The Jackie G. Brown Logistics Award was presented to the supply department aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) during a ceremony held on the ship's mess decks April 12.

This is the first time the award was presented, and will be given annually to aircraft carriers from the east and west coast that personify logistics professionalism and excellence.

"We competed with other Naval Air Force Atlantic (CNAL) aircraft carriers and through various criteria to include metrics, inspections, and assessments across the Supply Department," said Supply Officer Cmdr. Ryan Lookabill. "We excelled and overall, we scored the highest."

The distinguished award is named after Jackie G. Brown, a retired civil servant, who has served in the supply community for more than 35 years. This award recognizes commands that display sustained superior performance and notable accomplishments.

Supply Department achieved an outstanding grade of 95.7 percent on the Supply Management Inspection and a 95 percent average accomplishment rate on CNAL monthly metrics goals for 2017.

Even though his work load has slowed down since coming to the yards, Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Freddy Nunez said that this award just shows how much work Supply Department really does on the Ike.

"There is a lot more to supply department than people see," said Nunez. "Logistics on an aircraft carrier in particular, we have 19 different departments onboard and we supply all of them. To see us win this award shows that everyone is doing what we're supposed to be doing and more."

According to Lookabill, they weren't expecting to win this award due to other aircraft carriers being forward-deployed, but were pleasantly surprised that Ike was recognized for the hard work and dedication to accomplishing the mission.

"It shows all the hard work we do on a daily basis," said Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Brent Delozier. "We do everything for the ship so it's nice to be recognized for our selflessness."

Lookabill said that even though the Ike is in its maintenance availability phase, the ship has still been able to maintain the same level of supply readiness that the ship prior to arriving at NNSY.

"I am very proud of our team," said Lookabill. "Our philosophy is we bring it everyday, we celebrate our victories and then we get back to work because there is always much more to be done."

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