Outstanding New Broadcaster 1st Place: Cpl. Nick Sweet
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1st Place: Cpl. Nick Sweet, DMA Iwakuni
Sweet says “I had the privilege to practice and refine my skills during a six-month tour in Afghanistan. Not only did the deployment make me realize the significance of military broadcasting but also showed me there are many [...]

1st Place: DMA Iwakuni
The air station’s safety office and AFN Iwakuni produced 13 radio and television spots and live talk shows designed to raise community awareness of the need for water safety. As a result, Iwakuni had zero water related fatalities and the number of water related injuries dropped [...]

Radio Entertainment Program 2nd Place: Sgt. Andrew Milner
Radio Entertainment Program 1st Place: Sgt. Todd Hunter
1st Place:  Sgt. Todd Hunter, DMA Okinawa
After six months in Afghanistan Hunter returned to Okinawa where he became a disk jockey for station WAVE 89, doing a show which he dubbed “The Morning Mayhem.” Several months later he took on an [...]

Pictorial 1st Place – LCpl. Bryan G. Carfrey: Spectators were able to walk through the Healing Field flag display near the Pentagon Memorial prior to the dedication ceremony Sept. 11. The flag display was sponsored by the nonprofit Healing Field Foundation. Each flag represents someone who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
Pictorial 1st Place: [...]

Portrait Personality 1st Place – Sgt. Alex Kleinsmith: A grandmother holds her grandson while watching Marines from 3rd Low Altitde Air Defense Battalion during a civil affairs mission to Chebellier, a village in the outskirts of Djibouti City, Africa.
1st Place: Sgt. Alex Kleinsmith, 1st Marine Logistics Group
This black-and-white closeup of a baby in the town [...]

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1st Place: Sgt. G.P. Ingersoll, 1st Marine Logistics Group
Ingersoll wrote from Outpost Warhorse in Iraq that counterinsurgency training of the Iraqi army is paying important dividends, noting that the “dwindling Marine presence would have little effect on Anbar Province’s stablity. The Iraqi’s are ready.”
2nd Place: Sgt. Steve Cushman, MCAS Cherry Point
Honorable [...]

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1st Place: SSgt. Ethan Rocke, Los Angeles Public Affairs
His first place awards in three other writing categories earned him this top award for the second year In a row. His work also earned him two top writing awards in this year’s Department of Defense Thomas Jefferson competition.
2nd Place: Cpl. Nicole A. [...]

Radio Feature Report 2nd Place: GySgt. James Stare

Radio Feature Report 1st Place: Sgt. Jeremy Vought
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1st Place: Sgt. Jeremy Vought, DMA Crystal City Marines
The 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack in Beirut was the focus of this feature. The common theme during interviews with survivors of the bombing was that Beirut, not [...]

Radio News Report 1st Place: Sgt. Jeremy Ross
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1st Place: Sgt. Jeremy Ross, The Pentagon Channel
This was a story involving a medical outreach effort in Afghanistan, filmed in an old school house. Ross remembered that there were high ceilings, a lot of people chattering in close proximity to each other…which enabled him [...]

1st Place Outstanding New Writer: LCpl. Bryan Carfrey
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1st Place: LCpl. Bryan Carfrey, Defense Media Activity Marine Corps
Carfrey, said working at the Division of Public Affairs, Headquarters, Marine Corps, “gave me the opportunity to work with some of the best in our field, many of which had [...]