Department of Defense News Release (Oct. 26, 2006): DoD announces maintenance award winners.The Department of Defense announced today the annual winners of the Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards, the Phoenix, and the Robert T. Mason Trophies recognizing excellence in field and depot-level maintenance. The field-level maintenance awards honor military maintenance organizations for outstanding performance. The awardees--two from each category of small, medium, and large organizations--are chosen from active and reserve organizations that perform unit- or field-level maintenance. One of those organizations is singled out as the best of the best and receives the Phoenix Trophy. 2006 Phoenix Award The 2006 winner of the Phoenix Award for field level maintenance is the 3rd Materiel Readiness The availability of materiel required by a military organization to support its wartime activities or contingencies, disaster relief (flood, earthquake, etc.), or other emergencies. Battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. , III Marine Expeditionary Force The III Marine Expeditionary Force, is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps that is forward-deployed and able to deploy rapidly and conduct operations across the spectrum from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to amphibious assault and high (MEF MEF Marine Expeditionary Force MEF Metro Ethernet Forum MEF Ministerio de EconomÃa y Finanzas (Spanish) MEF Mobile Entertainment Forum MEF Middle East Forum (think tank) ). Based in Okinawa, this battalion serves the entire III MEF. In fiscal year 2005, III MEF units deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and various training exercises and humanitarian relief efforts. Despite supporting so many diverse missions, the battalion completed more than 13,500 intermediate repair orders in an average repair cycle time of 27.8 days, resulting in III MEF having an overall ground combat equipment readiness of greater than 95 percent. Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards The other field-level maintenance organizations receiving Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards are: Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron A squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or warships. Army and Marines A cavalry squadron (horse or armoured) typically consists of three to five troops. Light 47, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing for the Navy and 303rd Intelligence Squadron, Air Combat Command for the Air Force in the small category; the 297th Transportation Company, 2nd Chemical Battalion for the Army, and the 437th Maintenance Squadron/315th Maintenance Squadron (Reserve), Air Mobility Command for the Air Force in the medium category; and 3rd Maintenance Group, 3rd Wing for the Air Force in the large category. Robert T. Mason Trophy The Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award for depot-level maintenance, the Robert T Mason Trophy, is presented to the major organic depot-level maintenance facility that exemplifies responsive and effective depot-level support to DoD operating units operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon . It is named after a former assistant deputy secretary of defense for maintenance policy, programs, and resources, who served as a champion for excellence in organic depot maintenance That maintenance performed on materiel requiring major overhaul or a complete rebuild of parts, assemblies, subassemblies, and end-items, including the manufacture of parts, modifications, testing, and reclamation as required. operations. The 2006 winner of the Robert T. Mason Trophy is the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
The M998 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General. Recapitalization Recapitalization Restructuring a company's debt and equity mixture often with the aim of making a company's capital structure more stable. Notes: Companies often want to diversify their debt-to-equity ratio to improve liquidity. Program at Red River Army Depot, Texas. Through this program, the Red River Army Depot restored nearly 2,800 primarily battle-damaged HMMWVs, exceeding planned output by 33 percent, while reducing average defects by 46 percent, shortening repair cycle time by 45 percent and lowering the average cost by 42 percent. Its workload for fiscal year 2006 consisted of 3,500 HMMWVs, a 26 percent increase over the year before. These awards were presented Oct. 25 at the 2006 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition in Reno, Nev. |
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