Coast Guard Awards – NACON 2010

Friday and Saturday, August 27 and 28. During the course of the Friday and Saturday General Assembly and as an integral part of the Commodore’s Banquet on Saturday night, many Coast Guard awards were presented. The presentation of each award was announced by the Chief Director of Auxiliary, Captain Mark Rizzo. Because of the large number of awards, edited scripts were read to the assembly as the awards were presented.

Rear Admirals Salerno, Castillo, and Cook assisted with the presentations and pinning of the medals or ribbons.

The awardees were as follows:

Coast Guard Auxiliary Legion of Merit Medal
Commodore Victor Connell
Commodore Thomas Mallison
Commodore Steven McElroy
Commodore James Vass
Commodore Thomas Venezio

Auxiliary Meritorious Service Medal
Mr. Klaus Baumann
Commodore David Elliot
Commodore Robin Freeman
Commodore Fred Gates
Commodore Richard Ives
Commodore Dante Laurino
Commodore Richard Lawrence
Commodore Bruce Miller
Commodore Mark Simoni
Commodore Everette Tucker
Mr. Peter Urgola

Auxiliary Commendation Medal
Ms. Brigitte Bauman
Mr. John Cooper
Mr. Ernest Davenport
Mr. Stanley Feldman
Commodore Jackson Gumb
Mr. Kelly Johnson
Mr. Gregory Kester
Commodore Mary Larsen
Mr. Donald Lloyd
Ms. Anne Lockwood
Dr. Chester Lowe
Ms. Linda Merryman
Mr. Jan Robert Munroe
Mr. Jan Robert Munroe II
Mr. Robert Nelson
Mr. Thomas Nunes
Mr. Joseph O’Leary
Mr. James Penny
Commodore Robert Perrone
Mr. John Potts
Mr. William Pritchard
Commodore Gene Seibert
Mr. Robert Schafer
Commodore Nicholas Tarlson
Commodore Gary Taylor
Commodore Carol Urgola
Mr. John VanOsdol
Ms. Gail Venezio
Mr. Christopher Ware
Mr. John Whelan

Auxiliary Achievement Medal
Ms. Penny Bailey
Mr. Nick Critelli
Mr. Robert Fong
Mr. Joseph Gregoria
Mr. Richard Gurkin
Mr. Matthew Hammons
Mr. Eric Hebert
Ms. Deloris Hendrickson
Mr. Bruce Johnson
Commodore Dante Laurino
Ms. Pauline Longnecker
Mr. James Lubner
Mr. Paul Mayer
Mr. Richard Myrick
Mr. Raymond Pages
Mr. Steve Pegram
Mr. Phil Pelter
Ms. Celeste Penny
Mr. Alexander Porven
Mr. Bruce Pugh
Mr. Steven Putnoki
Mr. Kenneth Renner
Mr. Wilson Riggan
Mr. Eugene Romanick
Mr. David Thomas
Mr. Todd Totland
Commodore Lewis Wargo
Mr. Robert Westcott
Ms. Irene Wetzel

Commandant Letter of Commendation Ribbon
Mr. Phillip Bailey
Mr. Michael Bauer
Mr. John Bentley
Mr. James Berg
Mr. Anthony Castelletti
Mr. William Coby
Mr. Jayson Cyphers
Ms. Patricia Fritchie
Mr. Bruce Long
Mr. James McCarty
Mr. Byron Moe
Mr. Gerson Nordlinger
Ms. Kelly Townsend
Mr. Ronald Tvorik
Ms. Bessie Tyner
Mr. Donald Zinner

Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbon
2009 NACON Wiki Committee
2009-2010 NTrain Public Affairs Group
2009 Member Survey Committee
2010 Boy Scouts of America Committee
Auxiliary Sector Conference Coordinator Team
AUX-12 Public Affairs School
AUXCHEF Committee
Auxiliary Communications Course Committee
Auxiliary Video-Team
Auxiliary Member Activity Log Restructuring Team
NACON Exhibitors Committee
Public Affairs Response Team
Pilot Paddlesport Program
Website Template Committee

Coast Guard Auxiliary Awards – NACON 2010

Department of Vessel Examination and RBS-Visitor Program Awards

First Place – Vessel Safety Check Award – District 5-Northern Region, Flotilla 49
Second Place – Vessel Safety Check Award – District 11-Northern Region, Flotilla 39

First Place – RBS-Visitor Program Award – District 13, Flotilla 42
Second Place – RBS-Visitor Program Award – District 9-Western Rivers, Flotilla 31-1

Department of Public Affairs and Marketing Awards

Photography – National Awards
First Place – Operations – Albert Bidwick, District 7, Venice Florida
First Place – Public Affairs – Noreen Folkerts, District 17, Juneau, Alaska
First Place – Public Education – Judy Bidwick, District 7, Venice, Florida
First Place – Fellowship – Deborah Morales, District 8-Central Region, Richmond, Texas
First Place – Marine Safety – Noreen Folkerts, District 17, Juneau, Alaska
First Place – Member Services – Joseph Giannattasio, Distric 5-Northern Region, Cape May, New Jersey
First Place – Vessel Examination – Christopher Todd, District 7, Miami, Florida

Public Affairs – National Awards
First Place – NSBW Activities – Morris Harvey, District 7, Flotilla 15-1, Dunnellon, Florida

Publications – National Awards
First Place – District 7 – “The Breeze” – Dorothy Riley, Brandon, Florida
First Place – District 9-Central Region – Division 14 – “The Portside” – Dan Inglesias – Harrison, Michigan
First Place – District 7, Flotilla 98 – Duane Ising – Punta Gorda, Florida

Video – National Award
First Place – Harry Stephenson, District 8-Eastern Region, Spring Hill, Tennessee