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MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC L WASHINGTON DC// 
SUBJ/CY 2025 MAJOR GENERAL W.P.T. HILL MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS FOR
UNIT COMPETITION AND FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR// 
REF/A/MSGID: MARADMIN/316/24/YMD: 101310Z JUL 24// 
POC/FITZPATRICK, SHAWN C./MGYSGT/UNIT: MCICOM G4/HQMC/TEL: 703-571-
6816/EMAIL: SHAWN.FITZPATRICK@USMC.MIL// 
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Major General William Pendleton Thompson
(W.P.T.) Hill Awards for Food Service competition encourages 
excellence in garrison and field food service. Reference (a)
provided the nomination and evaluation procedures for the 2025
awards program. The competitive spirit fostered by the Major General
W.P.T. Hill awards program contributes to improved food service
support and increased quality of life for our Marines and Sailors.
Commands participating in this year competition and Marines
nominated for the Food Service Specialist of the Year Award are
commended for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to
excellence in supporting the Installations and Logistics (I&L)
mission.
2. The Commandant extends congratulations to the following winning
mess halls and field messes: 
2.a. Best Management and Mess Attendant Mess Hall: Anderson Mess
Hall, Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Marine Corps 
Installations Pacific. 
2.b. Best Full Food Service Mess Hall: Mess Hall 622, Marine Corps
Air Station Yuma, Marine Corps Installations West. 
2.c. Best Active Field Mess: Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd
Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine
Forces Pacific. 
2.d. Best Reserve Field Mess: Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th
Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserves. 
2.e. Details on Command recognition and trophy shipment to winning
commands will be provided via separate correspondence. 
3. The Commandant extends congratulations to the recipients of the
Food Service Specialist of the Year Award. Their professionalism,
commitment to excellence, devotion to duty, and technical expertise
reflected great credit upon themselves, the Installations & 
Logistics mission, the food service community, and engendered a
lasting contribution to the Marine Corps. 
3.a. Active-duty Staff Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 
3.a.1. Gunnery Sergeant Chewanda D. Parker, Food Service Company,
Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, III 
Marine Expeditionary Force.  
3.b. Active-duty Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 
3.b.1. Sergeant Joshua I. Huertas, Headquarters Company, 5th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 
3.c. Reserve Staff Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 
3.c.1. Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Dixon, Food Service Company, Combat
Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group. 
3.d. Reserve Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 
3.d.1. Corporal Joe R. Russo, Headquarters and Support Company, 6th
Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group. 
4. The winners will be recognized and presented their awards at the
National Restaurant Association Education Foundation Military Food
Service Awards Ceremony and Food Service Training event in Chicago,
Illinois. The inclusive dates for the ceremony and training session 
are 15 through 19 May 2025. 
4.a. The Food Service Specialist winners and two representatives of
each winning command will be funded by DC I&L. Other representatives
from the winning commands are encouraged to attend at their commands
expense.
4.b. DC I&L will fund the travel to the Food Service Awards Ceremony
for the unit mess officer and mess manager of the first place 
winning active field mess and two senior military representatives of
the first place military/contractor operated garrison mess hall. The
Government will not fund selected contractor representatives from 
winning commands.
4.c. Rental cars will not be funded for winners, public 
transportation will be utilized to and from the airport.
4.d. Each DC I&L funded traveler will provide a copy of travel
orders prior to proceed date, one copy of their paid voucher/
disbursement and one copy of each flight itinerary to DC I&L.
4.e. COMMARFORRES will fund the travel to the Food Service Awards
Ceremony for the unit mess officer and mess manager of the first
place winning Reserve field mess travel to the annual conference.
5. Release authorized by LtGen Stephen D. Sklenka, Deputy Commandant
for Installations and Logistics.//