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SUBJ/SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARDS NOMINATIONS// 

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NARR/REFS A AND B ANNOUNCED COMPETITION FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) 
MAINTENANCE AWARDS.// 

POC/W. KENYON/CIV/CNO N43C2/LOC: CNO/TEL:(703)695-5815// 

RMKS/1.  Before announcing nominees for the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards I want to 
personally thank the numerous commands who took the time to recognize their unit contributions.  
Your continued participation ensures that the best maintenance units are recognized for the remarkable 
efforts and support they provide to our warfighters.  It is an honor to review such a large and 
competitive field of deserving units and a pleasure to announce Navy's nominees to SECDEF.  This year's 
field-level (Phoenix) nominees are:
A.  Small Commands:
NAVSEA Submarine Performance Monitoring Team (PMT Subs) Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 
Light THREE SEVEN (HSL 37) B.  Medium Commands:
USS EMORY S LAND (AS 39)
Patrol Squadron FOUR SIX (VP 46)
C.  Large Commands:
USS JOHN C STENNIS (CVN 74)
USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65)

2.  The Robert T. Mason Award for depot maintenance excellence recognizes the most outstanding 
depot-level maintenance program, workload, or product line at an organic depot-level maintenance 
activity.  The Navy nominees for the depot-level competition are:
A.  Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE), Industrial Manufacturing Program B.  Pearl Harbor Naval 
Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), Depot Maintenance Excellence 
Program.
C.  Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), Operations 
Department, Fleet Maintenance Program 3.  SECDEF selection boards will evaluate similar input from all 
Services and announce six field-level winners (two per category), and one depot-level winner.  All 
maintenance award recipients will be recognized by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) at a 
formal awards ceremony.

4.  The outstanding initiative, imagination, and professionalism demonstrated by all participants are a 
reflection of Navy-wide efforts to War Fighting First, Operate Forward, and be Ready.  Congratulations 
to all nominees.

5.  Released by VADM P. H. Cullom, N4.//
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