DoN IT Conference Awards (Nominate Now)

Ready to nominate your all-star IT or IT Team?  In preparation for the DON IT Conference, West Coast 2015 from 10-12 February 2015 in sunny San Diego, nominations are now being accepted¹.

Don't have too much time, though.  Deadline for nominations is 07 January 2014.

A number of awards are being given to individuals and teams alike in the categories of...

• Superior quality of IM/IT teams and individuals that are transforming the Navy and Marine Corps through information technology
• Electromagnetic Spectrum management and use
• Person of the year/Rising star of the year in IT efficiencies and cost savings through visionary thinking, innovation, and superior leadership skills

Big Navy award and  don't think your Sailor will get selected?  Who cares?  Definitely won't win if you don't write them up.  And even if they aren't selected, letting them know they were nominated can be a pretty big deal!

All the details are here (http://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?id=5652) or after the break...

Results: 2014 ON-THE-ROOF GANG (OTRG) ANNUAL AWARD

A huge congratulations to the individuals selected as the awardees for the 2014 On-The-Roof-Gang award:

Navy: CTTCM(IDW/SW/AW) Samuel R. Olmstead, USN from NAVIOCOM Colorado

Marine Corps: GYSGT John F. Kirk IV, USMC from Company D, MARCRYPTSPTPBN, Fort Gordon, GA

To the nominees listed in addition to those awarded, we are incredibly proud of your achievements and know that even though your experience, expertise and contributions to our Information Warfare and Cryptology community will never be fully recognized in a public fashion, this is a fantastic acknowledgement and hope your family, friends, and Shipmates appreciate all that you have given and accomplished.

Full message pasted below.

Results: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE JUNIOR OFFICER OF THE YEAR AWARDS-2013

Big congrats to some Junior Intelligence Officers in our Information Dominance Corps for being selected as the 2013 Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks Naval Intelligence Junior Officer of the Years, in the 11th iteration of this award.

Afloat: LTJG Stuart M. Vidmar, Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron One

Ashore: LT Joseph M. Hatfield, Task Force Six Seven

Expeditionary: LT Willard E. Ball, Naval Special Warfare Development Group

There were 12 nominations in the afloat category, 13 nominations in the ashore category, and 4 nominations in the expeditionary category.

To acknowledge and potentially award your Intelligence Specialist Sailors in a similar manner, make sure you check out the COMMANDER DAN F. SHANOWER INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR message.

COMMANDER DAN F. SHANOWER INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR-2013

We have many great Intelligence Specialist's in the Information Dominance Corps.  So many demonstrate a high degree off initiative, outstanding military appearance, exemplary military and professional conduct, and contribute significantly to their command's intelligence mission.

Time to publicly acknowledge and potentially award their efforts and nominate your outstanding Intelligence Specialists!  Message is pasted below with highlights.

For those in the Information Warfare Community, don't forget about the Captain Rochefort IWO Distinguished Leadership award.

2014 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CAPTAIN JOSEPH ROCHEFORT INFORMATION WARFARE OFFICER DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD

It is time for us Information Warfare Officers to nominate our deserving peers, CWO2 to O5, for recognition of their "superior career achievement".  Nominations are due to FCCC10FNSAHAWARDS@NAVY.MIL NLT 07 February 2014.

There were 7 nominations for the 2013 award.  The winner was LCDR Lemuel "Seth" Lawrence, executive officer of Navy Information Operations Command Pensacola.¹