Fort Leonard Wood was named one of six recipients of the Commander in Chief’s Annual Award

Fort Leonard Wood was named one of six recipients of the Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence for 2023.

Awarded by the Department of Defense, the award recognizes the “outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military installations.” The recipients of this highly competitive presidential award were selected for their exemplary support of Department of Defense missions.

Aside from Fort Leonard Wood, the other winners were Naval Station Mayport in Florida, Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany in Georgia, Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom, Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado, and Defense Distribution San Joaquin in California.

Installations compete on how well they achieve the Department’s objectives in several areas of installation management, including mission support, energy conservation, quality of life and unit morale, environmental stewardship, real property management, safety, health and security, communications, and public relations.