Food Service Awards Announced

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The 1996 winners of the Navy Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards and the Marine Corps Major General W. P. T. Hill Memorial Awards for outstanding food service in the Navy and Marine Corps were announced recently by Navy Secretary John H. Dalton. Formal presentation of the awards will be made in August in Atlanta.

In his announcement message Secretary Dalton said, "These awards...encourage excellence in Navy and Marine Corps food service programs with the aim of improving the quality of life for our enlisted members. I commend all participating commands for their hard work, achievement and commitment to these worthwhile programs."

Ney awards are presented in six afloat and four ashore categories.

Afloat winners are:

• USS HONOLULU (SSN 718) for Submarines;
• ASSAULT CRAFT UNIT TWO for Small Afloat;
• USS VICKSBURG (CG 69) for Medium Afloat;
• USS ESSEX (LHD 2) for Large Afloat;
• USS SIMON LAKE (AS 33) for Tender; and
• USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) for Aircraft Carrier.

Ashore winners include:

• Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master
• Station, Eastern Pacific, Honolulu, HI, for the Small Ashore category;
• Submarine Base, Bangor, WA, in the Medium Ashore category;
• Naval Station Pearl Harbor, HI, in the Large Ashore category; and
• the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, in the Hospital category.

Hill awards, presented in three categories, went to:

• Headquarters Battalion, Messhall 90, Camp Fuji, Japan, for Best Garrison Messhall;
• Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, First Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Forces Pacific, Okinawa, Japan, for Best Field Mess; and
• Headquarters and Services Company, Sixth Engineer Support Battalion, Fourth Force Service Support Group, Marine Forces Reserve, Portland, OR, in the Best Reserve Field Mess category.

The runner-up for the Hill award for Best Garrison Messhall is: Headquarters and Support Battalion, Messhall 13100, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, CA.

Ney Runner-up awards in the ashore category went to:

• Naval Air Station, Atlanta, GA, for Small Ashore;
• Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, VA, for Medium Ashore;
• Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA, for Large Ashore.

In the afloat category, the Ney award runners-up are:

• USS BALTIMORE (SSN 704) for Submarines;
• USS RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG 60), Small Afloat;
• USS MERRILL (DD 976) for Medium Afloat;
• USS WASP (LHD 1), Large Afloat;
• USS MCKEE (AS 41) for Tender; and
• USS AMERICA (CV 66) for Aircraft Carrier.

The Ney awards were established in 1958 and the Hill awards in 1985 by the Secretary of the Navy and the International Food Services Executives Association (IFSEA) to improve and recognize quality food service in the Navy and Marine Corps. The IFSEA is a food service industry trade association whose members include executive chefs, operators, dietitians, consultants, managers and owners of catering firms, restaurants, hotels, and clubs.

Over 440 general messes compete initially for the Navy awards while 132 Marine active and reserve messes vie for the Marine Corps awards.

The Ney awards are administered by the Naval Supply Systems Command; the Hill awards are administered by the U.S. Marine Corps Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department.

The Ney and Hill awards recognize overall food service excellence by judging key areas in customer service, restauranteurship, cleanliness and management.

From a news release on the Naval Supply Systems Command Home Page, dated July 25, 1996.

For more information contact: Liz Van Wye
NAVSUP Public Affairs Officer
717/790-1543
Elizabeth Van Wye

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