Several Army in Europe units among winners in Army Combined Logistics Excellence Awards

By U.S. Army EuropeOctober 2, 2014

Several Army in Europe units among winners in Army Combined Logistics Excellence Awards
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WIESBADEN, Germany -- Several Army in Europe organizations were among 36 logistics units honored as winners in the 10th Annual Chief of Staff of the Army's Combined Logistics Excellence Awards program.

In a ceremony at the Pentagon, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics Kathleen S. Miller re

cognized winners from across the Army's active and reserve components for excellence in deployment, maintenance and supply.

Commands nominated one or more units based on published guidelines and regulations. Evaluators from the U.S. Army Transportation, Ordnance, and Quartermaster Centers, augmented by Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers, traveled worldwide to conduct on-site evaluations of nominated units.

Army in Europe units and organizations looking for information about competing in the CLEA competitions and timelines for participation can call the appropriate USAREUR program manager -- Deployment Excellence, Aaron Burr at 537-4208; Supply Excellence, John Acebo at 537-4211; and Maintenance Excellence, Mario Ambriz at 537-4207.

This year's honors for Army in Europe units are:

Deployment Excellence

Winner, Active Army Supporting Unit category:

39th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), Kaiserslautern, Germany

Runner-up, Active Deploying Unit category:

A Battery, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Runner-up, Active Supporting Unit category:

635th Movement Control Team, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Runner-up, Installation category:

U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy

Supply Excellence

Winner, Global Combat Support System-Army, Best Performing award:

Service Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Winner, Active Army Level II (A), Table of Distribution and Allowances, Small Unit category:

7th Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Grafenwoehr, Germany

Maintenance Excellence

Winner, Active Army Modified Table of Organization and Equipment, Large Unit category:

24th Military Intelligence Battalion, Wiesbaden, Germany

Winner, Active Army Modified Table of Organization and Equipment, Aviation category:

1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), Wiesbaden, Germany

To read the full Army winners list and descriptions of the winners' achievements, go to http://www.army.mil/article/132847/

A gallery of photos from the Pentagon CLEA ceremony is available at http://pdb.smugmug.com/Events/Sept-2014/CLEA-Ceremony-1/n-f99KJ/#!/Events/Sept-2014/CLEA-Ceremony-1/n-f99KJ/i-8fvCxCH

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