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Awards and accreditations

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U.S. Navy Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award

The Captain Edward F. Ney Memorial Award is the highest honor given to U.S. Navy food service operations to recognize food service excellence. The galleys honored must achieve a five-star rating from the Navy evaluation team during an annual evaluation. Five-star recipients can be nominated for the Ney Award.  The award is designed to improve food services by encouraging competition among food service operations. It was named for the Navy captain who served as the head of the Subsistence Division of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts from 1940 to 1945.

GCE has received a five-star annual accreditation at Naval Air Station Pensacola every year since 2001 and received the Ney Award in 2010. In 2023, GCE team members at Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, earned the Ney Award for the East Coast General Mess Category, and our team at Naval Station Newport Rhode Island earned their twelfth five-star accreditation.

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Commitment to excellence

In addition to being named a Top 50 Contract Management Company by Food Management Magazine since 2010, GCE has received numerous awards over our long history of providing food service excellence to our customers:

  • U.S. Coast Guard Forrest O. Rednour Memorial Award Program for Excellence
  • U.S. Air Force Gold Plate Award
  • U.S. States Air Force Best in FACAF
  • U.S. Navy Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award
  • U.S. Army Phillip A Connelly
  • U.S. Air Force Hennessy Award
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Commitment to our military

LifeView Group, the parent company of GCE, proudly upholds its commitment to supporting veterans and their families through multiple prestigious recognitions.

  • GCE is proud to be recognized as a Military Friendly® Employer, demonstrating its commitment to supporting veterans and their families through employment, behavioral health services, and child welfare initiatives. Read more here.
  • GCE has been recognized as a VETS Indexes 3 Star Employer for 2024, honoring its commitment to recruiting, hiring, and supporting veterans and the military-connected community across its three affiliates. Read more here.
  • GCE has also been recognized as a Virginia Values Veterans (V3) certified organization, as well as a Department of Defense (DoD) Skillbridge provider. We also participate in the Army Partnership for Youth Success (PaYs) program and are proud to be listed in the National Resource Directory, a searchable database of resources specifically vetted for service members, veterans, family members, and caregivers.
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Recent awards

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Global Connections to Employment achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification, highlighting expertise of people with disabilities

Pensacola, Fla. (Jan. 16, 2025) – Global Connections to Employment (GCE) – one of the country’s largest employers of people with disabilities – has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification, an internationally recognized standard for quality management systems. This milestone underscores GCE’s unwavering dedication to operational excellence, as well as the ability of people with disabilities to […]

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LifeView Group designated a 2025 Military Friendly® Employer

Designated a 2025 Military Friendly® Employer

Pensacola, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2025) – LifeView Group – parent company of Global Connections to Employment – has been named a 2025 Military Friendly® Employer. This marks LifeView Group’s third consecutive year earning this designation, signifying the organization’s commitment to the military and veteran community from hiring to career advancement.As a nonprofit family of companies, […]

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Congratulations to Global Connections to Employment Team Member of the Quarter, Liberty!

Liberty Hoekstra, food service supervisor at Eielson Air Force Base, has been named Global Connections to Employment’s Team Member of the Quarter for her compassionate leadership and dedication to her team. Supervising 6–12 team members who serve 600 customers daily, Liberty developed unique ways to show her appreciation through small tokens like keychains, lanyards, and […]

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GCE has been awarded the highest level of accreditation by CARF International for community employment services.

Global Connections to Employment (GCE) is an Accredited Business through the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida, where our organization is headquartered.

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