FY05 Marine Corps Institute (MCI) Graduate of the Year

1. CONGRATULATIONS TO CORPORAL GAGE C. RINDT
OF MARINE AVIATION DETACHMENT, NAVAL AIR STATION (NAS), PATUXENT
RIVER, MD FOR HIS SELECTION AS THE FY05 MCI GRADUATE OF THE YEAR. 
THE MCI GRADUATE OF THE YEAR PROGRAM RECOGNIZES A MARINE WHOSE
RECORD OF SELF-STUDY AND EDUCATION, THROUGH MCI COURSE WORK, BEST
EXEMPLIFIES EXCELLENCE IN THE LIFELONG STUDY OF THE PROFESSION OF
ARMS.
2. CORPORAL RINDT IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK FOR THE MARINE
AVIATION DETACHMENT, NAS PATUXENT RIVER. HE COMPLETED 18 MCI
COURSES, INCLUDNG THE SERGEANT'S DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. HE HAS
APPLIED THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS GAINED THROUGH HIS MCI COURSE WORK
TO EXCEL IN HIS JOB AND ENHANCE THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF HIS
UNIT. ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS COMPLETED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACQUISITIONS COURSES AND IS WELL ON HIS WAY TO ATTAINING A COLLEGE
DEGREE.
3. MCI RECEIVED MANY GRADUATE OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS THIS YEAR;
ALL WERE WELL PREPARED AND REFLECTIVE OF THE HIGH QUALITY OF MARINES
SERVING IN THE CORPS. THE FOLLOWING TWO MARINES WERE RECOGNIZED AS
FINALISTS FOR THE AWARD: SERGEANT JEREME P. WHITEMAM, MARINE
ALL-WEATHER FIGHTER ATTACK SQUADRON 242 AND SERGEANT DENNIS G.
DEPPEN, MARINE FIGHTER ATTACK SQUADRON 212. CONGRATULATIONS GO OUT
TO EACH OF THESE FINALISTS.
4. MCI WILL COORDINATE WITH THE COMMANDING OFFICER, MARINE AVIATION
DETACHMENT, NAS PATUXENT RIVER VIA SEPARATE CORRESPONDENCE TO AFFECT
SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR CORPORAL RINDT.