Army unit wins Phoenix award.

The 3d Battalion, 7th Field Artillery (Light), 25th Infantry Division (Light), at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, was the 2005 winner of the Phoenix Trophy, the Department of Defense's highest award for field-level maintenance of weapon systems and equipment.

While deployed for exercises and missions throughout the U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility and the continental United States and to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 3d Battalion successfully maintained more than 4,300 pieces of equipment, logged more than 95,000 miles, and delivered 8,000 rounds of artillery and mortar fire in training and combat while maintaining an operational equipment readiness rate of 97 percent.

Six units received Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards in the categories of small, medium, and large units. Another Army unit, the 428th Transportation Company, an Army Reserve unit from Jefferson City, Missouri, was the winner in the medium-unit category. The Phoenix Trophy is presented to the overall winner of all categories.