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NRA Educational Foundation’s 2024 Military Foundation Award Winners

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) announced the winners of its annual awards given to service members and military establishments of the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserves.

Army

National Restaurant Association President and CEO Michelle Korsmo joined service members at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago on Armed Forces Day.National Restaurant Association President and CEO Michelle Korsmo joined service members at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago on Armed Forces Day.Winners of the Philip A. Connelly Awards:

  • Active Army Garrison Winner – 223rd Quartermaster Company (Field Feeding), 82nd Division Sustainment Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Liberty, N.C.
  • Active Army Field Kitchen Winner – 511th Quartermaster Company (Field Feeding), 1st Infantry Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kans.
  • Army Reserve Field Kitchen Winner – 375th Quartermaster Company, 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Wilson, N.C.
  • Army National Guard Field Kitchen Winner – I Company, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, London, Ky.

Marine Corps

Winners of the Major General W.P.T. Hill Memorial Awards:

  • Best Management and Mess Attendant Mess Hall – Marine Corps Installations Pacific, Mess Hall 6222, Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan
  • Best Full Food Service Mess Hall – Marine Corps Installations West, Mess Hall 622, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz.
  • Best Active Field Mess – Marine Forces Pacific, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Combat Logistics Group, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
  • Best Reserve Field Mess – Marine Forces Reserves, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Portland, Ore. 

Navy

Winners of the Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards:

  • Aircraft Carrier Platform – USS Abraham Lincoln, San Diego, Calf.
  • Submarine Platform Winner – USS Jimmy Carter, Kitsap, Wash.
  • Small/Medium Platform Winner – USS Winston S. Churchill, Mayport, Fla.
  • Large Platform Winner – USS Boxer, San Diego, Calif.
  • West Coast Winner – Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Calif.
  • East Coast Winner – Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Gulfport, Miss.
  • OCONUS Winner – U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Naval Air Station Bahrain Combined Dining Facility, Bahrain

Air Force

Winners of the John L. Hennessy Awards:

  • Active Duty Foodservice Operations Region One – 22nd Force Support Squadron, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.
  • Active Duty Foodservice Operations Region Two – 374th Force Support Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan
  • Active Duty Foodservice Operations – Small Site – 701 Munitions Squadron, Kleine Brogel Air Base, Belgium
  • Active Duty Foodservice Operations – Missile Alert Field Feeding Operation – 90th Missile Wing, F. E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.
  • Air Force Reserves Foodservice Operations Winner – 919th Special Operations Force Support Squadron, Duke Field, Fla.

Air National Guard

Winner of the Senior Master Sergeant Kenneth W. Disney Food Service Award was the 138th Force Support Squadron, Tulsa, Okla.

Coast Guard

Winners of the Forrest O. Rednour Memorial Awards:

  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Small Afloat – USCGC Katherine Walker, Bayonne, N.J.
  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Medium Afloat – USCGC Dependable, Little Creek, Va/
  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Large Afloat – USCGC Alex Haley, Kodiak, Alk.
  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Base – Base San Juan, San Juan, P.R.
  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Station – CG Station Shinnecock, Hampton Bays, N.Y.
  • Coast Guard Dining Facility of the Year – Training Center and Culinary Support Activity – Tracen Petaluma, Petaluma, Calif.

Sealift Command

Winners of the Captain David M. Cook Foodservice Excellence Awards:

  • Small Ship Category – USNS Grasp, San Diego, Calif.
  • Medium Ship Category – USNS Joshua Humphreys, Norfolk, Va.
  • Large Ship Category – USNS William McLean, Norfolk, Va.
  • Hybrid Ship Category – USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20), Gaeta, Italy

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