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R 111917Z APR 00 ZYBW MIN PSN 548690J32
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N4//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS  //N04700//
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO N4//
NAVADMIN 092/00
 
SUBJ/SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MAINTENANCE AWARDS//
 
REF/A/RMG/CNO/181528ZNOV99//
 
AMPN/REF A ANNOUNCED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) MAINTENANCE
AWARD COMPETITION//
POC/MICHALUK, S. /N431N/DSN 329-1663/COM 703-601-1663//
 
RMKS/1. AN EXTREMELY LARGE RESPONSE TO REF A  REPRESENTED A WIDE
RANGE OF HIGHLY DESERVING CANDIDATES FOR THIS YEARS SECDEF
MAINTENANCE AWARDS.  THE COMPETITION, AS ALWAYS, WAS KEEN AND THE
SELECTION PROCESS WAS A CHALLENGE.  THIS YEAR'S NAVY NOMINEES FOR THE
SECDEF AWARD COMPETITION ARE:
 
A. SMALL COMMAND: STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHTY-SEVEN
                      (VFA-87)
                   NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY (NSGA)
                      GROTON, CT
B. MEDIUM COMMAND: AIRCRAFT INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE
                      DEPARTMENT (AIMD) SIGONELLA, ITALY
                    AIRCRAFT INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE
                      DEPARTMENT (AIMD) WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA
C. LARGE COMMAND:  SHORE INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE
                      ACTIVITY (SIMA) SAN DIEGO, CA
                    USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)
 
2.  A SECDEF AWARDS BOARD WILL EVALUATE SIMILAR INPUTS FROM ALL
SERVICES AND ANNOUNCE SIX WINNERS (TWO PER CATEGORY). ALL SIX
SECDEF MAINTENANCE AWARD RECIPIENTS WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT A
PHOENIX AWARD CEREMONY HELD ON 1 NOV 00, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
2000 MAINTENANCE SYMPOSIUM BANQUET IN CHARLESTON, SC. THE PHOENIX
AWARD CEREMONY WILL BE PRESIDED BY A SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL WITH
PARTICIPATION OF THE SERVICE SECRETARIES AND CHIEFS. THE ULTIMATE
PHOENIX AWARD WINNER WILL BE SELECTED FROM AMONG THE SIX SECDEF
MAINTENANCE AWARD RECIPIENTS AND ANNOUNCED AT THE CEREMONY.//
 
3.  THE OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE, IMAGINATION, AND PROFESSIONALISM
DEMONSTRATED BY ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE A REFLECTION OF NAVY WIDE
EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN PEAK READINESS AND EFFICIENCY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL NOMINEES.
 
4. RELEASED BY VADM J.F. AMERAULT, DCNO (LOGISTICS).//
 
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