2011 VICE ADMIRAL JAMES BOND STOCKDALE LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNERS

CDR Chadwick

CDR Miranda

THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE CDR GERALD N. MIRANDA, JR., FROM THE PACIFIC FLEET, AND CDR ROBERT B. CHADWICK, II, FROM FLEET FORCES COMMAND, ARE THE 2011 RECIPIENTS OF THE VADM JAMES BOND STOCKDALE AWARD FOR INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP. CDR MIRANDA WAS SELECTED FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ASHEVILLE (SSN 758) AND CDR CHADWICK FOR HIS PERFORMANCE AS FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ROOSEVELT (DDG 80).

THIS FLEET AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN HONOR OF VADM JAMES BOND STOCKDALE WHOSE DISTINGUISHED NAVAL CAREER SYMBOLIZED THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN BOTH PERSONAL EXAMPLE AND LEADERSHIP. THE AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO TWO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY BELOW THE GRADE OF CAPTAIN WHO ARE IN COMMAND OF A SINGLE SHIP, SUBMARINE, AVIATION SQUADRON, SEAL TEAM, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE SQUADRON, SEAL DELIVERY VEHICLE TEAM, SPECIAL BOAT TEAM, EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL MOBILE UNIT, MOBILE DIVING AND SALVAGE UNIT, OR NAVY SPECIAL CLEARANCE TEAM DURING THE NOMINATION CYCLE. CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED BY PEERS WHO THEMSELVES MUST BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD.

THE 2011 WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONG EIGHT OUTSTANDING FINALISTS IN A REVIEW PROCESS THAT INCLUDED SCREENING AT THE FLEET COMMANDER LEVEL AND FINAL SELECTION BY A BOARD OF SENIOR OFFICERS.

THE FOLLOWING FINALISTS DESERVE WELL-EARNED CONGRATULATIONS:
 

PACIFIC FLEET FINALISTS:
- CDR JAMES P. LOWELL, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, USS TORTUGA (LSD 46)
- CDR DAVID M. ROWLAND, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS CURTS (FFG 38)
- CDR WARREN E. SISSON, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, VFA-115
 

FLEET FORCES COMMAND FINALISTS:
- CDR THOMAS R. "TR" BUCHANAN, COMMANDING OFFICER, USS ALBANY (SSN 753)
- CDR MARK S. LEAVITT, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, HS-5
- CDR CHRISTOPHER A. MERWIN, FORMER COMMANDING OFFICER, EODMU 12