CASERMA EDERLE-- Garrison Italy Antiterrorism Program was awarded the Department of the Army's highest award, officials announced in January.
The Department of the Army selected the garrison for the fiscal year 2016 Best Antiterrorism Program in Category B, medium-sized garrison.
Nominations were selected from commands throughout the Army with winners selected by the Army G-3/5/7 antiterrorism awards board.
"This award is a culmination of all the hard work that this section put into making this an elite program in the Army," said USAG Italy Commander Col. Steve Marks. "The team continues to set a high standard of excellence while creating a unique and innovative program for the garrison."
The selection board looked at several areas of achievement within the garrison, including the integration of a "law enforcement fusion working group" which combined garrison and host-nation law enforcement agencies into one unit. This combined unit extends the security abilities and acts as a force multiplier to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.
The garrison's award submission also highlighted the implementation of a full-scale exercise using the real life terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels and Turkey as examples and the best practice of keeping the workforce informed of all antiterrorism matters through a bi weekly bulletin disseminated around the community.
"Winning this award is not the result of one person's actions, but a combination of the entire garrison's support and efforts," said Marks. "It takes a united community to make a program like this successful and the proof of that is in this award."
Social Sharing