ARLINGTON, Va. — A Marine Corps base and a Navy base in Japan are among a number of installations garnering the Navy’s top environmental stewardship awards this year.
Selected under 2004 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards competition, Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan and Marine Corps Base Camp Butler on Okinawa took top honors for overseas installations.
Atsugi is the home of Carrier Air Wing 5, the airborne teeth of the Kitty Hawk battle group.
Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler includes eight main camps on Okinawa — Foster, Courtney, Kinser, Lester, Hansen, Schwab, MCAS Futenma and Camp Gonsalves, which is the home of the Jungle Warfare Training Center — as well as Fuji on mailand Japan.
According to a Navy announcement, the awards program recognizes Navy and Marine Corps individuals, teams, ships and installations for exceptional care of the environment.
Other winners include:
Natural Resources Conservation Large Installation Award:
Naval Base Coronado, Calif.Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.Cultural Resources Management Installation Award:
Naval Base Kitsap at Bremerton, Wash.Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.Cultural Resources Management Individual or Team Award:
James V. Sartain, Naval Support Activity, Panama City, Fla.Bryan P. Howard, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C.Environmental Quality Industrial Installation Award:
Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, N.C.Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.Environmental Quality Small Ship Award:
USS McClusky, San DiegoPollution Prevention Non-industrial Installation Award:
Commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Va.Marine Corps Base HawaiiPollution Prevention Individual or Team Award:
Navy Region Northwest Spill Prevention and Response Team, Wash.Kathleen Stiles, Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.Environmental Restoration, Installation Award:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, HawaiiMarine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C.Awards will be presented May 3 at the U.S. Navy Memorial & Naval Heritage Center in Washington, D.C.
