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SUBJ/2008 CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY MEMORIAL FOOD SERVICE AWARDS// 
RMKS/1.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE 2008 CAPTAIN 
EDWARD F. NEY MEMORIAL AWARDS PROGRAM FOR FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE.  
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM.  MY 
PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING FOOD SERVICE 
TEAMS THAT REPRESENT THE NAVYS WARFARE ENTERPRISES:
A.  CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY AFLOAT RESULTS, REPRESENTING THE NAVYS 
UNDERSEA ENTERPRISE, SURFACE WARFARE ENTERPRISE AND NAVAL AVIATION 
ENTERPRISE: SUBMARINE CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  USS LOUISIANA (BLUE) (SSBN 
743) RUNNER UP:  USS RHODE ISLAND (GOLD) (SSBN 740) HONORABLE MENTION:  
USS MAINE (GOLD) (SSBN 741) SMALL AFLOAT CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  USS 
JARRETT (FFG 33) RUNNER UP:  USS NICHOLAS (FFG 47) MEDIUM AFLOAT 
CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) RUNNER UP:  USS RUSSELL 
(DDG 59) HONORABLE MENTION:  USS VICKSBURG (CG 69) LARGE AFLOAT 
CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) RUNNER UP:  USS EMORY S. 
LAND (AS 39) AIRCRAFT CARRIER CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  USS NIMITZ (CVN 68) 
RUNNER UP:  USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) B.  CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY 
ASHORE GENERAL MESSES REPRESENTING COMMANDER, NAVY INSTALLATIONS 
COMMAND (CNIC): CONUS GENERAL MESS CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  NAVAL WEAPONS 
STATION CHARLESTON, (RAINBOW ROW) SC RUNNER UP:  NAVAL AIR STATION 
POINT MUGU, CA OCONUS GENERAL MESS CATEGORY FIRST PLACE:  COMMANDER, 
FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA (JEWEL OF THE EAST) JAPAN RUNNER-UP:  NAVAL 
AIR STATION SIGONELLA (MOUNTAIN INN) ITALY 
2.  THESE ANNUAL AWARDS, CO-SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD SERVICE 
EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION (IFSEA), ENCOURAGE EXCELLENCE IN NAVY FOOD 
SERVICE PROGRAMS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE 
FOR OUR NAVY PERSONNEL.  I COMMEND ALL NAVY WARFARE ENTERPRISES, CNIC 
AND INDIVIDUAL COMMANDS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT TO 
EXCELLENCE.
3.  FIRST PLACE WINNERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING THE IFSEA CONFERENCE 
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008 IN DENVER, COLORADO. AWARDS WILL BE 
PRESENTED DURING THE JOINT MILITARY AND IFSEA FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE 
AWARDS CEREMONY SATURDAY EVENING.  THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPECIAL NEY 
50TH ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON ON APRIL 5, 2008 FOR ALL NAVY REPRESENTATIVES.  
RADM ALAN S. THOMPSON, SC, USN, COMMANDER, NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND 
WILL BE THE LUNCHEONS KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
4.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.//

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