2003 Ney and Hill award winners named - food service awards, United States Navy and Marine Corps

Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, May-June, 2003

Acting Navy Secretary Hansford T. Johnson recently announced the 2003 winners of the Navy Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards and the Marine Corps Major General W.P.T. Hill Memorial Awards for outstanding food service in the Navy and Marine Corps.

"The Ney awards encourage excellence in Navy and Marine Corps food service programs with the objective of improving the quality of life for our Navy and Marine Corps personnel," said RADM Justin D. McCarthy, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command. "I commend all of these commands for their hard work and commitment to excellence."

The Ney awards were established in 1958 and the Hill Awards in 1985 by the Secretary of the Navy and International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA) to improve and recognize quality food service in the Navy and Marine Corps. IFSEA is a food service industry trade association whose members include executive chefs, operators, dietitians, consultants, managers and owners of catering firms, restaurants, hotels, and clubs.

Ashore General Messes must achieve a Five-Star Accreditation in order to compete in the Ney Ashore competition. This accreditation from the major claiman or regional commander of the general mess. Thirty-one general messes atained five-star accreditation and compete in three ashore General Mess categories.

The Ney and Hill awards recognize overall food service excellence by evaluating key areas in customer service, restauranteurship, cleanliness and management. An independent team that reviewed food preparation, management, administration, equipment safety, sanitation, plastic waste and disposal evaluated each category. The evaluation teams were made up of senior Navy and Marine Corps Mess Management Specialists and representatives from IFSEA.

Afloat General Mess Winners Atlantic Fleet

Strategic Missile Submarine: USS Maryland (SSBN738)(Gold)

Attack Submarine: USS Augusta (SSN 710)

Minesweeper: USS Gladiator (MCM 11)

Cruiser/Destroyer: USS Cape St. George (CG 71)

Amphibious: USS Tortuga (LSD 46)

Aircraft Carrier: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Small Afloat: USS Underwood (FFG 36)

Large Afloat: USS Emory S. Land (AS 39)

Afloat General Mess Winners Pacific Fleet

Strategic Missile Submarine: USS Florida (SSBN 728) (Gold)

Attack Submarine: USS Los Angeles (SSN 688)

Large Afloat: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)

Cruiser/Destroyer: USS Cowpens (CG 63)

Aircraft carrier: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

Amphibious: USS Rushmore (LSD 47)

Small Afloat: USS Gary (FFG 51)

Hill Award Winners

Best garrison mess hall: Messhall 710 Headquarters, Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.

Best field mess: Marine Wing Support Squadron-172, Marine Wing Support Group-17 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan

Best Reserve field mess: Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Force Service

Support Group, Marietta, Ga. Best garrison mess hall runner-up: Messhall 222 Headquarters, Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan

Ashore General Mess Winners

East Coast first place: Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, Virginia Beach, Va.

West Coast first place: Naval Station San Diego, Calif.

Overseas first place: Naval Station Pearl Harbor Silver Dolphin Bistro and Brig Galley, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Afloat General Mess Runners-Up--Atlantic Fleet

Strategic Missile Submarine: USS West Virginia (SSBN 736)(Gold)

Attack Submarine: USS Annapolis (SSN 760)

Small Afloat: USS Simpson (FFG 56)

Large Afloat: USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)

Minesweeper: USS Pioneer (MCM 9)

Cruiser/Destroyer: USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79)

Amphibious: USS Portland (LSD 37)

Aircraft Carrier: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

Afloat General Mess Runners-Up--Pacific Fleet

Strategic Missile: USS Georgia (SSBN 729) (Gold)

Attack Submarine: USS Key West (SSN 722)

Small Afloat: USS Salvor (ARS 52)

Large Afloat: USS Coronado (AGF 11)

Cruiser/Destroyer: USS Stethem (DDG 63)

Amphibious: USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)

Aircraft carder: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

Ashore General Mess Runners-Up

East Coast: Naval Air Station Brunswick, Me.

West Coast: Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif.

Overseas: Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan.