Department of Defense press advisory (Oct. 31, 2003): 2003 Phoenix Award winner announced.Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has announced that the 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized mech·a·nize tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. ) at Fort Stewart, Ga., is the 2003 winner of the Phoenix Trophy. The Phoenix Trophy is symbolic of the "best" of the Department of Defense field-level maintenance units. The award was made Wednesday night, Oct. 29, during an awards banquet held in conjunction with the 2003 DoD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition in King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. Diane K. Morales, deputy under secretary of defense for logistics and materiel readiness, and Navy Vice Adm. Gordon Holder, director for logistics, joint staff, presented the award on behalf of Rumsfeld. The 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), nicknamed the "Cottonbalers," was extremely busy during fiscal 2002, completing several demanding exercises and a "real world" deployment for Kosovo Force Operation (KFOR KFOR Kosovo Peacekeeping Force KFOR Kosovo Forces (NATO) ). Deployed as a mechanized infantry battalion supporting the NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. KFOR for six months, this unit performed superbly. It deployed with 54 pieces of assigned equipment and drew 512 pieces of rolling stock rolling stock Any of various readily movable transportation equipment such as automobiles, locomotives, railroad cars, and trucks. Rolling stock generally makes good collateral for loans because the equipment is standardized and easily transportable among in Kosovo as part of the mission support requirement. Operating under extremely difficult circumstances, this unit's dedicated efforts resulted in an exceptionally high readiness rate of 97 percent for the fiscal year. Five other units also received secretary of defense awards in recognition of outstanding achievements in military equipment and weapon system maintenance. In the small category, Strike Fighter Squadron Eight One, Naval Air Station A Naval Air Station is an airbase of the United States Navy. Such bases are used to house Naval Aviation squadrons and support commands. List of Functioning US Naval Air Stations
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