Naval Station Newport Galley wins coveted namesake award

ByBruceKatz

Naval Station Newport

NAVALSTATIONNEWPORT,RI Ina message from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro on Wednesday Naval Station Newport’s Ney Hall Galley was named the best East Coast General Mess among Commander, Navy Installations Command facilitiesforFiscalYear2023.

The installation galley, which is named for Capt Edward F. Ney, and for whom the annualawardsarenamed,wasamongseven Navy recipients representing undersea, surface warfare, naval aviation and shorebased facilities to be recognized for excellenceinfoodservice.

“NavalStationNewportisaNavycenterof excellence,” said Janet Lamb, food services officeratthegalleyandaretiredNavysupply corps officer “Nothing has a more positive impact on the personnel we serve than the top-notch meals we turn out. Meeting this objective, in spite of some of the challenges we face, is the daily reward our team gets Formally being recognized with the Ney Award is proof that our training, our focus and our commitment to uphold the highest standards of excellence is among the very bestintheNavy.”

The Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award Program was established in 1958 by theSecretaryoftheNavytorecognizeafloat andashoregeneralmessesthatdemonstrate excellence in food service Named in honor ofthelateCapt.EdwardFrancisNey,Supply Corps, United States Navy, this awards program represents the pinnacle of Navy food service success It promotes friendly competition among units instills pride in accomplishment, and spreads esprit de corps throughout the Navy Ney had served as the Navy’s head of the Subsistence DivisionoftheBureauofSuppliesandAccounts

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“TheNeyHallGalleyteamofmilitaryand civilian culinarians and our partners from Global Connections to Employment work extremely hard each and every day,” stated Culinary Specialist Senior Chief Rob Pare departmentleadingchiefpettyofficer “Our team’sprimaryfocusissimple ThinkNey everyday!”

In order to compete for the Ney Awards, Navy galleys must earn a five-star rating fromaNavyevaluationteamthrougharigid inspection and audit process. Only then do galleys have the chance to compete for the top awards which has its own, separate inspectionandevaluationprocess The Ney Hall Galley serves nearly 3,000 meals each day, providing quality meals and nutrition to more than 1,200 military students, military staff and authorized patronsattheinstallation.

“Winning the Ney Award is affirmation thatwearenotonlyprovidingavitalservice to all the commands at the installation, but we are excelling at it,” noted Culinary Specialist Chief Anthony Henry, leading culinary specialist at the galley. “When you think of how critical it is to fuel the minds and bodies of our force it brings me great pride to know this team is one of the very bestintheNavy.” during the 16th annual RoboBoat competition in Sarasota Florida.Sponsored bythe Office ofNaval Research, RoboBoat brought togetherteams ofstudents from across the globe to assemble and navigate USVs through a series ofreal-world challenges including coastal surveillance,port securityand oceanographic exploration.(PHOTOCOURTESYOFROBOBOAT)

Naval Station Newport is home to the Navy Supply Corps School which prepares Navy officers and logistics professionals like Capt. Ney for service in supply-centric areas NewportisalsohometotheCenterfor ServiceSupportwhichistaskedwithdeliveringtrainingandprofessionaldevelopment to not only the Supply Corps officers but also Navy enlisted culinary specialists, like thoseassignedtotheNeyHallGalleyhere.