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DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - After garnering first place in regional and National Guard-wide maintenance competitions this fall, the North Dakota Army National Guard's Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS) was named a semifinalist for the Department of the Army's 2013 Chief of Staff, Army Award for Maintenance Excellence (AAME).
The CSMS, located at the Camp Grafton Training Center near Devils Lake, will now compete against U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve and other Army National Guard maintenance facilities from across the nation.
The AAME national award program annually recognizes Army units that have demonstrated excellence in maintenance operations. A unit or maintenance shop's performance is gauged by a number of indicators, including mission accomplishments, effective use of maintenance resources, management innovation and improving and sustaining maintenance readiness.
"For our Guardsmen to reach this level of competition and advance to compete against the top maintenance soldiers in the nation is a tribute to their professionalism and superior maintenance support of our North Dakota Army National Guard units," said Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general. "Equipment readiness is absolutely critical to performing our missions, for both stateside emergency response and national defense. I congratulate both the 3662nd Maintenance Company and the Combined Support Maintenance Shop on their outstanding achievements in the Army Award for Maintenance Excellence program."
North Dakota's CSMS ascended to the top level of the Army-wide competition by first submitting a nomination packet outlining its maintenance missions, training plans, environmental standards and community service activities.
The maintenance shop's achievements were evaluated in August 2013 against 75 other entries from its region, which includes maintenance facilities in South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. In the regional competition, North Dakota's CSMS was named the winner of the "Small Tables of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) Unit" category. In September, the shop took first place in the same category for a National Guard-wide competition and, later, was selected and advanced to the semifinals of the AAME.
This spring, a team of AAME evaluators will visit North Dakota's CSMS and conduct an on-site evaluation by touring the facility and visiting with full-time personnel.
The N.D. Army National Guard's 3662nd Maintenance Company, also based at the Camp Grafton Training Center, saw success during AAME competitions this year, as well. The unit was named runner-up in the "Medium Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) Unit" category for the regional competition and took fifth place in the National Guard-level competition, but was not selected as an AAME semifinalist.
In its nomination packet, North Dakota's CSMS touted a number of successes for fiscal year 2013, including conducting technical inspections on 671 new pieces of state equipment, providing superior maintenance support for units during and after mobilizations, and achieving 100 percent accountability during routine inventories.
North Dakota's CSMS provides maintenance support for more than 60 N.D. Army National Guard units' equipment. Its operations include automotive, communications electronics, armament, inspections, calibration and repair and service support.
| Date Taken: | 02.20.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.20.2014 20:01 |
| Story ID: | 120927 |
| Location: | DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA, US |
| Hometown: | DEVILS LAKE, NORTH DAKOTA, US |
| Hometown: | NEW ROCKFORD, NORTH DAKOTA, US |
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