SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - To give credit where credit is due was the aim of U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii's Employee Recognition Breakfast at the Nehelani, here, Friday.
Col. Douglas Mulbury, commander, USAG-HI, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Williamson, presented performance awards to 21 employees from seven directorates.
Two employees received length of service awards, and 13 others received recognition as exemplary coordinators for the 2010 Combined Federal Campaign.
A former USAG-HI Soldier, Maj. Ismael Natividad, received a Meritorious Service Medal for his superior leadership, duty performance and commitment to excellence while serving as the range operations officer and company commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, USAG-HI.
"We spend a lot of time focusing on the people we serve - our customers, our commanders, Soldiers, our family members, the community. We all do that every single day," Mulbury said, during remarks, "but this is a time to focus within, on our stellar performers. ...We could line up the entire garrison."
Five employees from the Housing Services Office, Directorate of Public Works, received coveted "pono" coins - Hawaiian for righteousness - for their caring support of customers. Pono also embodies rightness and excellence, cultural values that the garrison strives to incorporate, according to Customer Management Services, part of USAG-HI's Plans, Analysis and Integration Office.
Mulbury stated that recognition is "more important now than ever, as we start to talk about budget and manning constraints."
In keeping with his beliefs, four employees were commended for completing the Cost Management Certification Course, which demanded 160 hours of training "to learn the latest cutting-edge strategies that will help streamline and maximize the garrison's cost-management efforts," explained Dennis Drake, director, USAG-HI Public Affairs, and event narrator.
Mulbury established the Employee Recognition Breakfast as a tool to "reward and recognize outstanding individuals and teams for their contributions to mission accomplishment, process or product improvement." He encourages managers and supervisors to recognize employees who display "exceptional courtesy to internal customers and the public."
"Employees want to know that their contribution is valued and that they are respected for what they do," Mulbury said. "No good deed or significant accomplishment should go unrecognized."
USAG-HI's Workforce Development Office oversees the professional development and recognition of the garrison's mostly civilian workforce. Its chief, Jocelyn Chang-Chuck, closed the Employee Recognition Breakfast and re-emphasized the "three Ps" of the garrison's customer-focused perspective: "Be Professional. Be Polite. Be Positive."
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Meritorious Service Medal
-Maj. Ismael Natividad
Recognition for Achievement
-Rita Ah Young-Shelton, DFMWR
-Annelle Amaral, USAG-HI Command Group
-Francisca Avery, DFMWR
-Aiko Brum, PAO
-Hank Cashen, DFMWR
-Tootsie Dias, DFMWR
-Ever Gutierrez-Arreola, DHR
-Angel Hernandez, DOL
-Nicolette Jones, DPW
-Lacey Justinger, PAO
-Aubrey Kiemnac, Recreation Specialist
-Dawn Mentor, DOL
-Vickey MouzAfA, PAO
-Maj. Ismael Natividad, USAG-O
-Stephanie Rush, PAO
-Sam Sapatu, DOL
-Jose Sierra, DOL
-Mavis Takai, DPW
-Joyce Tsugawa, DPW
-Jack Wiers, PAO
Years of Service Award
-Debbie Chambrella, Command Group, 25 years
-Landon Rivers, PAIO, 30 years
2010 CFC Campaign
-1st Lt. Wanda Barnes
-Edward Blaser
-Harry Debose Jr.
-Lydia Funakoshi
-Stefanie Gardin
-Suzanna Irie
-Sgt. Christopher Knapp
-Valerie Makaneole
-Tolanda Martin
-Brenda Naki
-Landon Rivers
-Marie Siliezar
-Jaimie Sugawa
Customer Service Awards
-Pedro Gutierrez-Torres
-Cathie Henderson
-Patsy Sakauye
-Sophie Tunstall
-Allen Whitted
Cost Management Certification Course
-Kent Anderson
-Jeff Kam
-Carolyn Killian
-Kerry Oshiro
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