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COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR 2012 EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY AT SEA AWARD
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS
(IMO) SOLICITATION FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL
BRAVERY AT SEA.
2. BACKGROUND.
    A. THIS ANNUAL AWARD PROVIDES INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THOSE
WHO, AT THE RISK OF LOSING THEIR OWN LIVES, PERFORM ACTS OF
EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY, DISPLAYING OUTSTANDING COURAGE IN ATTEMPTING TO
SAVE LIVES AT SEA OR IN ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE DAMAGE TO
THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT.
    B. THE RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARD ARE INVITED TO A SPECIAL CEREMONY
IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, TO RECEIVE A MEDAL AND CERTIFICATE IN
HONOR OF THE ACTS OF EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY PERFORMED.
    C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE AWARD CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/IMO/EBAS/DEFAULT.ASP
3. PAST AWARDS.
    A. THE 2011 AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN SEOG HAE-GYUN OF THE
REPUBLIC OF KOREA, MASTER OF THE CHEMICAL TANKER SAMHO JEWELRY.
CAPTAIN SEOG WAS NOMINATED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS TO KEEP HIS VESSEL AND CREW SAFE WHILE
SUFFERING VICIOUS ASSAULTS WHEN HIS VESSEL WAS HIJACKED BY PIRATES
OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA. IN ADDITION, AST2 SARAH FAULKNER (USCG),
THE CREW OF USCG HELICOPTER 6022 OF AIRSTATION CLEARWATER, THE CREW
OF USCG HELICOPTER 6007 OF AIR STATION KODIAK, AND TWO U.S. MERCHANT
MARINERS FROM M/V DAMON B. BANKSTON WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR
RESPECTIVE HEROIC EFFORTS DURING THE 2011 EXTRAORDINARY BRAVERY AT
SEA AWARDS CEREMONY AT IMO IN NOVEMBER 2011.
    B. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAST AWARDS CAN BE FOUND AT:
HTTP://WWW.IMO.ORG/ABOUT/EVENTS/PAGES/IMOBRAVERYAWARD.ASPX
4. SELECTION CRITERIA.
    A. NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 AWARD ARE FOR ACTIONS PERFORMED
DURING
THE PERIOD OF 01MAR2011 TO 29FEB2012. GUIDELINES FOR THE AWARD AND
THE NOMINATION TEMPLATE ARE LOCATED AT:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/IMO/EBAS/CIRC.PDF
    B. ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF NOMINATIONS PER
COUNTRY, GENERALLY NO COUNTRY SUBMITS MORE THAN TWO NOMINATIONS PER
YEAR.
    C. U.S. NOMINATIONS FOR THIS AWARD ARE NOT LIMITED TO COAST GUARD
PERSONNEL. ALL NOMINATIONS WHICH MEET THE IMOS NOMINATION CRITERIA
WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE U.S. FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE IMO.
5. ACTION: THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS TO COMDT (CG-52) IS
02APR2012. REQUEST ALL SUBMISSIONS CLEARED THROUGH RESPECTIVE
DISTRICT AND AREA OFFICES, AND BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO
IMO(AT)USCG.MIL FOR FINAL COMDT (CG-52) CLEARANCE. COMDT (CG-52) WILL
SUBMIT NOMINATIONS TO THE IMO.
6. POC: FOR QUESTIONS CONTACT LCDR MATTHEW FRAZEE, COMDT (CG-52), AT
202-372-1376, OR EMAIL: MATTHEW.P.FRAZEE(AT)USCG.MIL.
7. MR. JEFFREY G. LANTZ, DIRECTOR FOR COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS AND
STANDARDS, SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.