Solicitation for Nominees for the 2007 Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Award and Colonel James L. Jones, USMCR Award

1. THE NATIONAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION
(NMIA) SPONSORS THE SUBJECT ANNUAL AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE PROFESSIONAL 
EXCELLENCE AND EXCEPTIONAL DEDICATION TO DUTY IN MARINE CORPS 
INTELLIGENCE. THE COLONEL DONALD G. COOK AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A 
MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY (OFFICER OR ENLISTED) OR GOVERNMENT 
CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL. THE COLONEL JAMES L. JONES 
AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A MARINE CORPS RESERVE (OFFICER OR ENLISTED)
INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONAL. 
2. THE ACTIVE DUTY/CIVILIAN AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF COLONEL 
DONALD G. COOK, USMC, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MEDAL OF 
HONOR FOR GALLANTRY. COLONEL COOK'S SERVICE AS AN INTELLIGENCE 
PROFESSIONAL INCLUDED EXEMPLARY CONDUCT AND RESISTANCE WHILE A 
PRISONER OF WAR IN VIETNAM FROM DEC 1964 TO DEC 1967, ULTIMATELY 
GIVING HIS LIFE AS A PRISONER OF WAR. 
3. THE RESERVE AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR JAMES L. JONES, USMCR. 
COLONEL JONES WAS A DECORATED WORLD WAR II INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 
AND PIONEER OF EXPEDITIONARY FORCE RECONNAISSANCE. RESUMING 
CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT IN 1946, COLONEL JONES WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF 
THE CITIZEN MARINE.
4. NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S AWARDS MUST BE RECEIVED BY HQMC I 
NLT 16 MAR 07. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ACTIVE DUTY AWARD IS LIMITED 
TO THOSE WHO WILL REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY THROUGH 1 JUL 07. 
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE RESERVE AWARD IS LIMITED TO THOSE RESERVISTS 
WHO WILL BE ON ACTIVE DUTY OR IN A DRILLING RESERVE STATUS 
THROUGH 1 JUL 07. 
PACKAGES MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 
A. JUSTIFICATION. NARRATIVE OF NOMINEE'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER 
THE LAST 12-18 MONTHS (SINGLE-SPACED, 2 PAGE LIMIT). EMPHASIS 
SHOULD BE ON CONTENT OVER VOLUME. 
B. SHORT BIOGRAPHY (NO GREATER THAN 1 PAGE).
C. PROPOSED CITATION (NO GREATER THAN 1 PAGE).
5. ADDITIONAL INFO AND AN AWARDS SUBMISSION TEMPLATE/SAMPLE 
FORMAT CAN BE FOUND ON THE HQMC I SIPRNET WEBSITE: 
WWW.HQMC.USMC.SMIL.MIL/INTEL/INTEL_HOME.HTM. NOMINEE PACKAGES 
SHOULD BE SUBMITTED SOFTCOPY VIA UNCLASS E-MAIL TO THE POC 
LISTED BELOW. 
MAIL RECORD HARDCOPY TO: HQMC I, 2 NAVY ANNEX, ATTN: LCDR RANDY 
HARRILL, WASHINGTON DC 20380-1775. COMMANDS SUBMITTING 
NOMINATIONS SHOULD NOTIFY HQMC POC LISTED BELOW ASAP TO 
FACILITATE TRACKING AND STAFFING. UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 
AND PRE-COORDINATED, ALL SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE KEPT AT 
THE UNCLASSIFIED LEVEL. 
DIRECTOR OF MARINE CORPS INTELLIGENCE'S SELECTION FOR EACH AWARD 
WILL BE ANNOUNCED VIA RMSG IN EARLY APR 07.
6. THIS YEAR'S AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE ANNUAL NMIA 
AWARDS BANQUET SCHEDULED FOR 6 MAY 07 AT THE FAIRVIEW MARRIOT IN 
THE GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA. RECIPIENTS AND THEIR SPOUSES 
ARE THE GUESTS OF NMIA AT THE AWARDS BANQUET, BUT TAD FUNDING FOR 
THE AWARDEES IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NOMINATING COMMAND. 
7. POC IS LCDR RANDY HARRILL AT 703-614-2522 OR DSN 224-2522, FAX
703-614-5888 OR DSN 224-5888, OR EMAIL RANDOLPH.HARRILL@USMC.MIL.