Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award
{{Short description|Food service award for US Navy galleys}}
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The Captain Edward F. Ney Award for food-service excellence is given to the best US Navy galleys among those that earn a five-star rating from a Navy evaluation team.{{cite web |title=San Diego Navy Chow Rated Best: 5-Star Ney Award to USS America, too |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/military/2017/02/15/san-diego-navy-chow-rated-best-5-star-ney-award-to-uss-america-too/ |work=Times of San Diego |date=17 February 2017 |accessdate=11 June 2018}}
The Secretary of the Navy and the International Food Service Executives Association (IFSEA) established the Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Awards Program in 1958.{{cite web |first=Ed |last=Wright |title=Shore-Based Galleys Win Ney Award |url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/News/news_releases/shore-based-galleys-win-ney-award/ |work=Commander, Navy Installations Command |publisher=US Navy |date=15 February 2017 |access-date=11 June 2018}} The award is designed to improve food-service operations and recognize the best general messes in the Navy.{{cite web |first=Andrea |last=Aribe |title=NAS Jax Galley prepares for Ney Competition |url=http://www.jacksonville.com/military/jax-air-news/2012-05-30/story/nas-jax-galley-prepares-ney-competition |work=The Florida Times-Union |date=30 May 2012 |accessdate=11 June 2018}}
Capt. Ney served as head of the Subsistence Division of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts between 1940 and 1945.
After 1999, the Ney Awards are determined by a one-day, surprise inspection conducted by evaluation teams made up of senior Navy mess-management specialists and members of the IFSEA. Prior to that, the inspections were scheduled.{{cn|date=June 2018}}
In 2024, there were 7 award winners divided between Afloat General Messes and Ashore General Messes. Afloat general messes had 4 categories, submarine, small-medium afloat, large afloat and aircraft carrier. Ashore had 3 categories, West coast, east coast and outside continental US (OCONUS).{{cite web |author= SECNAV| title= ALNAV 021/24 2024 - Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Food Service Award Results | website= mynavyhr.navy.mil | url= https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Messages/ALNAV/ALN2024/ALN24021.txt |date= 8 March 2024 | access-date=23 June 2024}}