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Mhm 1968 soldiers working

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in dining facilities have competed to

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win the Philip K . Connolly Memorial

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Award Program . The contest recognizes

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soldiers for their excellence and food

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management preparation and service .

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They have to compete locally within

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their regions . And then like uh

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division core , everybody does their

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different levels of uh evaluation

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income . And then when they determine

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who their winner is and that winter

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goes against the other regions I . E .

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Like say Korea , they had to select the

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best of the best out of there . So many

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units throughout the peninsula and that

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person represents career . The contest

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is named after former International

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Food Service Executive Association or I .

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F . S . E . A . President Philip A

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Connolly . Connolly's goal was to

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increase the level of professionalism

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and military food service by working

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with the armed forces by promoting

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education , training and career

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development . Uh Phillip bay colony was

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an innovator in food services ,

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traditions and trends . And he thought

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that military people should have

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excellent quality food and by our

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association with the organs with the

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Army that would also improve the

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quality of food . If not improving it

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would maintain a high quality of food

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service just by our visiting and our

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contribution to the program . So uh

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that was the initial reason for

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the work relationship . Soldiers from

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the 80th ordinance battalion five 42nd

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support maintenance company are

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competing against soldiers from all

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over the world in an attempt to show

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why they're filled . Kitchen is the

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best in the army . To me , winning the

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D . A Philip Conley award would be like

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winning the super bowl of all super

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bowls . Can't beat that , testing your

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skills against the best in the arm and

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you came out on top soldiers that win

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the Philippine Economy Memorial Award

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program will attend the I . F . S . D .

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A . Annual conference and awards

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ceremony held in san Diego California ,

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reporting from Joint Base Lewis Mcchord .

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I'm Army sergeant , Danny Roads .