HON Brendan Owens Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment

Paul Cramer Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment

NOTICE: Due to a re-organization of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the directorates of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment have been re-structured. The offices have been renamed as follows:

• Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Real Property (RP)
• Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Construction (Con)
• Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Housing (H)
• Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Environment & Energy Resilience (E&ER)
• Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC)

The menu on the right hand side of this page is still live and will connect to the old web pages temporarily, but the new webpages to align with the new organizational structure are being prepared.

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ANNUAL EVENTS

Commander in Chief's (CinC) Annual Award for Installation Excellence

• Each winning installation's accomplishments can be found here. (PDF, 140KB)
• Fact Sheet (PDF, 89KB)

Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards

• DoD Announces Winners of the 2023 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards
  The Department has honored installations, teams, and individuals each year since 1962 for outstanding achievements in DoD environmental programs. The Military Services and Defense Agencies may submit one nomination for each of the nine award categories. A diverse panel of 54 judges from Federal and state agencies, academia, and the private sector evaluated 26 nominations to help determine the 2023 winners. The nine winners are:
  • Natural Resources Conservation, Large Installation: Camp Ripley, Minnesota Army National Guard
  • Environmental Quality, Industrial Installation: Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida
  • Environmental Quality, Overseas Installation: Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea
  • Sustainability, Non-Industrial Installation: Kadena Air Base, Japan
  • Sustainability, Individual/Team: 366th Environmental Management Team, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho
  • Environmental Restoration, Installation: Naval Base Point Loma, California
  • Cultural Resources Management, Small Installation: Iowa Army National Guard
  • Cultural Resources Management, Individual/Team: Cultural Resources Office Team, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
  • Environmental Excellence in Weapon Systems Acquisition, Individual/Team: Acquisition and Logistics-Heavy Metals Working Group, Washington, D.C.
  
  Additional information on the Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, including past winners, can be found at: www.denix.osd.mil/awards.