ALCOAST 239/19 - JUL 2019 2018 CDR JIM SIMPSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARD COMPETITION RESULTS

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ALCOAST 239/19
COMDTNOTE 5700
SUBJ: 2018 CDR JIM SIMPSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARD COMPETITION RESULTS
A. Coast Guard External Affairs Manual, COMDTINST M5700.13 (series)
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 061501 FEB 19/ALCOAST 031/19
1. I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 CDR Jim Simpson Award. These
awards are designed to encourage and formally recognize Coast Guard-wide
participation in conducting our important public affairs mission. Per REF (A),
the Coast Guard’s success depends in great measure upon the American public
understanding and supporting our missions. Consequently, our service needs every
member to continue to tell the Coast Guard story.
2. Per REF (B), the CDR Jim Simpson Award, named in honor of the first press
assistant to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, recognizes excellence in an
all-encompassing unit public affairs program.
3. A selection panel convened to review 21 submission packages for the CDR Jim
Simpson Award. The following units are the recipients of the award in the
listed categories:
    a. Coast Guard Public Affairs Office of the Year
         1ST PLACE: Seventh Coast Guard District External Affairs
         2ND PLACE: Seventeenth Coast Guard District External Affairs
         3RD PLACE: Fourteenth Coast Guard District External Affairs
    b. Outstanding Unit Achievement in Coast Guard Public Affairs (Air Station)
         1ST PLACE: Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak
         2ND PLACE: Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco
         3RD PLACE: Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
    c. Outstanding Unit Achievement in Coast Guard Public Affairs (Large Afloat)
         1ST PLACE: USCGC HEALY (WAGB 20)
         2ND PLACE: USCGC SENECA (WMEC 906)
         3RD PLACE: USCGC HAMILTON (WMSL 753)
    d. Outstanding Unit Achievement in Coast Guard Public Affairs (Small Afloat)
         1ST PLACE: USCGC RESOLUTE (WMEC 620)
         2ND PLACE: USCGC ROBERT YERED (WPC 1104)
         3RD PLACE: Not Awarded
    e. Outstanding Unit Achievement in Coast Guard Public Affairs (Sector)
         1ST PLACE: Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound
         2ND PLACE: Coast Guard Sector Charleston
         3RD PLACE: Coast Guard Sector New Orleans
    f. Outstanding Unit Achievement in Coast Guard Public Affairs (Operations Ashore)
         No applicants
4. Winning submissions, as well as award guidelines, may be viewed at:
https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/cg092/CG-0922/CG-09225/SitePages/CG-09225%20
Awards.aspx.
5. RDML Melissa Bert, Director of Governmental and Public Affairs, sends.
6. Internet release is authorized.