As a result of winning U.S. Army Europe's Best Supply Support Activity Modified Table of Organization and Equipment for 2015, the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment SSA was selected to compete in, the Chief of Staff of the Army's Supply Excellence Award competition. They won in the category for Best Active Army SSA Modified Table of Organization and Equipment. This latest achievement adds to a long list of USAREUR and Department of Army awards earned by the Soldiers and Leaders of 5-7 ADA SSA.
The Army Supply Excellence Award was established in November 1984. The Supply Excellence Award program objective is to enhance logistics readiness and supply effectiveness. The program provides a positive incentive for extraordinary supply and support operations, property accountability, and resource management, while enhancing awareness of the Army Command Supply Discipline Program. Since its inception, it has rigorously evaluated supply programs across all components of the Army and yearly recognized outstanding achievements at the various unit and organizational levels.
Following a year-long deployment that ended in December 2014, 5-7 ADA immediately began working to reunite the team and reestablish consolidated operations. The SSA soon learned that 5-7 ADA's directed unit move timeline had been moved up an entire year with a deadline of October 2015 rather than October 2016. Throughout the spring and summer of 2015 the team worked tirelessly to establish their new home in Baumholder, Germany while providing outstanding customer support in a split operations environment.
Despite the obstacles during the six month split unit move, the team participated in the USAREUR Supply Excellence Award Program's competition submitting their packet for Phase I of the USAREUR level competition in May 2015. Afterwards, 5-7 ADA finalized their move in September 2015 with barely a month remaining to prepare for the USAREUR Supply Excellence Award Program's Phase II inspection. Once again, 5-7 ADA SSA rose to the challenge and demonstrated that there is no task too great for them to overcome, being named USAREUR's Best SSA for 2015.
The SSA's ability to reestablish operations and successfully compete at the Department of the Army level is a testament to the dedication of its Soldiers and exemplifies the support from 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, 5-7 ADA, and Service Company leadership.
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