River Valley Detachment #1248
Any member in "Good Standing" may nominate any other "Regular Member in Good Standing" for Detachment Marine of the Year. The nominations must be submitted to the previous year's recipient of the award who serves as the Chairperson of the current year's committee. The committee is comprised of all previous Detachment Marine of the Year award recipients present. Nominations must be received by the Chairperson as described by the "Awards Guidelines".
All nominations will be reviewed by the committee members present. Upon completion of the review, each member will cast a ballot for the nominee who best meets the criteria in the opinion of the member. If a majority is achieved, the Marine of the Year is selected. If a majority is not achieved on the first ballot, a second ballot will be taken between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first ballot. The successful nominee will thus be selected. If no nominations are received or those nominations received do not show that the nominee has "gone above and beyond" what is expected of a member, the society members assembled may by unanimous vote not to make the award for that year.
No member shall reveal the name of the successful nominee to anyone prior to the announcement, at which time the Marine of the Year recipient will be introduced. Other Nominees, those not selected are NOT named and nomination letters are discarded.