ALCOAST 093/23 - MAR 2023 2023 BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT (BIG) MILITARY MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD

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FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST
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UNCLAS
ALCOAST 093/23
SSIC 5350
SUBJ: 2023 BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT (BIG) MILITARY MERITORIOUS
SERVICE AWARD
1. Nominations are open for the 2023 Blacks in Government (BIG)
Military Meritorious Service Award.
2. The annual recognition honors Coast Guard service members
(Active Duty and Reserve) and civilian employees whose attributes
best epitomize the Coast Guard Core Values of Honor, Respect, and
Devotion to Duty according to the following criteria during the
performance period of April 2022 to April 2023.
    a. Demonstrated support for the full integration and promotion of
African Americans within the Coast Guard, military, or federal
civilian workforce.
    b. Significantly increased the opportunity for participation of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Federal programs and
enhanced the capacity to build and develop infrastructure to
increase participation in programs involving contracts and grants,
student and faculty employment, Research and Development, and the
Officer Training Corps.
    c. Distinguished themselves by promoting the tenets of
civil/human rights, equal opportunity, human relations, and/or
public service.
    d. Displayed exceptional character that distinguishes an
individual as an outstanding leader, role model, or mentor by
promoting the development or advancement of all personnel,
including women and minorities.
    e. Contributed to equal opportunity for advancement based on
merit and fitness for all Armed Services members and civilians,
including women and minorities.
    f. Believed in and practiced the tenets of a democratic society,
including the belief that all people are created equal, and that
freedom is a right that must be protected.
    g. Assisted in overcoming discrimination and eliminating barriers
that hinder equal opportunity for all Armed Services members and
civilian personnel, including women and minorities.
    h. Supported the full integration and promotion of all personnel,
to include women and minorities, within the Armed Services and
civilian workforce.
    i. Created opportunities that support and contribute to the
mentorship, development, advancement, or retention of all personnel,
including women and minorities, in government Service.
    j. Created job or training opportunities that support and
contribute to the advancement of all Armed Services members and
civilians, including women and minorities.
3. Anyone within the Service can nominate an individual who is
deserving of the Award by submitting a package as outlined in
Paragraph 4.
4. Nominations must be forwarded as email attachments to the
Point Of Contact (POC) in Paragraph 6. no later than May 12, 2023.
Nominations must include the following items:
    a. Command cover memo, with signature, forwarding the package.
    b. Award Nomination Transmittal Form (available from POC listed
in Paragraph 6).
    c. Narrative describing the nominee's accomplishments specific to
the Award, not to exceed two pages.
    d. Citation summarizing the nominee's accomplishments, not to
exceed 12 lines or 200 words.
    e. Biography of the nominee, not to exceed one page.
    f. A digital color photograph headshot of the nominee in .jpg
format.
All documents must be in MS Word, 12-point font, single-spaced,
with one-inch margins. Please do not send scanned or PDF documents
and do not include Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
5. COMDT (CG-00H) will convene a panel to select the top three
nominees. The Coast Guard's final three nominations will be
forwarded to BIG who will then make the final selection and notify
the awardee and nominating official. An ALCOAST will announce the
winner. The Award recipient will be recognized during the BIG
National President's Reception on August 29, 2023, at the Gaylord
National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, MD.
6. POC: COMDT (CG-00H), Mr. Edward Stoker, 202-372-4519,
Edward.A.Stoker@uscg.mil.
7. Dr. Terri A. Dickerson, Civil Rights Director (CG-00H), sends.
8. Internet release is authorized.