[CHDIRAUX-L] FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) COAST GUARD UNIT AWARD -002/08

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-002/08

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SUBJ:  FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) COAST GUARD UNIT AWARD.
1. THE FOUNDATION FOR COAST GUARD HISTORY (FCGH) WAS FORMED ON 4 AUGUST
1999, AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.  ITS OBJECTIVES ARE: (A) TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT TO THE COAST GUARD HISTORIANS OFFICE (B) TO ENCOURAGE STUDIES
RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF OUR SERVICE, AND (C) ACCORD RECOGNITION TO
INDIVIDUALS, UNITS, AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS FOR BOTH SCHOLARLY
ACHIEVEMENT AND FOR RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE CHALLENGES,
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND CHARACTER OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
THE PROUD HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARDS.

2. EACH YEAR THE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES BOTH A LARGE (MAJOR CUTTER, AIR
STATION AND SECTOR) AND SMALL (PATROL BOAT, SAR STATION) COAST GUARD UNIT
FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE SERVICE.  THE CRITERIA
FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR THE UNIT AWARD ARE: (A) UNITS CAN BE ACTIVE DUTY OR
RESERVE, AUXILIARY SQUADRON, OR SPOUSES CLUB.  (B) UNITS MUST BE ENGAGED IN
A SPECIFIC UNDERTAKING AIMED AT FURTHERING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CURRENT
ACTIVITIES OR THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE COAST GUARD.  UNITS THAT
RECEIVE THE AWARD MAY NOT RESUBMIT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE (5) YEARS.  THE
LARGE UNIT WINNER RECEIVES FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THE SMALL UNIT TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THEIR MORALE FUND.

3. THE WINNER IN THE 2007 LARGE UNITS CATEGORY WAS SECTOR CHARLESTON.  THIS
UNIT CREATED A PICTORIAL EXHIBIT AND DISPLAY CASE ON THE COAST GUARDS ROLE
IN CHARLESTON AND THE CAPTAINS OF THE PORT OVER TIME.  IT ALSO HELD AN ART
CONTEST INTENDED TO PRODUCE GRAPHICS FOR USE ON THE SECTORS MERITORIOUS UNIT
ALUMNI AWARD AND DEMONSTRATED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF OUTSTANDING OUTREACH TO
COAST GUARD VETERANS.  IT HAS PRACTICED DILIGENT SUBMISSION TO THE COAST
GUARD HISTORIANS OFFICE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS DONATED TO THE SECTOR
BY PRIVATE CITIZENS.  CARE WAS TAKEN TO AID RESEARCHERS, STUDENTS, NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE PRESONNEL AND OTHERS IN RESEARCHING THE HISTORY OF THE COAST
GUARD IN AND AROUND CHARLESTON.  THE SECTOR DEVELOPED A POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION ON THE HISTORY OF THE COAST GUARD IN CHARLESTON.

4. THE WINNER IN THE 2007 SMALL UNITS CATEGORY WAS LIGHT STATION BOSTON.
THIS STATION HAS TAKEN A LEAD ROLE IN THE HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE
BOSTON HARBOR NATIONAL PARK AREA.  IT HAS WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A HISTORICAL INTERPRETIVE TRAINING GUIDE USED
BY FULL-TIME AND PART- TIME INTERPRETERS ON THE ISLAND.  IT HAS DEVELOPED
THE WATCHSTANDER PROGRAM FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE THROUGH WHICH COAST GUARD
AUXILIARISTS APPLYING FOR DUTY MUST QUALIFY AS BOTH BOAT CREW AND HISTORICAL
INTERPRETER.  THE LIGHT STATION HAS DEVELOPED A HISTORICALLY ACCURATE
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR BOTH MODERN AND HISTORIC FACETS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE
AND GROUNDS.

5. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A CONCISE WRITTEN
DESCRIPTION, IN TRIPLICATE, OF THEIR EFFORTS.  THESE MAY BE A SINGLE
SPECIFIC COMPLETED PROJECT OR AN ONGOING, CONTINUING UNDERTAKING.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTED MATERIAL RELATED TO THE PROJECT ARE USEFUL BUT NOT
NECESSARY, SUCH MATERIAL WILL NOT BE RETURNED.

6. UNITS AND ORGANIZATIONS ALSO ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FURTHERING OF U.S. COAST GUARD HISTORY.
DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A LETTER, IN TRIPLICATE, DETAILING
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

7. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES IS 15 APRIL 2008.  WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MAY.

8. MAIL ENTRIES TO:  COAST GUARD UNIT AWARD COMMITTEE, FOUNDATION FOR COAST
GUARD HISTORY, C/O JOHN GALLUZZO, PO BOX 181, HULL, MA 02045.

9. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FCGH WEB SITE AT
WWW.FCGH.ORG.

10.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.

11. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SENDS.
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