Navy Lodging Program Appreciation Day

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On March 28, 2012, Navy Lodging professionals
around the world celebrated Navy
Lodging Program Appreciation Day to
honor the recipients of the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt
Awards and Navy Lodging’s Employee Recognition
Program.
Historically, these awards are presented during
the annual Lodging Learning and Training Symposium;
however, due to recent Navy guidance governing
conferences and symposiums, the Navy Lodging
Program established a Navy Lodging Program Appreciation
Day to highlight program and individual
accomplishments at the local installation level.
A formal awards presentation video was created
for installations to play it at their celebrations.
The video included comments from Vice Adm. Bill
French, USN, Commander, Naval Installations
Command (CNIC); Ed Cannon, CNIC Fleet and
Family Readiness (N9) director; and Tamara Davis,
CNIC Navy Lodging Program director. Additionally,
the video served as the formal venue for announcing
the Three-, Four- and Five-Star accreditation award
winners, as well as the Employee of the Year nominees
and award winners.
Each installation added a variety of recognitions
that included T-shirts, certificates, plaques, congratulations
messages and more. In addition, celebrations
incorporated command leadership participation, and
employees and guests alike were able to socialize in
a relaxing and pleasant social environment.
Cui
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Manager of the Year
Roberto “Bobby” Cui, NS Everett, Wash. ............Manager of the Year
Simone G. Tomlin, NCBC Gulfport, Miss.. .................1st Runner-up
Debra D. Couch, NSA Naples, Italy .....................2nd Runner-up
SuperviSor of the Year
Marion Green, NS Everett, Wash. ..................Supervisor of the Year
Fanny R. Crispell, NCBC Gulfport, Miss ...................1st Runner-up
Valentin Gailo, NAS Whidbey Island, Wash.. ..............2nd Runner-up
Clithero
aSSociate of the Year
William P. Clithero, Portsmouth NSY, N.H. ........... Associate of the Year
Liza Alaniz, NS Everett, Wash.. ..........................1st Runner-up
Paige Womack, NSA Hampton Roads, Va. ................2nd Runner-up
houSekeeper of the Year
Laurie D. McMurtry, NCBC Gulfport, Miss. .......Housekeeper of the Year
Twanna L. Reece, NCBC Gulfport, Miss.. ..................1st Runner-up
Calvin Raby, NAS Pensacola, Fla. .......................2nd Runner-up
McMurtry
traveler’S award
William P. Clithero, Portsmouth NSY, N.H.
Alicia Aviles, NB Point Loma, Calif.
MILITARY CLUB & HOSPITALITY | APRIL 2012

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The Navy Region Southwest NGIS mobile repair team — (Pictured,
left to right) Richard Fehling, Joseph Clay, Gary Christianson,
Gabriel Olivas and Jeffrey Loveless — is ready to roll.
(PHOTO BY KATHY HYNDMAN, FINANCIAL MANAGER, COMBINED
BACHELOR HOUSING, NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST)
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Starting in 2010 with one team, the San Diego NGIS implemented
an in-house preventative maintenance and repair
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surveillance systems. This innovative approach started with
one two-person team, a custom lift-gate truck and spare parts.
The first team affected significant cost savings and reduced
service response time for the five area NGIS facilities.
The program was so successful, two additional teams were
added. Today, three teams are in operation supporting NGIS
at 10 installations. Mobile maintenance and repair trucks are
fully equipped with tools and replacement parts, so the teams
are able to perform repairs onsite with virtually no down time.
The program not only provides excellent quality of service
and response time, the increased preventative maintenance
extends equipment life.
Best of all, the NRSW NGIS experiences an annual savings
of approximately $1 million over individual maintenance
repair contract cost. These savings are passed on to the sites
to improve the program. Site directors and installation staff
constantly provide favorable feedback on the program, and it
has truly been a huge win for all.
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MILITARY CLUB & HOSPITALITY | APRIL 2012