT 10 FEB
2012.
2. THE JOC ALEX HALEY AWARD, NAMED FOR THE RENOWNED AUTHOR,
RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHOSE
PUBLISHED WORKS HAVE HELPED TO RAISE SERVICE VISIBILITY.
3. THE CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE FIRST PRESS
ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDANT AND RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN AN
ALL-ENCOMPASSING UNIT PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM. ALL COAST GUARD UNITS
ARE ELIGIBLE AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. UNITS WITH ASSIGNED
PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS WILL BE EVALUATED SEPARATELY. THOSE UNITS
IN WHICH A PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT IS CO-LOCATED WILL BE CONSIDERED
AS UNITS WITHOUT ASSIGNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS SO LONG AS UNIT
PERSONNEL ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS
ACHIEVEMENTS CITED IN THE AWARD SUBMISSION.
4. AWARDS PROGRAM GUIDELINES INCLUDING: ELIGIBILITY, SPECIFICATIONS,
SUBMISSION CRITERIA, CATEGORIES AND JUDGING MAY BE VIEWED ON THE CG
PORTAL AT
HTTPS://COLLAB.USCG.MIL/LOTUS/MYQUICKR/CG-PUBLIC-AFFAIRS-STANDARDIZAT
ION-PORTAL/HALEY-SIMPSON-AWARDS
(RETYPE IN LOWER CASE TO ACCESS). QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
CWO2 BARRY LANE AT (202) 372-4638 OR BARRY.LANE(AT)USCG.MIL.
5. RDML KARL L. SCHULTZ, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, SENDS.
6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.