The Department of Defense announced today the 2006 winners of the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards at the depot and field levels. These awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements in military equipment and weapon systems maintenance.
The Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award recipient is the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMVW) Recapitalization Program at Red River Army Depot, Texas. The program, through the depot workforce’s responsiveness, exceptional work ethic, and dedication to the mission, streamlined the overhaul/remanufacturing processes of HMMWVs to support our warfighters in the Global War on Terrorism.
The depot-level award is named in recognition of Robert T. Mason, a former assistant deputy secretary of defense of maintenance policy, programs, and resources. Mason served as the champion of organic depot maintenance for three decades, while helping to transform DoD organic depot-level operations.
There are six field-level awards presented in the categories of small, medium, and large units (2 each). The recipients of this year’s Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Awards are:
SMALL CATEGORY
Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron Light Four Seven - USN
Naval Air Station North Island, Calif.
Navy
303d Intelligence Squadron - USAF
Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
Air Force
MEDIUM CATEGORY
297th Transportation Company
Fort Hood, Texas
Army
437th Maintenance Squadron/315th Maintenance Squadron
Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.
Air Force
LARGE CATEGORY
3rd Wing
Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
Air Force
3rd Materiel Readiness Battalion - USMC
Okinawa, Japan
Marine Corps
The awards will be presented to the winners at the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards banquet on Oct. 25, 2006, during the 2006 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition at the Grand Sierra Resort (formerly the Reno Hilton) in Reno, Nev. Additional information regarding the 2006 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition can be found at http://www.sae.org/dod .
