The Chief of Staff, Army, Supply Excellence Award (SEA) Program was conceived during the Total Army Worldwide Supply Conference held in November 1984. The Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (DCSLOG) tasked the U.S. Army Quartermaster School (USAQMS) to assist in the research and development of an award program, similar to the Phillip A. Connelly Award (Subsistence) and the Chief of Staff, Army, Maintenance Excellence Award Programs, that would recognize supply excellence at the various unit and organizational levels.
The Total Army established objectives were to: enhance logistical readiness of all Army units; enforce the Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP); encourage the use of available resources; and provide a structure for recognition of group and individual initiatives. The established benefits of the SEA program are: instill personal challenges to individual soldiers; perpetuate group competition; provide a management tool to ensure system standardization; and increase public awareness of supply excellence within the Total Army and create overall improvement of our supply system.
The Army DCSLOG provided guidance and the USAQMS provided resources. After two years of research and development, the first on-site evaluations took place in FY 86.
The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), along with Department of the Army, supports the annual awards program culminating in the presentation of unit awards to recognize excellence in supply operations at unit and organizational levels.
This page was last updated on: December 13, 2013