UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 101455Z DEC 19 MID110000223792U FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN CMC WASHINGTON DC INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 285/19 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/DEC// SUBJ/2020 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AWARDS SOLICITATION// REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1650.26E/06DEC17// REF/B/DOC/COMNAVIFORESINST 1650.4P/21DEC18// NARR/REF A IS THE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE AWARDS PROGRAM. REF B IS COMNAVIFORES POLICY AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING MILITARY AWARDS AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM.// POC/SCOTT/LT/OPNAV N2N6C/TEL: 703-604-6288/ EMAIL: ALLISON.SCOTT2(AT)NAVY.MIL// RMKS/1. Reference (a) is the Naval Intelligence Awards Program that recognizes excellence and outstanding achievement in Naval Intelligence. This NAVADMIN builds on guidance provided in references (a) and (b), and solicits nominations. a. Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks Intelligence Junior Officer of the Year award recognizes junior officers for their leadership, performance, special accomplishments, and overall contribution to command efficiency, morale, and welfare while serving on both sea and shore duty. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-1 through O-3 are eligible. Two Active or Reserve Component junior officers will be selected one each for the sea duty and shore duty categories. b. Commander Dan F. Shanower Intelligence Specialist of the Year award recognizes Intelligence Specialists for their performance, leadership, special accomplishments, and overall contribution to command efficiency, morale, and welfare. Active and Reserve Component Intelligence Specialists in paygrades E-1 through E-5 are eligible to compete for the Junior Intelligence Specialist of the Year award. Active and Reserve Component Intelligence Specialists in paygrade E-6, including those frocked to E-6 during the eligibility period, are eligible to compete for the Senior Intelligence Specialist of the Year award. A total of four Active or Reserve Component Intelligence Specialists will be selected one junior and one senior Intelligence Specialists of the Year for each of the sea duty and shore duty categories. c. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Leadership recognizes leadership from deserving Active or Reserve Component officer, enlisted, or civilian personnel who exemplify excellence and exceptional dedication to duty within the Naval Intelligence Community. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-4 through O-6, Intelligence Chief Warrant Officers (CWO) (783X) CWO-3 through CWO-5, Intelligence Specialists E-7 through E-9, and civilians GS-13 through GS-15 (or equivalent) are eligible. Two candidates will be selected for this award one Active or civilian candidate, and one Reserve Component candidate. d. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Excellence in Intelligence Instruction recognizes Intelligence instructors who embody the time-honored principles which Vice Admiral Taylor exemplified throughout his career: desire for professional knowledge, intellectual curiosity, initiative, enthusiasm, ability to command respect and motivate others, devotion to duty, effective communication skills, and personal and intellectual integrity. Active and Reserve Component U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps service members serving as instructors, faculty, or staff at Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) Virginia Beach and IWTC San Diego are eligible. Two candidates will be selected one each from IWTC Virginia Beach and IWTC San Diego. e. Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton Award for Leadership and Mentorship recognizes outstanding leadership and mentorship in the furtherance of Naval Intelligence performance. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-4 through O-6, Intelligence CWOs (783X) CWO-3 through CWO-5, and Intelligence Specialists E-6 through E-9 are eligible. There is no set number of awards to be given each year. f. Herman Dworkin Award for Maritime Analytic Excellence recognizes a civilian or military analyst working maritime issues who displays an exceptional work ethic and analytical expertise. Active and Reserve Component Naval Intelligence officers (183X/683X) O-3 through O-5, Intelligence CWOs (783X) CWO-2 through CWO-5, and civilians GS-12 through GS-14 (or equivalent) are eligible. Nominees shall have at least ten years of experience in the field of maritime intelligence analysis and be currently analytically active. One candidate will be selected for this award. 2. Submission requirements are outlined in references (a) and (b). The eligibility period for all Intelligence awards is 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. 3. Submission instructions. All nomination packages shall be submitted as a single .pdf file. With two exceptions (listed below), the nominees current command shall forward all award nomination packages to LT Allison Scott at email allison.scott2(AT)navy.mil and Mr. Michael Saunders at email michael.saunders(AT)navy.mil via encrypted email. All emails shall have the award name and last name of the nominee in the subject line. If unable to send encrypted emails, utilize DoD Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE) website at https://safe.apps.mil. a. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Leadership, Reserve Component nominations shall be received by Commander, Naval Information Force Reserve (COMNAVIFORES) no later than 15 February 2020. Nomination packages shall be endorsed by the supporting Naval Information Force Reserve (NIFR) Region of that unit (if applicable) prior to submission. NIFR Regions will forward all packages for boarding to COMNAVIFORES Headquarters via encrypted email to YN1 Dexter Correll at email NIFR_ALL_AWARDS(AT)navy.mil to meet the 15 February 2020 deadline. b. Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Excellence in Intelligence Instruction nominations. Forward all packages to appropriate IWTC Point of contacts (POC) via encrypted email. POC for IWTC Virginia Beach is Mr. Larry Banks at email larry.banks(AT)navy.mil, and POC for IWTC San Diego is Mr. Adam Thompson at email adam.d.thompson(AT)navy.mil. 4. All packages shall be submitted no later than 13 March 2020, with the exception of the Vice Admiral Rufus L. Taylor Award for Leadership (Reserve Component), which shall be submitted no later than 15 February 2020 per reference (b). 5. Reference (a) covers recognition details for each award. 6. The nomination template is posted to the Navy Information Warfare Outreach page on MilSuite at https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-244835 (Common Access Card email certificate login required). Reference (a) and the award nomination template do not require the use of Social Security Numbers or other sensitive Personally-Identifiable Information (PII). Commands should avoid including unnecessary PII in nomination packages. 7. Incomplete packages or packages failing to meet all guidance as outlined in this message and reference (a) will not be considered. Late submissions will not be accepted. 8. Classified nomination packages will not be accepted. 9. Released by VADM Matthew J. Kohler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//