Press Release
☷USAMMC K honors longtime employees with inaugural Order of the Phoenix award
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
Apr 29,2022
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A close - up of the U . S . Army Medical Materiel Center - Korea’s new Order of the Phoenix award medal . USAMMC - K presented its first three winners of the award , recognizing a lifetime of service to the medical materiel center , in April . Lt . Col . Marcus D . Perkins , right , commander of the U . S . Army Medical Materiel Center - Korea , and Sgt . Maj . Joel Lara - Baeza , left , present its first Order of the Phoenix awards to Chon , Un - hyang , and So , Chang - kyong during the USAMMC - K staff appreciation dinner April 9 . The Order of the Phoenix awards were created to recognize a lifetime of service to the medical materiel center . Not pictured is the third recipient , Choe , Song - kyu . CAMP CARROLL , Republic of Korea - - The U . S . Army Medical Materiel Center - Korea has created its version of a lifetime achievement award , recognizing longtime standout employees who have helped the center continue to meet the medical materiel needs of customers throughout the Korean Peninsula . By a workforce vote and leadership confirmation , three Korean nationals - - Chon , Un - hyang; Choe , Song - kyu; and So , Chang - kyong - - were selected as the inaugural winners of USAMMC - K’s Order of the Phoenix award . “Our intent is to highlight those within the organization that have contributed a lifetime of service to USAMMC - K , ” said Lt . Col . Marcus D . Perkins , commander of USAMMC - K . “The Phoenix symbolizes , like the organization , the continued rebirth of success USAMMC - K has through its people . ” So , a distribution facility specialist , called it an honor to be recognized . “It was an honorable moment , ” So said , especially as a senior employee with the responsibility of shepherding younger workers . “To be a senior at my work , it means having a bigger responsibility and showing a good precedence constantly to the junior . ” Perkins said the award was modeled after the C5ISR Hall of Fame , awarded by U . S . Army Communications - Electronics Command , which recognizes and memorializes former members of the C5ISR community who have made significant and enduring contributions to the enterprise , the Army and the nation . C5ISR stands for Command , Control , Computers , Communications , Cyber , Intelligence , Surveillance and Reconnaissance . USAMMC - K is a direct reporting unit to Army Medical Logistics Command , which reports to CECOM . Sgt . Maj . Joel Lara - Baeza said the three recipients were recognized at USAMMC - K’s staff appreciation dinner in April . “The inductees have played a monolithic role in the evolution and legacy of our organization , and have made significant contributions to their team , ” Lara - Baeza said . Through its dedicated workforce , USAMMC - K has continued its decades - long commitment to serve the medical materiel needs to support healthcare missions in Korea and throughout the Pacific Rim , Perkins said . “USAMMC - K provides direct medical materiel support to theater medical forces , ensures and assists tactical units are integrated into the end - to - end medical supply chain and assists the combatant commands in health logistics support planning , ” he said .
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