Congratulations to the six Navy, Army, Air Force, and US Marine Corps units for their selection as winners of the 2010 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award. According to the OSD Maintenance Policy and Programs (MPP) website, these awards “recognize outstanding achievements by field-level units engaged in military equipment and weapon system maintenance within the Department of Defense”. Each of these outstanding maintenance organizations will be honored in ceremonies tonight at the 2010 DoD Maintenance Symposium in Tampa, Florida. “From these six award winning units, one is singled out and selected as the best of the best, and presented with the Phoenix Trophy, DoD's highest award for maintenance.” The six 2010 winners are:

SMALL CATEGORY

·         Bravo Company, 307th Brigade Support Battalion

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

U.S. Army

·         3rd Component Maintenance Squadron

Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

U.S. Air Force

MEDIUM CATEGORY

·         Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 40

Cherry Point, North Carolina

U.S. Marine Corps

·         Fleet Readiness Center Northwest

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor, Washington

U.S. Navy

LARGE CATEGORY

·         Bravo Company, 6l5th Aviation Support Battalion

Fort Hood, Texas

U.S. Army

·         USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia

U.S. Navy