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SUBJ/NAVY WINNERS OF THE 2023 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARDS// 
 
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REF/C/MEMO/OSD/31AUG22// 
 
NARR/REF A IS NAVADMIN 267/22 ANNOUNCING COMPETITION FOR THE 2023 SECRETARY 
OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) MAINTENANCE AWARDS FOR FIELD LEVEL UNITS AND COMMANDS. 
REF B IS NAVADMIN 266/22 ANNOUNCING COMPETITION FOR THE 2023 SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE (SECDEF) ROBERT T. MASON DEPOT MAINTENANCE EXCELLENCE AWARD. 
REF C IS OUSD(A&S) MEMO OF 19 SEP 23 ANNOUNCING THE 2023 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
MAINTENANCE AWARD WINNERS.// 
 
POC/RANDY PILKERTON/CIV/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N83I1/TEL: 703-695-4925// 
E-MAIL: randy.s.pilkerton.civ@us.navy.mil// 
 
RMKS/1.  The annual SECDEF Awards Program recognizes the Department of 
Defense's (DoD) most outstanding field-level and depot-level military 
maintenance units from a highly competitive field of candidates.  I would 
like to extend my congratulations and gratitude for all Navy units that 
submitted nomination packages in accordance with references (a) and (b).   
Each nominee should be proud of their accomplishments. 
 
2.  Reference (c) announced the 2023 SECDEF Maintenance Award winners for the 
entire DoD.  I am pleased to inform you that the following Navy Commands have 
been selected as winners of the 2023 SECDEF Maintenance Awards: 
    a.  Field-Level Medium Category:  Southeast Regional Maintenance Center 
    (SERMC), Mayport, FL. 
    b.  Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Maintenance Excellence:  Pearl Harbor 
Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF) Submarine 
Maintenance, Modernization and Overhaul Program, JBPHH, HI. 
 
3.  The above winners will be formally recognized during the DoD Maintenance 
Symposium at the SECDEF Maintenance Awards Ceremony on 19 December 2023.  The 
overall Phoenix Award winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony as 
well.  The Phoenix Award represents the very best of all the field-level 
winners, and is the highest SECDEF award for field-level maintenance. 
 
4.  Please join me in congratulating each of our Navy winners for a job well 
done; you represent the very best of our military maintenance community which 
contributes directly to the readiness of our Navy.  BRAVO ZULU! 
 
5.  Released by Mr. Neil W.T. Hogg, Acting DCNO, N8.// 
 
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