SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARD WINNERS:
UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 061659Z AUG 10 BT UNCLAS FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N4// TO NAVADMIN UNCLAS NAVADMIN 262/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N4// SUBJ/SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARD WINNERS// REF/A/RMG/CNO/291925ZJAN10// REF/B/RMG/CNO/291927ZJAN10// REF/C/RMG/CNO/171401ZMAY10// NARR/NARR/REFS A, B AND C PROVIDED INSTRUCTION AND NOMINATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S SECDEF MAINTENANCE AWARDS. // POC/WES KENYON/CIV/CNO N43C2/LOC: CNO/EMAIL:wesley.kenyon@navy.mil// RMKS/1. SPECIAL THANKS IS GIVEN TO ALL NOMINEES THAT SUBMITTED PACKAGES FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARDS. THESE CANDIDATES FACED VERY STRONG COMPETITION FROM THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. ALL NOMINEES SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEIR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO OUR NATION'S DEFENSE. 2. THE ROBERT T. MASON AWARD IS PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO THE OUTSTANDING DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM PRODUCT LINE OR PROJECT, WHICH HAS EXEMPLIFIED RESPONSIVE, INNOVATIVE, AND TRANSFORMATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THE 2010 DOD WINNER OF THIS AWARD IS THE EMERGENT REPAIR PROGRAM AT PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD AND INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY. 3. THE FIELD LEVEL AWARDS (ALL CATEGORIES) ARE GIVEN FOR THE MOST OUTSTANDING DOD FIELD-LEVEL MAINTENANCE UNITS. THE NAVY WINNERS OF THESE AWARDS FOR 2010 ARE: A. USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN 69)(LARGE CATEGORY) B. FLEET READINESS CENTER NORTHWEST (MEDIUM CATEGORY) 4. THE 2010 AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE AWARDS BANQUET AND CEREMONY DURING THE 2010 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION. THIS CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN TAMPA, FL ON THE EVENING OF 17 NOVEMBER 2010 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 2010 DOD MAINTENANCE SYMPOSIUM AND EXHIBITION. 5. CONGRATULATIONS AND JOB WELL DONE TO THE WINNERS! YOUR EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS ARE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER NAVY UNITS TO EMULATE. 6. RELEASED BY VADM W. R. BURKE, N4// BT #0001 NNNN