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NAVADMIN 117/04
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SUBJ/2004 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) MAINTENANCE AWARDS//
REF/A/RMG/CNO N4/021705Z/JAN 04//
AMPN/REF A ANNOUNCED THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SECDEF) MAINTENANCE
AWARD COMPETITION//
POC/S. MICHALUK/CIV/N00011/LOC:N431N/TEL:703-601-1676//
RMKS/1.  AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO REF A RESULTED IN A PARTICULARLY
LARGE FIELD OF HIGHLY DESERVING CANDIDATES FOR THIS YEAR'S SECDEF
MAINTENANCE AWARDS. THE COMPETITION, AS ALWAYS, WAS KEEN AND THE
SELECTION PROCESS A CHALLENGE.  THIS YEAR'S NAVY NOMINEES ARE:
A.  SMALL COMMANDS:  STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON EIGHT SEVEN (VFA 87)
                     CARRIER AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING SQUADRON ONE
                     HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (VAW-117)
B.  MEDIUM COMMANDS: USS SACRAMENTO (AOE 1)
                     SHORE INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY,
                     MAYPORT
C.  LARGE COMMANDS:  USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72)
                     SHORE INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY,
                     NORFOLK
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 27 OCTOBER 2004, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE 2004 DOD MAINTENANCE SYMPOSIUM IN HOUSTON, TX.  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 CANDIDATES ARE A REFLECTION OF NAVY-WIDE
EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN PEAK READINESS AND EFFICIENCY.  CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL NOMINEES.
4.  RELEASED BY VADM CHARLES W. MOORE, JR.//
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