Innovation is being featured in the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) booth #1305 at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition May 16-18.

Navy culinary specialists (CSs) are showing off their training and skills in cooking demonstrations throughout the three days of the expo. The CSs are also available to answer questions about their contributions to Sailors' quality of life, cooking on deployment, and the training path they take to become Navy chefs.

NAVSUP's dietitian is in the booth answering questions about the Go for Green® program. Go for Green® is a food identification system designed to help service members identify healthy food and beverage choices while dining in military galleys. The color codes are green for eat often, yellow for eat occasionally, and red for eat rarely; along with a salt shaker graphic to measure sodium content, help service members choose foods and beverages that boost their performance, readiness, and health.

Food service officers and CSs took part in Go for Green® training in January at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Naval Air Station Oceana, and aboard USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109).

"The exceptional demands placed on military personnel make good nutrition crucial," said Rear Adm. Jonathan A. Yuen, commander, NAVSUP. "From nutrition basics, to performance nutrition, to weight management strategies, Naval Supply Systems Command's dietitian works with individuals and NAVSUP's Navy Food Service division to make sure Sailors have the tools they need to make healthy choices both at work and at home."

"Sea-Air-Space is a perfect opportunity for our culinary specialists to showcase their culinary expertise," said Lt. Cmdr. Keith Capper, director of Navy Food Service. "The skills, combined with a focus on nutrition and Sailor readiness are a recipe for success for our Sailors and the Navy. It's an exciting time to be in Navy Food Service!"

Also featured in the NAVSUP booth is Statistically-driven Maintenance Analysis & Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.). S.M.A.R.T. leverages the Navy's historical equipment maintenance data. Analyzing this data enables S.M.A.R.T. to predict which component within a piece of equipment is the most likely cause of failure. With this knowledge, a Sailor can significantly increase his or her chance of performing a successful repair the first time -- keeping the Navy's equipment functioning and ready for every mission.

The S.M.A.R.T program is designed to put trends found in historical corrective action data into a technician's hands via an intuitive interface. With this, a technician is provided an initial corrective action based on probabilistic analysis of the historical data. It determines the probability of repair success regardless of troubleshooting accuracy. S.M.A.R.T also provides collaboration capabilities to maintainers where comments can be provided and searched. The program is a custom web application developed by NAVSUP Business Systems Center in partnership with Fleet Readiness Center Navy Warfare Development Command.

Sea-Air-Space is the largest annual innovative, educational, professional and maritime exposition based in the U.S., and features the most current information and technology relevant to maritime policy.

NAVSUP's mission is to provide supplies, services, and quality-of-life support to the Navy and joint warfighter. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and employing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and security assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods.

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