UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 182341Z FEB 10 BT UNCLAS FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC TO ALNAV UNCLAS ALNAV 009/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/FEB// SUBJ/2010 CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY MEMORIAL FOOD SERVICE AWARD RESULTS// 1. IT IS A PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF THE 2010 CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY MEMORIAL AWARDS PROGRAM FOR FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE. MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING OUTSTANDING FOOD SERVICE TEAMS THAT REPRESENT THE NAVY WARFARE ENTERPRISES: A. CAPTAIN EDWARD F. NEY AFLOAT RESULTS, REPRESENTING THE NAVY UNDERSEA ENTERPRISE, SURFACE WARFARE ENTERPRISE AND NAVAL AVIATION ENTERPRISE: SUBMARINE CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719) (REPEAT WINNER) RUNNER UP: USS WYOMING (BLUE) (SSBN 742) HONORABLE MENTION: USS OHIO (BLUE) (SSGN 726) SMALL AFLOAT CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG 48) RUNNER UP: USS DOYLE (FFG 39) MEDIUM AFLOAT CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: USS TORTUGA (LSD 46) RUNNER UP: USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) HONORABLE MENTION: USS JAMES E. WILLIAMS (DDG 95) LARGE AFLOAT CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC 19) RUNNER UP: USS WASP (LHD 1) AIRCRAFT CARRIER CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) 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 AIR STATION PENSACOLA RUNNER UP: NAVAL STATION NORFOLK OCONUS GENERAL MESS CATEGORY FIRST PLACE: NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA ITALY RUNNER-UP: FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA JAPAN 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, 17 APRIL 2010, IN RENO, NV. AWARDS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE JOINT MILITARY AND IFSEA FOOD SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY SATURDAY EVENING. 4. RELEASED BY RAY MABUS, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.// BT #0001 NNNN