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Greetings again members of Region 15 & marines of the 15th Brigade;
I wanted to follow up with you all regarding the SFMC annual awards. To date we have received 3 nominations and are looking forward to more. So I encourage you all to spread the word about the SFMC Awards and think about nominating one of the marines in your Chapter/Unit for one of the Valor or Merit awards.
Take a look at the list of awards at the end of this post and write a nomination for one of the Marines on your team. Remember while the recipient of the awards does need to be either and active or reserve member of the SFMC, nominations can be submitted by anyone. Also remember that you are not limited to the marines in your chapter/unit. You can nominate any marine in the Brigade for an award. The nomination phase will continue till Friday June 22nd. Please send all nominations and questions to me at Workbee18@yahoo.com. The Brigade awards committee is excited to see the different nominations we receive.
The Brigade’s Annual Awards, referred to as “Valor Awards” are fairly straight forward. Much like the region’s annual awards, they are meant to recognize the Brigade’s best in specific categories. As the word annual implies, these awards are designed to recognize activity during the entire 2017 calendar year. They are:
Marine of the Year,
Officer of the Year,
Volunteer of the Year
Unit of the Year.
When considering nominations for these recognitions it may be helpful to bear in mind that these marines selected will be our nominees to be recognized as the SFMC’s best.
In addition to these awards, there are a number of recognitions available to recognize contributions by members of the Brigade in a variety of areas. As these are not annual awards, there is a time requirement on most of these that the activity for which the marine is being recognized must have taken place within the last 6 months.
Brigade Service Commendation: Issued by the Brigade OIC, this award recognizes marines for exceptional service to the Brigade over a period of time. To be eligible for this award, the nominee needs to have served in an official capacity for at least 6 months.
SFMC Achievement Award: Issued by the Brigade OIC, this is similar to the Brigade Service commendation except it is for a specific service or task. The accomplishment should be of regional significance and reflect favorably on the Brigade.
Meritorious Unit Citation: Given to an MSG for either consistently outstanding performance over time or for a specific accomplishment of a high standard. This awards neither recommends unit for or precludes unit from the Unit of the Year.
If you would like to know more about the awards you can reference Section 8 of the Marine Force Manual via the following link.
http://www.sfi-sfmc.org/downloads/mfm1508.pdf
If you’d like to see a marine recognized and you don’t see an award that fits, please reach out to either myself or Tom Guertin, the BDE OIC at copysith@gmail.com and we will be happy to provide guidance. It is important to note this list only includes awards issued at the Brigade level. There are also many awards issued from the corps level as well.
LGN Paul “Ratchet” Fest, SFMC
95th Martian Modulators, USS Ares NCC-63591
Operations Officer, 15th Brigade, SFMC
The voting phase of the R15 RC election has officially closed. I have tabulated the votes and submitted the results to the Commander STARFLEET.
He will announce who won the election. 91% of the chapters in the region participated in the election. I want to thank you all for participating.
Live long and prosper,
Commodore Stephen Stott
Inspector General STARFLEET
Region 15 COs,
Your voting phase for selecting your Regional Coordinator closes at 11:59 PM EST tonight. I have received votes from the following chapters:
USS George Washington
USS Panther
USS Lexington
USS Helen Pawlowski
USS Darwin
USS Roger Williams
USS Hood
USS Nelson
USS Narraganset
USS Ares
Good luck to all the candidates:
Paul Dyl
Corey Grant
James Knotts
If you have not sent in your vote yet please do so to me at ig@….
Live long and prosper,
Commodore Stephen Stott
IG STARFLEET
Region 15,
As of this date the following people are candidates:
Paul Dyl
Corey Grant
James Knotts
The following chapter COs have submitted a vote:
USS George Washington
USS Panther
USS Lexington
USS Helen Pawlowski
USS Darwin
USS Hood
USS Nelson
USS Narraganset
USS Ares
The deadline for vote submissions from COs is May 30, 2018. Please submit
your votes to me at ig@sfi.org by that date. This will be my last update
before the close of the voting period. On the May 31 after I tally the
votes I will send the results of who won to the Commander STARFLEET and
will alert the candidates of what percentage of votes they received. If
you sent me a vote and I sent you a acknowledgement notice but don’t see
your chapter listed please email me so I can verify that you voted. Thank
you.
Live long and prosper,
Commodore Stephen Stott
Inspector General STARFLEET
Region 15,
As of this date the following personnel are candidates for the position of
RC for your Region:
Paul Dyl
Corey Grant
James Knotts
The following chapters have submitted a vote as of this date:
USS George Washington
USS Panther
USS Lexington
USS Helen Pawlowski
USS Darwin
USS Hood
USS Narraganset
Chapter COs that have not submitted their vote please do so. Email me at
ig@….
Live long and prosper,
Commodore Stephen Stott
Inspector General STARFLEET
The awards listed on the links appearing on the side bar on the right are officially recognized by SFI Region Fifteen. These regional awards recognize SFI Region Fifteen members, chapters and associates for outstanding and significant service, deeds, accomplishments and achievements. Awards that are issued by other programs in STARFLEET, such as the MACO, SFMC, SFI, SFA and SFMED are not listed in the awards manual or this site. For more information on those programs, please feel free to use the links listed below:
For STARFLEET awards criteria:
http://www.sfi.org/merit/ and http://www.sfi.org/starfleet-annual-awards/
For STARFLEET Academy awards criteria:
http://acad.sfi.org/student/aboutawards.shtml
For SFMC awards criteria:
http://www.library.sfi-sfmc.org/#
For MACO awards criteria:
https://sfisfso.wordpress.com/publications/
These awards are recognized from the chapter (ship or installation) level to the regional level, thus in order to keep the program as simple as possible, there are no different levels of the same awards. Instead, the awards are appropriate for the action or accomplishment being cited.
Carefully read the award criteria in order to determine the appropriate award for recommendation. All awards are listed in the descending order or precedence. An explanation of the ribbons (TOS style or TWOK style) and devices are described in the awards manual and this site.
Greetings members of Region 15 & marines of the 15th Brigade;
With 2018 well under way we find it is time once again to consider recognizing the work and efforts of the marines in your chapter/unit by nominating them for one of the SFMC annual awards. This is important for the Brigade as it of course gives credit and a well deserved pat on the back to a marine who deserves the recognition by going above and beyond the call of duty. It also helps us reflect on the past year and the fun things we did, and inspires us to move forward to new adventures. I encourage everyone to read the list of awards at the end of this post and really think about the marines that you interact with here in the Region/Brigade. Take some time to consider recognizing one by writing a nomination. While the recipient of the awards does need to be either and active or reserve member of the SFMC nominations can be submitted by anyone. Also remember that you are not limited to the marines in your chapter/unit. You can nominate any marine in the Brigade for an award.
While the focus at this time is the annual awards you will notice that the different merit awards are listed as well. Feel free to nominate someone for one of those as well. The official nomination phase will go from now till Friday June 22nd. Please send all nominations and questions to me at Workbee18@yahoo.com. All the members of the Brigade awards committee look forward to reading the different nominations we receive. So look over the awards, put your thinking caps on, and have some fun writing a nomination for one of the many deserving members of the 15th Brigade.
The Brigade’s Annual Awards, referred to as “Valor Awards” are fairly straight forward. Much like the region’s annual awards, they are meant to recognize the Brigade’s best in specific categories. As the word annual implies, these awards are designed to recognize activity during the entire 2017 calendar year. They are:
Marine of the Year,
Officer of the Year,
Volunteer of the Year
Unit of the Year.
When considering nominations for these recognitions it may be helpful to bear in mind that these marines selected will be our nominees to be recognized as the SFMC’s best.
In addition to these awards, there are a number of recognitions available to recognize contributions by members of the Brigade in a variety of areas. As these are not annual awards, there is a time requirement on most of these that the activity for which the marine is being recognized must have taken place within the last 6 months.
Brigade Service Commendation: Issued by the Brigade OIC, this award recognizes marines for exceptional service to the Brigade over a period of time. To be eligible for this award, the nominee needs to have served in an official capacity for at least 6 months.
SFMC Achievement Award: Issued by the Brigade OIC, this is similar to the Brigade Service commendation except it is for a specific service or task. The accomplishment should be of regional significance and reflect favorably on the Brigade.
Meritorious Unit Citation: Given to an MSG for either consistently outstanding performance over time or for a specific accomplishment of a high standard. This awards neither recommends unit for or precludes unit from the Unit of the Year.
If you would like to know more about the awards you can reference Section 8 of the Marine Force Manual via the following link.
http://www.sfi-sfmc.org/downloads/mfm1508.pdf
If you’d like to see a marine recognized and you don’t see an award that fits, please reach out to either myself or Tom Guertin, the BDE OIC at copysith@gmail.com and we will be happy to provide guidance. It is important to note this list only includes awards issued at the Brigade level. There are also many awards issued from the corps level as well.
LGN Paul “Ratchet” Fest, SFMC
95th Martian Modulators, USS Ares NCC-63591
Operations Officer, 15th Brigade, SFMC
Greetings COs of Region 15,
The following people are candidates for RC for Region 15:
Paul Dyl
Corey Grant
James Knotts
The following chapters have submitted their vote from their COs:
USS George Washington
USS Panther
USS Narraganset
Please get your votes into me COs at ig@….
Live long and prosper,
Fleet Captain Stephen Stott
IG STARFLEET