R 011746Z APR 25 MARADMIN 174/25 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MP DIR/ SUBJ/IMPLEMENTATION AND CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CY-2025 USMC CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE// NARR/REFERENCE (A) IS THE NOMINATION GUIDE FOR THE USMC CIVILIAN HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE// POC1/MYLECHIA SMALLS/CIV/MPC/TEL: COM 703-784-9560/TEL: DSN 278/ EMAIL: [email protected]// POC2/MICHELLE DELMEDICO/MPC/TEL: COM 703-432-8537/TEL: DSN 378/ EMAIL: [email protected]// GENTEX/REMARKS/1.  Purpose.  To establish guidance and solicit nominations for the Calendar Year (CY) 2025 USMC Civilian Human Resources (HR) Community Award for Excellence, to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of Appropriated Fund (APF) and Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Civilian Human Resources professionals during CY24. 2. Background. The Deputy Commandant (DC), Manpower and Reserve Affairs (M&RA) has established the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Civilian Human Resources Award for Excellence, to recognize civilian employees in the HR community for their contribution (s) and/or accomplishment (s) that resulted in exceptional impact and improvement to services, processes, or practices for the USMC. Nominees’ contributions should exceed normal duties or expectations, be outcome focused, and clearly convey the intended impact. 3. Award Categories. There are three award categories:  3.a. Rising Star (Individual).  The Rising Star award recognizes contributions by junior members of the HR Community. 3.b. HR Practitioner of the Year (Individual).  The HR Practitioner of the Year recognizes the contributions and achievements by a HR practitioner.  This HR Practitioner has met the accomplishments of the HR Series assigned and gone above and beyond as the HR Specialist or Assistant. 3.c. Human Resources Office (HRO) of the Year (Team).  The HR Office of the Year recognizes HR Offices for their extraordinary impact on their customers, organizations, and/or profession. 4. Each command may submit 1 nomination for APF and 1 for NAF Employees per the sub-categories listed in reference (a). Additional information, criteria and eligibility requirements for each award are outlined in reference (a).    5. Nomination Cycle.  Nominations for this award will be solicited once a year for contributions and/or accomplishments achieved during the prior CY. The nomination period for this award begins May 2025 with the submissions due to MPC-40 civilian awards email box at [email protected], for consideration NLT 30 June 2025. 6. Eligibility. Nominations are limited to individuals who are USMC civilian APF or  NAF employees as of 31 December 2024 for the applicable award year. Please see each award category for all eligibility requirements, including the number of award recipients and nominations per category. 7. Scope. The scope of impact may be to the HRO, USMC Office of the Director, Civilian Human Resources (DCHR), local command, and USMC. 8. Approval Authority. The award approval authority is the DC, M&RA. Command endorsements must be included in the nominations as stipulated in reference (a). 9. Nomination Procedures. Reference (a) contains information for nomination and submission procedures, processing requirements, and supporting documents required for this award. Headquarters Marine Corps, MPC will provide copies of the nomination guide at reference (a) to the HROs. 10. Employees who are selected for this award will be recognized by the DC, M&RA, with an award certificate at a formal awards ceremony. The installations will be responsible for providing travel funding for employees who are selected for this award and who wish to attend the awards ceremony.   11. Release authorized by Brigadier General David R. Everly, Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division, Manpower & Reserve Affairs.//