The Chief of Naval Personnel is seeking nominations July 16 for the fiscal year 2015 Human Resources Junior Officer of the Year (JOOY) Award.

The annual award was established to recognize one junior officer, O-4 and below, who has made significant contributions to the Navy's readiness during the fiscal year.

Any human resources junior officer may be nominated for the award through a commanding officer (CO) or officers in charge (OIC) endorsement. Nominations shall be submitted by Sept. 18, 2015 to the Human Resources Center of Excellence (HRCOE).

Nomination packages should include the CO or OIC endorsement as a one page cover letter, completed OPNAV 1650/16 (HR JOOY nomination), completed OPNAV 1650/3 (Personal Award Recommendation) and completed Navy Commendation Medal citation. Packages should be written in Times New Roman font, no smaller than 12 font size.
Block 2 of the Personal Award Recommendation should read Chief of Naval Personnel, 701 S. Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA 22204. Block 2a under UIC should read 45997.

Completed nomination packages should be submitted in PDF format (with the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal citation submitted in Microsoft Word format) to the Director, Human Resources Center of Excellence via the safe access file exchange at https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/SAFE, noting hrcoe(at)nps.edu as the recipient address.

A panel of six senior human resource officers will review nominations packages and make a final recommendation for the winner of the award, pending approval from the Chief of Naval Personnel.

OPNAVINST 1650.33 provides further instruction, rules and guidelines for the award.

The winner is expected to be announced later this year.

For further details, the point of contact is the Human Resources Center of Excellence which can be reached via e-mail at hrcoe(at)nps.edu.

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