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Nine , Ohio Army National Guard

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culinary specialist from headquarters

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and headquarters company 237 support

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battalion and an attachment support

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team participated in the 56th

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Department of the Army Philip , a

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Connolly culinary competition at Camp

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James , a Garfield joint military

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training center in Newton Falls , Ohio ,

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March 2nd and 3rd 2024 .

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The culinary competition is the

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personification of food service

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excellence executed by culinary

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specialists , presenting extremely

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gratifying dining experiences across

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all army food service platforms in

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garrison Anfield environments .

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It means a lot saying this is the

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highest award um not just statewide but

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for the D A level for cooking , but

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this is like the highest award that you

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can win . And it's a two year cycle it

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takes to fully get from start to finish .

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So in the two years , we're in and out

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from a lot of different soldiers from

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top to bottom as we get to later rounds ,

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it means a lot , not just for the

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individual aspects , but it's a good

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award for the host unit and as well the

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supporting units . It looks good on

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your resume for just being in the

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military . Basically , the experience

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is , is the experience , the knowledge

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the evaluators were awesome . Like they ,

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they evaluated you and then they also

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teach you

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four units compete at the D A level and

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only the top two are selected as the

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winner in the runner up . The winners

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will be announced this summer and the

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winners will go to Chicago for the

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award ceremony . Reporting from Camp

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James A Garfield joint military

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training center . I'm Specialist

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Michael Bamberger .