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May 31, 2024 / NEWS RELEASE: 07-24
Hard work, dedication earn Navy Lodge, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites associates command recognition
The Navy Exchange Service Command named nine of its NEX locations as Bingham Award winners. The Bingham Award recognizes outstanding performance in operations, customer service and community support.
“Each year, the Navy Exchange Service Command recognizes those Navy Exchanges that have achieved service and operational superiority with the Bingham Award,” said Christopher Burns, Senior Vice President, NEXCOM Operations. “To ensure we are in lock-step and always ready when needed, our NEX locations work closely with their base Commanding Officers to support quality of life for the military community. Because of that close working relationship, the Bingham Award is presented to both the base and the NEX. Congratulations to everyone who worked each and every day to support our warfighters, veterans and families!”
NEXCOM’s 2023 Bingham Award winners and runners up are:
Sales over $50 million (Category 1)
Winner: Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois
Runner Up: U. S. Naval Base Guam
Sales $26 - $50 million (Category 2)
Winner: Naval Air Station Pensacola, Aviation Plaza, Florida
Runner Up: Naval Base Coronado, California
Sales $17 - $26 million (Category 3)
Winner: Camp Lemonnier Djibouti
Runner Up: Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina
Sales $9 - $17 million (Category 4)
Winner: Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece
Runner Up: Naval Hospital Guam
Sales $4 - $9 million (Category 5)
Winner: Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Naval Station Guam
Runner Up: Naval Base San Diego
Sales $2.5 - $4 million (Category 6)
Winner: Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport/Naval Meteorology and Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
Runner Up: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California
Sales $1.4 - $2.5 million (Category 7)
Winner: United States Merchant Marine Academy, New York
Runner Up: Naval Support Activity Panama City, Florida
Sales $700,000 - $1.4 million (Category 8)
Winner: U.S. Naval Joint Services Activity The New Sanno, Japan
Runner Up: Naval Support Activity Naples Italy, U.S. Embassy Rome
Sales under $700,000 (Category 9)
Winner: Naval Support Activity Naples Italy, Gaeta
Runner Up: Naval Support Activity Crane, Indiana
Established in 1979, the Bingham Award is named in honor of the late Capt. W.H. Bingham, SC, USNR. Capt. Bingham was the Chief Executive Officer of R.H. Macy’s Company and was appointed by SECNAV in 1946 to lead an advisory board for the establishment of NEXCOM.
About NEXCOM
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) is one of 11 commands under Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP). NEXCOM oversees seven business lines that include Navy Exchange (NEX) stores, Navy Lodges, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, Ships Store Program, Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, Uniform Program Management Office and Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM's mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support Navy quality of life programs for active duty military, retirees, reservists, veterans, DoD civilians and families. Since 1946, NEXCOM has given over $3.7 billion to support Navy MWR. Shop online at myNavyExchange.com.
About MCX
The Marine Corps Exchange (MCX) is one part of the Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) ecosystem of programs that supports and enhances the operational readiness, war fighting capabilities, and life quality of Marines, their families, retirees and civilians. MCCS is valued by leadership as being a single, relevant portfolio of programs and capabilities that provides unwavering support to Marines and their families throughout their entire career journey with the United States Marine Corps. MCCS leverages this single program delivery capability by consolidating MCX, MWR and Family Programs to deliver goods and services at over 2,250 facilities with a staff of more than 12,000 employees worldwide. In addition to providing the on installation services, visit mymcx.com/shopping to learn about additional online offerings.
About Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society
Since 1904, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society has financial assistance and education to active duty and retired members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, their eligible family members and survivors – when in financial need. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the Society is a non-profit, charitable organization that is staffed by over 3,000 volunteers, and a small cadre of employees, in offices around the world – ashore and aboard ships.
