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June 5, 2019 / NEWS RELEASE: 20-19
NEXCOM Announces 2018 Bingham Award Winners
The Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) announced its 2018 Bingham Award winners. The Bingham Award was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding performance in operations, customer service and community support.
“This award is presented to both the NEX and the local Navy command to recognize their partnership and commitment to support the quality of life of our military members and their families,” said retired Rear Adm. Robert J. Bianchi, Chief Executive Officer, NEXCOM. “All our NEXs and associates go above and beyond to provide PREMIER customer service to our most deserving customers. These Bingham Award winners are truly the best of the best within our enterprise.”
The 2018 Bingham Award winners and runners-up are:
Sales above $70 million (Category 1)
Winner: Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.
Runner Up: Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla.
Sales $34 - $70 million (Category 2)
Winner: Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Runner Up: Naval Air Station North Island, Calif
Sales $23 - $34 million (Category 3)
Winner: Naval Air Station Pensacola Aviation Plaza, Fla.
Runner Up: U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan
Sales $13.5 - $23 million (Category 4)
Winner: Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton, Wash.
Runner Up: Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
Sales $4.4 - $13.5 million (Category 5)
Winner: Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck Annex, Va.
Runner Up: Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.
Sales $2.5 - $4.4 million (Category 6)
Winner: Naval Medical Center San Diego
Runner Up: Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va.
Sales $1.7 - $2.5 million (Category 7)
Winner:Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex, Va.
Runner Up: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
Sales $700,000 - $1.7 million (Category 8)
Winner: Naval Weapons Station Earle, N.J.
Runner Up: Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Sales under $700,000 (Category 9)
Winner: Naval Support Activity Crane, Ind.
Runner Up: Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif.
The Bingham Award is named in honor of the late Captain W.H. Bingham, SC, USNR. Captain 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) oversees 100 Navy Exchange (NEX) facilities and nearly 300 stores worldwide, 39 Navy Lodges, the Ships Store Program, the Uniform Program Management Office, the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility and the Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM's parent command is the Naval Supply Systems Command. 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 and their families. NEXs and Navy Lodges operate primarily as a non-appropriated fund (NAF) business instrumentality. NEX revenues generated are used to support Navy Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) programs. In FY15, $2.5 billion in sales were generated with $22.3 million in dividends provided to Navy MWR programs.
