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ALCOAST 311/12
COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: CAPTAIN EDWARD R. WILLIAMS COAST GUARD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
DIVERSITY
A. Medals and Awards Manual, COMDTINST M1650.25 (series)
1. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Captain Edward R.
Williams Coast Guard Award for Excellence in Diversity. This award is
presented annually by the National Naval Officers Association (NNOA)
and recognizes the Coast Guard Officer, or Chief Warrant Officer,
(active or reserve), determined to have been the most supportive of
initiatives to achieve, value, and manage diversity in the Coast
Guard. The Williams Award is named in honor of Captain Edward R.
Williams, a retired Reserve Program Administrator, who was
instrumental in the development, implementation, and establishment of
the Coast Guard Mentoring Program and the CG Diversity Staff.
2. Pending the update of Ref (a), the award criterion are provided in
para 3.
3. Commanding officers may nominate one active or reserve officer, or
chief warrant officer, who has not previously received this award.
Nomination packages should highlight activities and accomplishments
over the previous three years from 1 June 2009 to 31 May 2012 that
demonstrate a commitment to Coast Guard diversity initiatives, such
as mentoring minorities and/or women, promoting recruitment or
retention of minorities and/or women, increasing awareness of
minority and/or women issues, and/or their history in the Coast
Guard.
4. Submit nominations to the POC below. Nomination packages may be in
either paper or electronic format. Due date is 5 July 2012.
Nominations shall be in CG memo format, in 12-point type with
one-inch margins not to exceed two pages.
5. COMDT (CG-12B) will convene a selection panel and announce the
results via ALCOAST.
6. The award will be presented at the NNOA National Conference in New
Orleans, LA, 23-27 July 2012. COMDT (CG-12B) will fund travel costs
for the award recipient.
7. COMDT (CG-12B) POC is YNC Roberta Storey phone 202-475-5252, email
Roberta.C.Storey(at)uscg.mil.
8. Mr. Curtis Odom, Director of Civilian Human Resources, Diversity
and Leadership, sends.
9. Internet release authorized.