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SUBJ/2009 CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY MEMORIAL FOOD SERVICE AWARDS//
1.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE 2009 CAPTAINEDWARD 
F. NEY MEMORIAL AWARDS PROGRAM FOR FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE.  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 PROVIDENCE (SSN 719)
RUNNER UP:  USS LOUISIANA (GOLD) (SSBN 743)
HONORABLE MENTION:  USS RHODE ISLAND (GOLD) (SSBN 740)
SMALL AFLOAT CATEGORY 
FIRST PLACE:  USS ROBERT BRADLEY (FFG 49)
RUNNER UP:  USS JARRETT (FFG 33)
MEDIUM AFLOAT CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE:  USS COLE (DDG 67)
RUNNER UP:  USS TORTUGA (LSD 46)
HONORABLE MENTION:  USS GRIDLEY (DDG 101)
LARGE AFLOAT CATEGORY 
FIRST PLACE:  USS NASSAU (LHA 4)  
RUNNER UP:  USS PELELIU (LHA 5)  
AIRCRAFT CARRIER CATEGORY 
FIRST PLACE:  USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) 
RUNNER UP:  USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)   
B.  CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY ASHORE GENERAL MESSES REPRESENTING COMMANDER, 
NAVY INSTALLATIONS COMMAND (CNIC):
CONUS GENERAL MESS CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE:  NAVAL STATION NORFOLK
RUNNER UP:  NAVAL AIR STATION PENSACOLA
OCONUS GENERAL MESS CATEGORY	
FIRST PLACE:  NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY
RUNNER-UP:  NAVAL STATION PEARL HARBOR
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 AND RUNNER-UPS WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING THE 
IFSEA CONFERENCE ON SATURDAY, 4 APRIL 2009 IN ATLANTA, GA. AWARDS WILL 
BE PRESENTED DURING THE JOINT MILITARY AND IFSEA FOOD SERVICE 
EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY SATURDAY EVENING.
4.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE 
NAVY.//
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