Enlisted Superior Performer Award at WEST 2025

Nominate your superior enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen for the 2025 ESP program at WEST.

The Enlisted Superior Performer (ESP) Award presented by the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA International recognizes the service of those military members who have been selected by their commands for particularly superior service in the past year.

This is a great opportunity to recognize your top performers and recognize them by bringing them to WEST 2025.

Awardees will receive:

  • One-year membership to the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA International.
  • Registration for WEST 2025 at the San Diego Convention Center, 28-30 January 2025. Registration includes 3 days of access to the exhibit floor, all keynotes, panel sessions, engagement theaters and floor receptions.
  • Complimentary lunch for awardee and one guest on Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
  • Recognition as awardee at the WEST Sea Service Chiefs Townhall taking place on Wednesday, 29 January from 230 to 345 pm PT.
  • Free parking in the garage at the San Diego Convention Center on Wednesday, 29 January 2025.
  • Award Certificate.
  • Recognition on the WEST website and event App.

Eligibility:

Open to enlisted personnel from the following Commands:

  • Coast Guard Pacific Area (Maritime Security Response Team)
  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWARSYSCOM)
  • I Marine Expeditionary Force
  • Includes 1st MarDiv, 1st MLG, & 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
  • Naval Air Forces Pacific
  • Navy Region Southwest
  • Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
  • U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego
  • Navy Special Warfare Command
  • U.S. THIRD Fleet
  • Naval Medical Forces Pacific
  • Undersea Warfighting Development Center
  • Surface Mine Warfighting Development Center
  • Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
  • Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
  • Marine Corps Installations West – Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton
  • Marine Corps West Wounded Warrior Battalion
  • Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School
  • Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity
  • Navy Submarine Development Squadron 5

To nominate, please input your nomination(s) on this form. Here is a flyer for the Enlisted Superior Permormer Award to market to your Commands.

Selection Process

All nominated awardees will be accepted, and no write-ups are necessary. Commands know who their top performers are, and we trust that you have good reason to single them out. We rely on the parent and subordinate commands to determine what “Superior Performer” entails, respective to your individual units and mission. This program is an opportunity for commands to highlight their junior to mid-level superstars that might not otherwise be in the spotlight. Typical awardees rank from front-runner E-3 to the more seasoned E-6.

Deadline

Friday, 3 January 2025

Contact

Scott McBride | smcbride@usni.org | 410-295-1066