Army news service (May 25, 2006); Annual CLEA: Army recognizes logistics excellence.WASHINGTON -- More than 500 soldiers, their families, and civilians gathered here to be recognized by the Department of Army and the National Defense Industrial Association for their excellence in all aspects of Army deployment, maintenance, and supply logistics in what is known as the Chief of Staff, Army Combined Logistics Excellence Awards or CLEAs. This marked the second consecutive year the three logistics excellence awards programs were combined into a single recognition ceremony, which covers the active duty Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. Some 76 units from Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Guam, and in 30 of the 50 United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. were selected as winners or runners-up ranging in size from large to small units. Guest speaker and Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody who also presented the awards praised all the participants noting that commands had taken on the challenges of the award guidelines despite fighting the global war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , despite the realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of bases, the resetting and retrograding of equipment, and instituting Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology which combines (as the name implies) tools from both Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. Lean manufacturing focuses on speed and traditional Six Sigma focuses on quality. By combining the two, the result is better quality faster. . "This is really a treat for me ... many of you have heard me say the three things I enjoy doing most are re-enlisting good soldiers, promoting individuals based on demonstrated potential, and rewarding folks for meritorious mer·i·to·ri·ous adj. Deserving reward or praise; having merit. [Middle English, from Latin merit and outstanding performance," she said. "Today, we get to recognize the best of the best logisticians in our Army so I'm truly honored to be here." View a complete list of the 2006 winners at <http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=9066>. |
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