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COMDTNOTE 5100
SUBJ: GEICO 2011 MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER
A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC R 071251Z SEP 11 ALCOAST 416/11
1. AS ANNOUNCED IN REF A, GEICO ANNUALLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO AN ACTIVE
DUTY SERVICE MEMBER FROM EACH BRANCH OF THE ARMED SERVICES AS WELL AS
ONE DRILLING RESERVE ENLISTED MEMBER FROM ALL COMPONENTS FOR THEIR
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PUBLIC GOOD OF THE
CIVILIAN AND/OR MILITARY COMMUNITY. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS
OR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
PREVENTION, FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE SAFETY, AND TRAFFIC SAFETY AND
ACCIDENT PREVENTION.
2. THE 2011 ACTIVE DUTY GEICO MILITARY SERVICE AWARD WINNER FOR THE
COAST GUARD IS PETTY OFFICER DAVID A. NEUNER FROM UNITED STATES COAST
GUARD NAVIGATION CENTER. PETTY OFFICER NEUNER IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS
CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION. PETTY
OFFICER NEUNER DEVOTED OVER 2300 HOURS OF PERSONAL TIME TO FIRE
SAFETY AND PREVENTION WITH THE OCCOQUAN WOODBRIDGE LORTON VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT.  OF THAT TIME, 1890 HOURS WERE SPENT ON DUTY AT
THREE SEPARATE FIRE STATIONS IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA. PETTY
OFFICER NEUNER WAS SELECTED AS THE NEW FIRE CREW MEMBER OF THE YEAR
FOR HIS OVERALL EXEMPLARY FIRST YEAR PERFORMANCE WHICH INCLUDED
COMPLETING FIREFIGHTER I AND II, EMT-BASIC, HAZMAT OPERATIONS, AND
QUALIFYING AS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER.  PETTY OFFICER NEUNERS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE TRULY EXEMPLARY AND HIS SELECTION AS THE 2011
GEICO AWARD WINNER IS WELL DESERVED.
3.  ONLY ONE DRILLING RESERVE MEMBER FROM THE SEVEN RESERVE
COMPONENTS IS SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE RESERVE GEICO MILITARY SERVICE
AWARD.  I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE 2011 RESERVE GEICO MILITARY
SERVICE WINNER IS PETTY OFFICER TOMAS KASELIONIS FROM THE UNITED
STATES COAST GUARD PACIFIC STRIKE TEAM.  PETTY OFFICER KASELIONIS IS
RECOGNIZED FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIRE SAFETY AND
PREVENTION.  PETTY OFFICER KASELIONIS LEAD AN INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH
THE NOVATO DISASTER VOLUNTEERS COUNCIL (NDVC).  PETTY OFFICER
KASELIONIS ENSURED THE AVAILABILITY OF THE CRITICAL FIRE SERVICE WORK
DISCONTINUED BY THE CITY OF NOVATO DUE TO RECENT STAFF REDUCTIONS.
THROUGH COOPERATIVE INITIATIVES AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NOVATO CITY
COUNCIL AND FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, PETTY OFFICER KASELIONIS
ORGANIZED A GROUP OF MOTIVATED VOLUNTEERS TO CHARTER THE NDVC TO
SUPPORT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION FOR
COMMUNITY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.  NDVC CONDUCTS CITIZEN
PREPAREDNESS TRAINING FOR THE NOVATO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAINING OVER 2000 CITIZENS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
PETTY OFFICER KASELIONIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE TRULY EXEMPLARY AND HIS
SELECTION AS THE 2011 RESERVE GEICO AWARD WINNER IS WELL DESERVED.
4. PETTY OFFICER NEUNER AND PETTY OFFICER KASELIONIS WILL BE
RECOGNIZED AT A SPECIAL AWARDS CEREMONY ON 30 APRIL 2012, IN THE
WASHINGTON, DC AREA. THEY WILL BE AWARDED A PLAQUE AND CASH
HONORARIUM OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM THE GEICO
PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION. GEICO WILL PROVIDE TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE
AWARD RECIPIENTS TO ATTEND THE AWARDS CEREMONY.
5. EACH OF THE RUNNERS-UPS WILL RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM GEICO. THE
COAST GUARD RUNNER-UPS FOR THIS AWARD ARE:
    A. ETC PAUL J. GREENWOOD III FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN TRAFFIC
SAFETY
AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION AT COAST GUARD AIR STATION ATLANTIC CITY, NEW
JERSEY.
    B. AST1 CLAUDE M. MORRISSEY FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN DRUG AND
ALCOHOL ABUSE PREVENTION AT COAST GUARD AIR STATION KODIAK, ALASKA.
6. I APPLAUD THESE MEMBERS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS OVER AND ABOVE THEIR ASSIGNED DUTIES. I COMMEND THEIR
COMMANDS FOR RECOGNIZING THESE MEMBERS EFFORTS AND TAKING THE TIME TO
NOMINATE THEM FOR THIS AWARD. I ENCOURAGE ALL COMMANDING OFFICERS AND
OFFICERS-IN-CHARGE TO CONSIDER SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2011
GEICO MILITARY SERVICE AWARD DURING THE UPCOMING AWARD NOMINATION
CYCLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AWARD AND PREVIOUS WINNERS PLEASE
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/SAFETY/CG1132/DEFAULT.ASP.
7. RADM MAURA DOLLYMORE, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND WORK-LIFE
SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.