Prior to an April 2 ceremony for the winners and runners-up

Prior to an April 2 ceremony for the winners and runners-up of the 43rd annual Philip A. Connelly awards program in Schaumburg, Ill., Col. (P) Gwen Bingham, commandant of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School and a Troy, Ala., native, presents a letter of congratulations from Gen. George Casey, chief of Staff of the Army, to Spc. Andrew T. Russell, a food service specialist and representative for the 1011th Quartermaster Company and a Bartowsville, Okla., native, along with Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan J. Hunt III, regimental sergeant major of the U.S. Army Quartermaster School and a Pittsburgh, Pa., native. Runner-up in the Reserve field kitchen category, the 1011th Quartermaster Company, 329th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion from Independence, Kan., was one of ten units from the Army, Reserve and National Guard that were acknowledged for their excellence in food service.