1. INSTRUCTIONS:  Prepare award citation and narrative draft following the Awards Information write ups hints and tips.Awards Information write ups hints and tips ◦ Award citations should be no more than 180 characters. ◦ Narrative should be double-spaced in Times New Roman and 12 font with 1-inch margins. ◦ Narrative should be no more than four pages.  Submit the award narrative as a MS Word file attachment with a cover sheet to bcoagawards@gmail.com. PDF files will not be accepted. bcoagawards@gmail.com  Include the following Email Subject Line: ◦ Award Review and the date (month day year format; 04192013)

2. INSTRUCTIONS (con’t):  Include a cover sheet with the following information: ◦ Rank, Name, Agency ◦ Contact information (Email address, phone number)  Expect summation of comments  Comments provided by reviewers are not an assurance that the officer will be granted an award. For additional information contact: CDR Robin Hunter-Buskey at rhunterbuskey@bop.gov and bibihunter@earthlink.net or CDR Reginald Smith at rsmith3@hrsa.gov. rhunterbuskey@bop.govbibihunter@earthlink.netrsmith3@hrsa.gov

3. REFERENCES:  USPHS Commissioned Officers Awards Program Guidance: http://dcp.psc.gov/CCMIS/coap.aspx  New award forms and format since 2011 http://dcp.psc.gov/CCMIS/awards_forms.aspx