The ATCA selects nominees for these awards each year, generally before 1 July. A professional committee of ATCA members selects the recipients. The award presentation is made at the National ATCA Conference.
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|Table 5-1. Nomination for awards |
|________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________|
| Award |Nominations |Actions |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
|Manager of the Year |Commander having ATC personnel |Review nominations from their |
| |assigned, military or civilian. |units, select the most |
| | |outstanding, and send to |
| | |Commander, USAAVNC, ATTN: |
| | |ATZQ-ATC-MO, Fort Rucker, AL |
| | |36362-5265 for further |
| | |nomination. They must arrive |
| | |before 1 April of current year. |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
|Controller of the Year |Same as above. |Same as above |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
|Facility of the Year |Commander having ATC facilities.|Same as above. |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
|Platoon of the Year |Commander having tactical ATC |Same as above. |
| |platoons. | |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
|Maintenance Technician of the |Commander having ATC maintenance|Same as above. |
|Year |personnel assigned, military or | |
| |civilian. | |
|________________________________|________________________________|________________________________|
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|Table 5-2. Nomination format |
|________________________ _________________________________________________ _______________________|
| Award |Contents of one-piece flexible binder |Description |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
|Manager of the Year |Cover: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Nominee's grade and name | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. (1) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MANAGER OF THE YEAR |All capital letters. |
| |AWARD | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | or | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
|Air Traffic Controller | (2) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER OF THE YEAR AWARD |All capital letters. |
|of the Year | | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | or | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | (3) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN |All capital letters. |
| |OF THE YEAR AWARD | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Nominating unit's designation | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| |Inside: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Nominating letter |One page, letter |
| | |format. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. Substantiating data for the nomination |No more than three |
| | |single-space, |
| | |typewritten pages. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Personal data |Single-spaced, |
| | |typewritten, including |
| | |name, position title, |
| | |grade, date of birth, |
| | |organization, |
| | |residence, and marital |
| | |status. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | d. Photograph of nominee |Full length 8" x 10" |
| | |black and white, taken |
| | |within the past year. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
|Facility of the Year |Cover: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Facility's name | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL FACILITY OF THE YEAR |All capital letters. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Nominating unit's designation | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| |Inside: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Nomination letter |One page, letter |
| | |format. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. Substantiating data for the nomination |No more than four |
| | |single-space, |
| | |typewritten pages. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Exterior photograph of the facility. |8" x 10" black and |
| | |white, taken within the|
| | |past year. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | d. Interior photograph |8" x 10" black and |
| | |white, taken within the|
| | |past year. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | e. Optional photograph |8" x 10" black and |
| | |white. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
|Platoon of the Year |Cover: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Nominated platoon's numerical designator and| |
| |location. | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. TACTICAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PLATOONOF THE |All capital letters. |
| |YEAR | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Nominating unit's designation | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| |Inside: | |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | a. Nominating letter |One page, leter format.|
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | b. Substantiating data for the nomination |No more than four |
| | |single-spaced, |
| | |typewritten pages. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | c. Exterior photograph of the platoon and its |8" x 10" black and |
| |facilities in the field environment. |white taken within the |
| | |past year. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | d. Interior photographs of facilities are |8" x 10" black and |
| |optional but may include garrison training being |white, taken within the|
| |conducted. |past year. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|
| | e. Optional photograph |8" x 10" black and |
| | |white. |
|________________________|_________________________________________________|_______________________|