AwardsRoutine update
FY2025 Major General W.P.T. Hill Memorial Award Winners — Unit Competition and Food Service Specialist of the Year
The list of FY2025 winning mess halls, field messes, and Food Service Specialist of the Year recipients for both active and reserve components. Two Reserve winners are named: Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 (Best Reserve Field Mess) and individual SNCO and NCO winners from 4th Marine Logistics Group.
This is a routine update — a name list, a set of results, or a recurring notice. There is nothing here to translate into plain English, so the official text is reproduced in full below. Read it on marines.mil
Official text
R 271300Z MAR 26 MARADMIN 134/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC L WASHINGTON DC// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2025 MAJOR GENERAL W.P.T. HILL MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS FOR UNIT COMPETITION AND FOOD SERVICE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR// REF/A/MCO 10110.14N MARINE CORPS FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSISTENCE PROGRAM REF/B/MSGID: MARADMIN/366/25/YMD: 071500Z AUG 25// POC 1/KREUGER III, ROBERT W./MAJ/MCICOM G-4/DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS (DC, I&L), FACILITIES (LF)/HQMC/FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSISTENCE SECTION/EMAIL: ROBERT.KREUGER@USMC.MIL/TEL: 703-571-6232// POC 2/FITZPATRICK, SHAWN C./MGYSGT/MCICOM G-4/DC, I&L, LF/HQMC/FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSISTENCE SECTION/EMAIL: SHAWN.FITZPATRICK@USMC.MIL/ TEL: 703-571-6186// POC 3/FRIAS, JULISHA C./CIV/MCICOM G-4/DC, I&L, LF/HQMC/FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSISTENCE SECTION/EMAIL: JULISHA.C.FRIAS.CIV@USMC.MIL/ TEL: 703-571-6206// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. The Major General William Pendleton Thompson (W.P.T.) Hill Awards for Food Service competition encourages excellence in garrison and field food service. Reference (b) provided the nomination and evaluation procedures for the Fiscal Year 2025 awards program. The competitive spirit fostered by the Major General W.P.T. Hill awards program contributes to improved food service support and increased quality of life for our Marines and Sailors. Commands participating in this year's competition and Marines nominated for the Food Service Specialist of the Year Award are commended for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence in supporting the Installations and Logistics (I&L) mission. 2. The Commandant extends congratulations to the following winning mess halls and field messes: 2.a. Best Management and Mess Attendant Mess Hall: Mess Hall 303, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Installations East. 2.b. Best Full Food Service Mess Hall: Mess Hall 3006, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Training and Education Command. 2.c. Best Active Field Mess: III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Forces Pacific. 2.d. Best Reserve Field Mess: Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserves. 3. The Commandant extends congratulations to the recipients of the Food Service Specialist of the Year Award. Their professionalism, commitment to excellence, devotion to duty, and technical expertise reflected great credit upon themselves, the Installations and Logistics mission, the food service community, and made a lasting contribution to the Marine Corps. 3.a. Active-duty Staff Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 3.a.1. Gunnery Sergeant Mikelot A. Edouard, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Training and Education Command. 3.b. Active-duty Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 3.b.1. Sergeant Osiel M. Carrascorodiguez, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force. 3.c. Reserve Staff Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 3.c.1. Gunnery Sergeant Francisco Garciareyes, Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve. 3.d. Reserve Non-Commissioned Officer winner: 3.d.1. Corporal Oscar Santosbrambilla, Headquarters and Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve. 4. The winners will be recognized and presented their awards at the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation (NRAEF) Military Food Service Awards Ceremony and Food Service Training event in Chicago, Illinois. The inclusive dates for the ceremony and training session are 15 through 18 May 2026. Travel dates will be 14 and 19 May 2026. 4.a. DC I&L will fund the winners listed in paragraph 3 and two representatives from the winning commands listed in paragraph 2. The Government will not fund selected contractor representatives from winning commands. Other representatives from the winning commands are encouraged to attend at their command's expense. 4.b. Rental cars will not be funded for winners, public transportation will be utilized to and from the airport. 4.c. COMMARFORRES will fund travel to the Food Service Awards Ceremony for the Unit Mess Officer and Mess Manager of the first place winning Reserve Field Mess travel to the annual conference IAW reference B. 5. All attendees are required to be present for The Food Service Awards Ceremony and Food Service Training. Agendas, uniform requirements, and registrations are as follows: 5.a. Day One, 15 May 2026. All attendees will wear Service "C" (Tanker jacket is authorized). The morning will consist of classroom training provided by NRAEF, all meals are provided by NRAEF. The afternoon will consist of Awards Ceremony rehearsals for winners listed in paragraph 2 and the awards presentation to Food Service of the Year winners listed in paragraph 3. The evening will consist of the Military Food Service Awards Ceremony. All attendees for the Awards Ceremony will wear Dress Blue "A" with white trousers for SNCOs and Officers. Contact POC 3 for Awards Ceremony registration requirements and code. Final day for registration is 1 May 2026. 5.b. Day Two, 16 May 2026. All attendees will wear Service "C" (Tanker jacket is authorized). All attendees will attend the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Food Show. Registration is required at https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/registration. Contact POC 3 for registration code. Final day for registration is 1 May 2026. 5.c. Day Three, 17 May 2026. All attendees will wear Service "C" (Tanker jacket is authorized). The morning will consist of classroom training provided by NRAEF, breakfast will provided by NRAEF. The afternoon will consist of attending the NRA Food Show. 5.d. Day Four, 18 May 2026. Attendees listed in paragraph 2.a. through 2.c. will attend Society for Hospitality and Foodservice Management (SHFM) Breakfast and Awards Ceremony. All other attendees will attend the NRA Food Show and will wear Service "C" (Tanker jacket is authorized). 5.e. Coordinate with POC 2 for all lodging. Final day to confirm lodging reservations is 6 May 2026. 6. Release authorized by Lieutenant General Stephen D. Sklenka, Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics.//
Resources & references
The documents this bulletin points to, with a plain-English note on why each matters. Links marked CAC required need a government login.
- Marine Corps Food Service and Subsistence Program (MCO 10110.14N)Reference
This is the governing order for Marine Corps food service and subsistence. It sets the policy framework under which the W.P.T. Hill Award competition is conducted.
- FY2025 W.P.T. Hill Award Nomination and Evaluation Procedures (MARADMIN 366/25)MARADMIN
This earlier MARADMIN established the nomination and evaluation procedures for the FY2025 awards program, including funding rules for Reserve field mess winners traveling to the annual conference.
This document is registration information for the National Restaurant Association Food Show, a large annual foodservice industry trade event scheduled for May 22-25, 2027 at McCormick Place in Chicago, with badge options ranging from $199 to $1,450 depending on attendee category and access level. A reservist working in or connected to the restaurant or foodservice industry might open it to understand registration costs, member benefits, and what access each badge tier includes before deciding whether to attend.
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