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NAVADMIN 346/2012

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SUBJ/SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE PHOENIX AWARD WINNER//

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NARR/NARR/REFS A AND B PROVIDED INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2012
SECDEF MAINTENANCE AWARDS SUBMISSION. //POC/WES KENYON/CIV/CNO N43C2/ 
CNO/EMAIL: wesley.kenyon@navy.mil// 

RMKS/1.  THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE 2012 WINNER OF THE 
PHOENIX AWARD FOR FIELD-LEVEL MAINTENANCE.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SABERHAWKS 
OF HELICOPTER MARITIME STRIKE SQUADRON SEVEN SEVEN (HSM-77)FROM NAVAL AIR 
STATION NORTH ISLAND CA AS THE WINNERS OF THIS MOST PRESTIGOUS AWARD. THE 
PHOENIX AWARD IS THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S HIGHEST AWARD FOR MAINTENANCE 
EXCELLENCE, AND THE COMPETITION INCLUDES ALL FIELD LEVEL MAINTENANCE 
ACTIVITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, ACROSS ALL SERVICES. THE AWARD WAS PRESENTED AT 
THE 2012 DOD MAINTENANCE SYMPOSIUM IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

2.  CONGRATULATIONS AND JOB WELL DONE TO HSM-77!  YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE 
ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY GIVEN THE FACT HSM-77 WAS THE FIRST TO DEPLOY TO 5TH AND 
7TH FLEETS WITH THE MH-60R AIRCRAFT. BRAVO ZULO!  YOU HAVE SET THE STANDARD 
FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.

3.  RELEASED BY VADM P. H. CULLOM, N4//
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