SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARD WINNERS:

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SUBJ/SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARD WINNERS//

REF/A/RMG/CNO/291925ZJAN10//
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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//

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