Announcement of the Calendar Year 2024 Marine Corps Fire and Emergency Services (FES) Award Winners

1.  Purpose. This MARADMIN announces the results of
the 2024 United States Marine Corps (USMC) FES awards.
2.  Background. The awards program recognizes accomplishments from
the preceding calendar year (01 January through 31 December 2024).
This annual awards program recognizes combined FES and Aircraft
Rescue Firefighting (ARFF) Department of the Year (Small, Medium,
Large Categories), Expeditionary Firefighting and Rescue (EFR)
Department of the Year, Fire Prevention Program of the Year,
Military and Civilian Executive Fire Officer of the Year, Military
and Civilian Fire Officer of the Year, Military and Civilian
Firefighter of the Year, and Fire Service Instructor of the Year.
3.  Nominations received from the Fleet Marine Force and MCICOM
supporting establishments were considered and each regional nominee
demonstrated a consistently high level of performance befitting the
Marine Corps firefighting community.
4.  Congratulations to the following Marines, Civilian Marines,
Programs, and Departments on selection as the recipients of the 2024
Marine Corps FES Awards. Each category was highly competitive-
indicating exceptional leadership and dedication to mission
accomplishment for all nominees. Through both personal and
professional examples the selectees have set the standard for others
to emulate. Their resourcefulness, initiative, and selfless
dedication to duty reflected great credit upon themselves, the
firefighting community, and the Marine Corps.
5.  2024 USMC FES award winners.
5.a.  USMC Large Fire Department of the Year is Marine Corps Base
(MCB) Camp Lejeune Fire Department.
5.b.  USMC Medium Fire Department of the Year is Marine Corps Air
Station (MCAS) Iwakuni Fire Department.
5.c.  USMC Small Fire Department of the Year is Marine Air Ground
Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC) Twentynine Palms Fire
Department.
5.d.  USMC EFR Department of the Year is Marine Wing Support Squadron
(MWSS) 174 ARFF Department.
5.e.  USMC Fire Prevention Program of the year is MCB Camp Lejeune
Fire Department Prevention Program.
5.f.  USMC Military Executive Fire Officer of the Year is MSgt Devin
Meyers, MCAS Iwakuni ARFF Department.
5.g.  USMC Civilian Executive Fire Officer of the Year is Marvin
Torgeson, Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Barstow Fire
Department.
5.h.  USMC Military Fire Officer of the Year GySgt Dwight Bunting,
MCAS Kaneohe Bay ARFF Department.
5.i.  USMC Civilian Fire Officer of the Year is Ryan Rushing, MCB
Camp Pendleton Fire Department.
5.j.  USMC Military Firefighter of the Year is Sgt Gavin Skyles-
Jones, MCAS Miramar ARFF Department.
5.k.  USMC Civilian Firefighter of the Year is Adam Craighead, MCB
Camp Pendleton Fire Department.
5.l.  USMC Fire Service Instructor of the Year is GySgt Conner
Levinsky Marine Corps Detachment, Goodfellow Air Force Base Texas.
6.  USMC winners will be forwarded by HQMC to the Office of the
Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment to
compete in the DOD awards program per reference (b).
7.  MCICOM G-3/5 will submit individual and personal awards for
civilian and military winners.  Citations and individual awards will
be presented at the Installation and Logistics FES Leadership
Training event scheduled for June 2025. MCICOM G-3/5 will provide
funding for one representative per award from each winning unit to
attend.  Details for travel will be sent via SEPCOR.
8.  Direct all questions to message POCs.
9.  Release authorized by Lieutenant General Stephen D. Sklenka,
Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics.