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AMCL Annual Awards

Recognizing excellence, innovation, and impact across the Marine Corps logistics community

The Association of Marine Corps Logisticians (AMCL) Annual Awards Program recognizes excellence, innovation, and sustained impact across the Marine Corps logistics community. The program highlights ideas, achievements, and contributions that strengthen logistics as a warfighting function and help the Marine Corps prepare for the demands of modern expeditionary operations. 

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​​​2026 Awardees will be invited to receive their award during the Global Expeditionary Logistics Symposium (GELS) scheduled for 4-6 August 2026 in Newport News, Virginia.

Who the program is for

The AMCL Annual Awards Program is open to Active Duty, Reserve, and Retired Marines, and Department of the Navy civilian employees serving with or in support of the United States Marine Corps

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Individual award categories may include additional eligibility or submission requirements. AMCL encourages submissions from across the logistics community.

How the program works

The submission window for the AMCL Annual Awards Program typically opens in mid-March and closes on 30 June, with specific dates announced annually. Winners are recognized in connection with the annual Global Expeditionary Logistics Symposium (GELS), typically scheduled in early August.

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Rules list:

  • Self-nominations are allowed for all awards except the Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • No command endorsement is required.

  • Applicants should select the award category that best fits their submission.

  • Category-specific worksheets are available to help applicants prepare before using the website submission form.

Award Categories

Select the award that best matches your idea, accomplishment, or nomination.

Logistics Think Tank (LOGTANK) Award

Recognizes ideas that solve or improve logistics challenges and help position Marines for advantage in future operations

Review Worksheet
Submit for LOGTANK

Strategic Partnership Award

Recognizes ideas, initiatives, or examples of collaboration that identify or demonstrate partnership opportunities that support Marine Corps warfighting concepts.

Review Worksheet
Submit for Strategic Partnership

Lifetime Achievemet Award

​Recognizes significant, sustained contributions to the field of military logistics and the professional logistics community. This award must be nominated by another person or organization.

Review Worksheet
Submit a Nomination

Logistics Fiction Award

Recognizes a fictional story or video that helps the audience envision future logistics challenges, opportunities, and operating environments.

Review Worksheet
Submit for LOGFIC

Major Michael Whitaker Award for Data-Driven Logistics

Recognizes data-driven logistics solutions that turn existing information into actionable insight, practical innovation, and measurable impact.

Review Worksheet
Submit for Whitaker Award

Before you begin

Most award submissions will ask for:

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  • Submission title

  • Nominee or team information

  • Eligibility criteria

  • Organization or unit

  • Point of contact information

  • Short submission summary

  • The main written, video, or nomination package

  • Optional supporting files, where applicable

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Applicants are strongly encouraged to review the category-specific worksheet before completing the website form. 

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