Point of Contact: Nancy L. Crook, Public Affairs Division Director Release No. 06-05
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2006

Depot employees win Commander’s National Awards
By Frank Taormina, Public Affairs Specialist

Vice Admiral Wally Massenburg, commander, Naval Air (NAVAIR) Systems Command, hosted the Sixth Annual Commander’s National Award Ceremony on Thursday, June 15. The ceremony was broadcast live from the atrium of the RADM William A. Moffett Building at Patuxent River, Maryland, to several NAVAIR sites throughout the nation via Video Teleconference (VTC).
NAVAIR Depot, Jacksonville had winning team members in several categories. In the Logistics/Industrial category, the winner was the F404 I-Level Consolidation Team Phase I and II. Team members from the Jacksonville Depot include James E. Borgmeier, F404 IPT Team lead. The 1st Runner Up in this category was the Integrated In-Service Reliability Program (IISRP) Team. Jacksonville team members include Steve Adamczyk, Caridad Roque, Ralph Harding, and Mike Romanelli. On the 2nd Runner Up Enterprise AIRSpeed Team was Denise Machala. In the Program Management category, the winner was the PMA 234 EA-6B ICAP-III IPT Team. Jacksonville team members are Neil Ciavattone, integration engineer and Jose Sanchez, electrical engineer. F-14 Director of Engineering, Randy Snyder was on the 2nd runner up winner, the F-14 Program Management Team. In the Quality of Service category, the winning team was the PMA 202 Aircrew Systems Fleet Support Team and the Jacksonville team member was Jose Santiago, aerospace engineer. The 2nd runner up in the Quality of Service category was the NAVAIR AIRSpeed Deployment Team and Black Belts. Team members from Jacksonville include Steven Faulk, Jay Kiser, Kevin Ludlam, Kelly Marlow, Karl Martin, Kenneth Moon, Monty Pearce, and David Theilacker.
The Commander’s National Award, the highest team award within the NAVAIR Command, recognizes the achievements of teams that have successfully supported the main goals of the Command. There were 86 award nominations submitted this year for five award categories that align with NAVAIR’S business functions. They are: Business Operations; Logistics/Industrial; Program Management; Quality of Service; and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, and Technology. The winning teams were chosen because they best epitomized NAVAIR’S goals. Nominations for each category were judged by the following evaluation factors: balancing current and future readiness; reducing the costs of dong business; improving agility; ensuring alignment; implementing Fleet-driven metrics; and improving total workforce environment. The Quality of Service category evaluation factors also included quality of service/customer service.
VADM Massenburg stated that the Commander’s National Awards recognize the vital role that teams and teamwork play within NAVAIR.

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