Navy's Top Culinary Teams Honored at Military Foodservice Awards [Image 15 of 40]

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES

05.15.2026

Photo by James Foehl 

Naval Supply Systems Command

CHICAGO

(May 15, 2026)

Sailors representing the Navy's afloat and ashore winners of the 2026 Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Food Service Awards are formally honored during a Military Foodservice Awards dinner at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel in Chicago, May 15. The awards dinner was held in conjunction with a three-day training event for military personnel that included effective restaurant management, agricultural readiness and sustainable sourcing, whole-product utilization and culinary efficiency, menu innovation and planning, and opportunities to learn about new products, equipment, and best practices. Navy winners included culinary teams from the Virginia-class attack submarines USS Iowa (SSN 797), homeported in Groton, Conn., and USS Mississippi (SSN 782), homeported in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Nitze (DDG 94), homeported in Norfolk, Va., and USS Decatur (DDG 73), homeported in Pearl Harbor; San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), homeported in Norfolk, and USS San Diego (LPD 22), homeported in San Diego; America-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), homeported in San Diego; Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), homeported in Norfolk; Naval Station Newport, R.I.; Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego; and Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

U.S. Navy photo by James E. Foehl (Released)

• Date Taken: 05.15.2026
• Date Posted: 05.19.2026 12:34
• Photo ID: 9694590
• VIRIN: 260515-N-PX557-1504
• Resolution: 2100x1451
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• Location: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, US