ALCOAST 175/19 - MAY 2019 2019 NATIONAL IMAGE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD

R 221054 MAY 19
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-00H//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS //N01650//
ALCOAST 175/19
COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: 2019 NATIONAL IMAGE MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
1. This ALCOAST solicits nominations for the 2019 National Image Meritorious
Service Award. The award honors service members and civilian employees who have
supported the U.S. Coast Guard's (CG) missions, or whose attributes best epitomized
the CG's Core Values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty, throughout the
performance period January 2018 to December 2018.
2. The IMAGE Meritorious Service Award is open to CG service members (active duty
or reserve) and civilian employees.
3. All nominees will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
    a. Fostered an innovative and harmonious environment between the Armed Services
and Hispanic-American civilian community.
    b. Distinguished themselves by promoting the tenets of civil/human rights, equal
opportunity, human relations, and/or public service.
    c. Displayed exceptional character that distinguished them as an outstanding
leader, role model or mentor, by promoting the development or advancement
of all personnel, including women and minorities.
    d. Contributed to equal opportunity for advancement based on merit and fitness
for all members of the Armed Services and civilians, including women and minorities.
    e. Believed in and practiced the tenets of a democratic society, including the
the belief that all people are created equal, and that freedom is a right that must
be protected at all times.
    f. Assisted in overcoming discrimination and eliminating barriers that hinder
equal opportunity for all members of the Armed Services and civilian employees,
including women and minorities.
    g. Supported the full integration and promotion of all personnel, to include
minorities and women, within the Armed Services and civilian workforce.
    h. Created opportunities that supported and contributed to the mentorship,
development, advancement or retention of all personnel, including women and
minorities, in government service consistent with merit principles.
    i. Created job or training opportunities that will support and contribute to
advancement of all members, including women and minorities, in the Armed Services
or civilian workforce.
4. Nomination packages shall include the following:
    a. A narrative describing the accomplishments warranting recognition (not to
exceed two pages).
    b. Citation, not to exceed 12 lines, highlighting nominee's accomplishments.
    c. One-page biography of the nominee (a resume will not suffice).
    d. A digital (.jpg format) head and shoulder color photograph of the nominee.
    e. Command cover memo, with signature, forwarding the package.
    f. Award Nomination Transmittal form. For a copy of this form, please contact
the Point of Contact (POC) below.
    g. Items 4.a through 4.c must be in MS Word with 12-point font, single-spaced
with one-inch margins. These documents may not be scanned or in .pdf format.
Do not include Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in nomination packages.
5. Nomination packages must be forwarded, as email attachments to the POC,
by June 19, 2019.
6. COMDT (CG-00H) will convene a panel to select one military member and one civilian
employee as the award winners. Commands of award recipient(s) will be notified by
telephone, followed by an ALCOAST announcement. All award winners will be recognized
during the 2019 National Image Training Program to be held from September 16-19, 2019
in Las Vegas, NV.
7. POC is Mr. Juan Torres at (202) 372-4594 or Juan.L.Torres@uscg.mil.
8. Dr. Terri A. Dickerson, Director, Civil Rights Directorate, sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.