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Do you or your agency have someone they would like to nominate for the National Maritime Domain Awareness Excellence Award that the National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office (NMIO) will be presenting to a worthy recipient at the MSC-West in Seattle in September? This would be a Government or Industry partner or entity that you feel has contributed to maritime domain awareness. If so, please fill out the form attached here, with your nominee’s information, and return to Thomas Darby (thomas.a.darby@navy.mil) by 20 July 2020.
Award Background:
In support of the stated goals of the National Maritime Domain Awareness Plan (NMDAP), the National MDA Executive Steering Committee establishes an annual national level maritime domain awareness award program “MDA ESC Excellence Award” to recognize exemplary stakeholder members of the Global Maritime Community of Interest (GMCOI), whose accomplishments have made a significant contribution to improving the effective understanding of the maritime domain in the United States and its territories. This includes the US Federal interagency, US Intelligence Community (IC), state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies, international partners, academia, and maritime industry.
There are four categories for these awards:
- U.S. Federal Interagency and Intelligence Community Award
- Fusion Center Award
- Law Enforcement Award
- Special recognition
Make your nomination today, to recognize those partners that stand out among their peers, for the Excellence in Maritime Domain Awareness. It’s time to be recognized!
Mark R. DuPont
Executive Director
National/International Maritime Law Enforcement Academy
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