“These annual awards encourage excellence in Navy meals service packages with the target of enhancing the standard of life for our Navy personnel,” mentioned Del Toro. “I commend the Navy Undersea Enterprise, Floor Warfare Enterprise, Naval Aviation Enterprise, CNIC, and particular person instructions for his or her arduous work and dedication to excellence.”
“The galley, or eating space, is the guts of each ship or unit,” mentioned Commander NAVSUP Rear Adm. Peter Stamatopoulos. “Culinary specialists function in a worldwide and various atmosphere they usually management a key part of each Sailor’s high quality of life. Yow will discover them planning a load-out right down to the final pound to fill a ballistic missile submarine for deployment; or planning and serving a particular meal at a base galley to acknowledge our highly effective range; or maybe fastidiously putting tableware to prepared the White Home Mess for the President of the US. With each job undertaken, usually throughout very lengthy days, culinary specialists, together with their Provide Corps management, are constructing resilience and enabling warfighters.”
“The Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award represents the very best distinction given to U.S. Navy Meals Service operations in recognition of meals service excellence,” mentioned Director of Navy Meals Service Cmdr. Leanne Riley. “This yr’s winners had been chosen from a extremely aggressive group of meals service professionals on account of an distinctive degree of talent and devotion of their service to the Fleet. They signify the perfect that Navy Meals Service has to supply and must be honored to obtain such a prestigious award.”
The Captain Edward F. Ney Afloat Normal Messes, representing the Navy’s undersea Enterprise, Floor Warfare Enterprise, and Naval Aviation Enterprise are:
1. Submarine Class Winner: USS Kentucky (SSBN 737)
2. Small-Medium Afloat Class Winner: USS McFaul (DDG 74)
3. Giant Afloat Class Winner: USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
4. Plane Provider Class Winner: USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
The Captain Edward F. Ney Ashore Normal Messes representing Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) are:
1. West Coast Normal Mess Class Winner: Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, Hawaii, Silver Dolphin Bistro
2. East Coast Normal Mess Class Winner: Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Oasis Galley
3. OCONUS Normal Mess Class Winner: U.S. Naval Help Exercise, Bahrain, Blue Jacket Bistro.
NAVSUP oversees the event of the Navy Commonplace Core Menu, the Grasp Load Record, and dietary worth of Sailor’s meals choices along with the Division of Protection Go for Inexperienced® initiative, contributing to Sailor readiness and talent to function at peak efficiency.
