U.S. Army Recognizes Top Environmental Programs

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS

Contact: Robert E. DiMichele, USAEC Public Affairs Officer, +1- 410-436-2556, Robert.DiMichele@us.army.mil

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Accomplishments from greening the way the Army makes TNT to increasing maneuver space through good environmental management earned Pentagon recognition in January as the Army announced the winners of its highest honor for environmental stewardship.

Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Va., one of the Army’s main TNT production facilities, won the Secretary of the Army environmental award for Pollution Prevention, Team. The U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr, Germany, won the award for Environmental Quality, Overseas Installation, in part for its efforts to give Soldiers more room to train.

Five other installations and one individual will also receive fiscal 2006 Secretary of the Army Environmental Awards. These include Letterkenny Army Depot, Fort Drum, Fort Riley, Camp Edwards Training Site, Fort Lewis, and Karstin Carmany-George, a cultural resources manager at the Indiana Army National Guard.

Carmany-George won the Secretary of the Army’s environmental award for Cultural Resources Management, Team/Individual by using technology to manage and preserve cultural resources and support the building of a state-of-the-art urban training complex.

Letterkenny Army Depot, Pa., won the Environmental Quality, Industrial Installation award by applying lean manufacturing methods without sacrificing production – the depot delivered almost 900 reinforced armor HMMWV door kits to meet the urgent needs of our Soldiers in Iraq.

Cultural resources personnel at Fort Drum, N.Y., constructed mock Moslem cemeteries and archeological sites for use as aerial gunnery avoidance target training and won the Cultural Resources Management, Installation award.

When Fort Riley, Kan., identified a need for a Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS) operational area, environmental staff worked tirelessly to make the necessary ground available and earned the Environmental Restoration, Installation award.

Environmental personnel coordination with range staff at Camp Edwards Training Site, Massachusetts Army National Guard, Mass., has resulted in a robust training program that actually benefits 11 natural plant and animal communities, and contributed to winning the Natural Resources Conservation, Large Installation award.

Fort Lewis, Wash., won the Pollution Prevention, Non-industrial Installation award by re-using lumber and other resources from building deconstruction to make improvements to training facilities.

Winners of Army awards go on to compete for the Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards.

This information is provided by USAEC. USAEC is the Army’s point organization for supporting the implementation of environmental programs that facilitate sustainable Army training and operations while protecting the environment. We provide environmental program management and technical support products and services in support of Army training operations, acquisition and sound stewardship.

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For more information on the U.S. Army Environmental Command, visit http://aec.army.mil.

SOURCE U.S. Army Environmental Command

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