Combined logistics awards ceremony honors U.S. Army Europe's best logisticians

By U.S. Army EuropeSeptember 14, 2016

2016 CLEA Award ceremony held for excellence in logistics
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WIESBADEN, Germany -- U.S. Army Europe honored units and organizations throughout the European theater for excellence in the areas of maintenance, deployment and supply excellence with a ceremony honoring recipients of the 7th annual Combined Logistics Excellence Awards, Sept. 12.

The ceremony recognized more than 30 logistics organizations from across Europe, was hosted by Maj. Gen. Duane E. Gamble, commanding general 21st Theater Sustainment Command and himself an ordnance officer. The CLEA are organizational awards, but they salute USAREUR's best logistics Soldiers in multiple categories of three awards programs: the Army Supply Excellence Award, the Army Deployment Excellence Award and the Army Award for Maintenance Excellence.

Organizations earn the awards based on an entry packet containing the unit's profile and descriptions of its achievements during the previous 12 months, followed by rigorous on-site evaluations by subject-matter experts.

This year's ceremony awarded recipients of the Fiscal Year 2015 Chief of Staff, Army Logistics Excellence Awards and the Fiscal Year 2015 USAREUR Logistics Excellence Awards.

The award categories and units recognized are:

SUPPLY EXCELLENCE AWARDS:

Quartermaster General Best of the Best Supply Award:

5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Baumholder, Germany

Winners:

Level II (A) Property Book Operations MTOE

709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Brigade, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Category IV (A) Supply Support Activity MTOE

5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th AAMDC

Category Level 1 (A) MTOE Company:

Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Inf. Reg., 7th Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany

Category Level II (A) Property Book Office MTOE:

709th Military Police Battalion, 18th MP Bde., 21st TSC, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Category Level II (B) Property Book Office TDA:

Property Book Office, 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Category Level III (A) MTOE:

S4, 21st TSC, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Category Level IV (A) MTOE:

Supply Support Activity (SSA), 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 10th AAMDC

Runners-up:

Category I (A) MTOE Company:

1st Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 18th CSSB, 16th Sustainment Bde., 21st TSC

Category II (A) MTOE Company:

Property Book Officer, 39th Transportation Battalion (MC), 16th Sustainment Bde., 21st TSC

Category IV (A) MTOE:

240th Quartermaster Supply Company, 8th CSSB16th Sustainment Bde., 21st TSC

DEPLOYMENT EXCELLENCE AWARDS:

Winner:

386th Transportation Detachment, Vicenza Italy

Runners-up:

Small Category

902 Engineer Construction Company, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Large Category:

173rd Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy

Supporting Category:

Deployment Processing Center, Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Operational Deployment Small Unit:

Service Company:

5th Battalion, 7th ADAR, 10th AAMDC, Baumholder, Germany

Operational Deployment Large Unit:

Headquarters

3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany

Small Deploying Unit:

902nd Engineer Construction Company, 18th MP Bde., 21st TSC, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Large Deploying Unit:

Headquarters

2nd Squadron, 2nd Cav. Regt., Vilseck, Germany

Supporting Unit: 386th Transportation Detachment, 39th Transportation Battalion (MC), 16th Sustainment Bde., 21st TSC, Vicenza, Italy

Runners-up:

Operational Deployment Small Unit:

Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cav. Regt., 10th AAMDC, Baumholder, Germany

Operational Deployment Large Unit:

Headquarters

173d Airborne BCT, Vicenza, Italy

Small Deploying Unit:

500th Engineer Support Company, 18th MP Bde., 21st TSC, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Large Deploying Unit:

Headquarters

5th Battalion, 7th ADAR, 10th AAMDC, Vilseck, Germany

Supporting Unit:

635th Movement Control Team (MCT), 39th Transportation Battalion (MC), 16th Sustainment Bde., 21st TSC, Vicenza, Italy

ARMY AWARD FOR MAINTENENCE EXCELLENCE:

Winners:

Category MTOE Medium:

1st Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Category TDA:

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwöhr, Germany

Category MTOE Large:

15th Engineer Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st TSC

Runners-up:

Category MTOE Medium:

1st Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, Grafenwöhr, Germany

51st Transportation Company, 39th Transportation Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st TSC

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