Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Awards Program

INSTALLATIONS AWARDS

• (Individual) Marine Corps Installations Command Officer of the Year
• (Individual) Marine Corps Installations Command Enlisted of the Year
• (Individual) Marine Corps Installations Command Civilian of the Year
• (Organizational) Marine Corps Installation Excellence Award (Air Station of the Year)
• (Organizational) Marine Corps Installation Excellence Award (Ground Installation of the Year)

LOGISTICS AWARDS

• (Individual) First Lieutenant Travis Manion Marine Corps Officer Logistician of the Year (Nominations not limited to unrestricted officers)
• (Individual) Marine Corps Enlisted Logistician of the Year
• (Individual) Marine Corps Civilian Logistician of the Year
• (Organizational) Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year (Large Unit)
• (Organizational) Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year (Small Unit)
• (Organizational) Marine Corps Logistics Organization/Team of the Year for Innovation

Award Period

Awards Eligibility

Eligibility for all awards is IAW MCO 1650.61 ADMIN CH, Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Awards Program (MCILAP).

Endorsement Requirement

All submissions (including deployed units) must be endorsed through their parent chain of command to the first General Officer prior to submission to DC IL (LPV). Each General Officer may submit one nomination per award category.

Submission Deadline

• Logistics Awards: 8 December 2023 to DC I&L (LPV)
• Installations Awards: 8 December 2023 to MCICOM

Submission Guidance

Installations Awards

MCICOM will utilize ETMS2 to formally request and receipt for nomination packages from Installations stakeholders.

LOGISTICS AWARDS

All nomination packages will be submitted to DC I&L via the MCILAP MS Outlook Organizational Mail Box (OMB): IL_Award_Nominations@usmc.mil

Format Requirements

Example formats are provided in enclosures 3 and 4 of MCO 1650.61 –View HERE.

• Documents
  • All award submissions (i.e. SOA, Bio, citation, unit history) shall be submitted in Courier New 12-point font, and standard sentence capitalization (NOT ALL CAPS).
  • No Adobe PDFs will be accepted except for the signed nomination letter and the signed endorsements that accompany a package.
  • Photographs – Due to follow on print publication requirements, photographs shall be submitted IAW the following guidelines.
    • Individual photographs shall be standard USMC command photo format (Service A with no border or text box).
    • All photographs shall be submitted as stand-alone high resolution digital “JPEG” files (NOT attached to a Word or PowerPoint file) and need to be a minimum size of 2400 pixels x 3000 pixels (portrait) or 3000 pixels by 2400 pixels (landscape).
    • Do not resize or compress photographs for emailing purposes.
    • Recommend utilizing local COMMSTRAT IOT meet the above requirements.
  • Naming convention – Name all files IAW the below guidelines IOT facilitate DC IL boarding process.
    • Individual Awards
      1. Award_Rank_LName_Unit_Nomination.pdf
      2. Award_Rank_LName_Unit_SOA.pdf
      3. Award_Rank_LName_Unit_Bio.pdf
      4. Award_Rank_LName_Unit_Citation.docx
      5. Award_Rank_LName_Unit_POC Sheet.docx
      6. Award_ Rank_LName_Unit_Photo.jpg
    • Unit Awards
      1. Award_Unit_Nomination.pdf
      2. Award_Unit_SOA.pdf
      3. Award_Unit_Unit History.pdf
      4. Award_Unit_Citation.docx
      5. Award_Unit_POC Sheet.docx
      6. Award_Unit_Insignia.jpg

Individual Awards

All nomination packages shall include the following documentation:

• Nomination letter with signed endorsements in Adobe PDF.
• Comprehensive Summary of Action(s), not to exceed two (2) pages.
• Biography of individual, not to exceed one (1) page.
• Proposed Citation, (landscape format) not to exceed 1250 characters.
• POC Information
  • Unit Contact Information, to include:
    • POC
    • Work phone number
    • Work email address
  • Nominee Contact Information, to include:
    • Work mailing addresses
    • Work phone number
    • Work email address
  • Photographs:
    • One (1) color high-resolution digital, current official head shot photo of the nominee in the Service ”A” uniform (no border or text box). For deployed Marines, Service “C” or Marine Corps Combat Utilities may be worn.
  • A high resolution digital image of the award nominee’s unit insignia.

Organizational Awards

All nomination packages shall include the following documentation:

• Nomination letter with signed endorsements in Adobe PDF.
• Comprehensive Summary of Action(s), not to exceed three (3) pages.
• Unit history
• Proposed Citation, (landscape format) not to exceed 1250 characters
• Commanding Officer contact information, to include:
  • Work mailing addresses
  • Work phone number
  • Work email address
• A high resolution digital image of the unit insignia.

Common Errors

• Overall
  • Late or incomplete submissions.
  • MSC lack of familiarity with submission requirements.
  • Poor write-ups (i.e., CertComm vice service level award quality).
• Documents
  • Submitted in .pdf format vice word doc format.
  • Citations, SOAs, Biographies over character limit.
  • Incorrect naming convention.
  • Incorrect formatting.
• Photos
  • Command photos with banners, borders, Marine/unit name.
  • Photos not print quality.
  • Photographer POC is unit POC vice actual photographer. The actual photographer will be crediting in publishing.
  • Incorrect naming convention.
  • Incorrect number of photos (too few or many).
  • Captions and photos do not match.
• Command Insignia
  • Unauthorized command insignia submitted.
  • Command insignia is web quality vice print quality.
  • Submitted in pdf or word format vice JPEG.

• MCICOM Policy Letter 1-23 (MCICOM Civilian of the Year Program) – View HERE.
• MCO 1650.61 ADMIN CH, Marine Corps Installations and Logistics Awards Program (MCILAP) – View HERE.

DC I&L POCs

  LtCol Sabrina Villarreal, LPV-1
sabrina.m.villarreal.mil@usmc.mil
  571-256-7257

  Maj Christopher McQuade, LPV-1
christopher.mcquade@usmc.mil
  571-256-7216

  Staci Reno, LPV-1
staci.reno@usmc.mil
  571-256-2771

  Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (I&L)
  Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
  3000 Marine Corps Pentagon Rm 2E168
  Washington, D.C. 20350-3000