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Wisconsin Army National Guard Receives Runner Up For Two National Level Maintenance Awards

Saturday, March 13th, 2021 -- 7:22 AM

A Wisconsin National Guard unit and a Field Maintenance Shop (FMS) were both recognized as the runner up in their categories for the Chief of Staff of the Army Fiscal Year 2019 Army Award for Maintenance Excellence (AAME).

The Wisconsin Army National Guard’s FMS #7, located in Eau Claire, received runner up for the Army National Guard Table of Distribution and Allowances category, while Company E, 132nd Brigade Support Battalion in Antigo was runner up in the Army National Guard Modification Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) medium category.

According to the press release, the Chief of Staff Army Award for Maintenance Excellence Program is conducted each year to recognize Army units or activities that have demonstrated excellence in maintenance operations. Each unit is evaluated on their effectiveness ensuring that Soldier competency is maintained. Assessments of each unit in the categories of attitude and effective leadership are rated with a benchmark based on those of past winners, and the tenets of exceptional maintenance processes that were exhibited are validated and ranked.

Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, presented representatives from FMS #7 with their plaque and the Chief of Staff of the Army’s AAME coin during an awards presentation at the state’s Joint Force Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 4. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Eric Kitelinger, the shop supervisor, and Sgt. Montanna Marlett, the shop’s production controller, accepted the award on behalf of the shop.

The runner up in the MTOE competition, Company E, 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, based in Antigo, Wisconsin, is a forward support company responsible for providing logistics and maintenance support to the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s 173rd Brigade Engineer Battalion. Company E were recognized at a training event earlier this month.

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