Keesler’s food service team accepts Hennessy Award in Chicago

Team Keesler leaders and food service team members accept the 2010 Hennessy Award recognizing the top multiple facility food service team in the Air Force May 22 in Chicago. The Keesler contingent included Brig. Gen. Ian Dickinson, 81st Training Wing commander; Chief Master Sgt. Lonnie Slater, wing command chief; Col. Jeffrey Jackson, 81st Mission Support Group commander; Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 81st Force Support Squadron commander; John Thurmon, Carmen Steed, Glenn Jones, Roy Jackson, Andre Simmons and Eleanor Harvey, 81st FSS members; and Floyd Austin, Mark Austin, Stephen Grandonico, Robin Grandonico, Bill Cox, Michelle Cox, Sharon Touchet, Linda Robertson and Brenda Turner from A&A Food Service Inc., the base’s food service contractor. It’s the sixth time that Keesler has won the Hennessy Award, which recognizes excellence based on the entire scope of an installation’s food service program. (Courtesy photo)