A new Army-level award will recognize deploying units and deployment support organizations that meet or exceed established deployment standards. The Chief of Staff of the Army Deployment Excellence Award is meant to encourage units and installations within the Army to become skilled in deployment operations. It is also designed to capture and share innovative deployment initiatives which improve the deployment process. Force projection requires the ability to respond quickly and decisively to global requirements with military forces.
Strategic mobility is the foundation for force projection operations.
The Transportation School is the program executive agent for the award. The idea for the award belongs to Lt. Gen. John D. Bruen, a career transportation officer who retired in 1986. Gen. Bruen said he felt that to deploy correctly and rapidly in reaction to emergency situations, you must be trained and ready. Deployment skills are very perishable. Awards will be presented to winners from active Army, U.S. Army Reserve and Army National Guard organizations.