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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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Scott Gordon named Lakeview Center Team Member of the Quarter

Scott Gordon was named Global Connections to Employment Team Member of the Quarter for his inspiring resilience and unwavering positivity. Working on GCE’s custodial services contract at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton, Florida, Scott arrived daily with a smile, always ready to work and support his co-workers, whom he considered his second family. […]

ranked number 7 top 100 women led businesses in florida

Ranked #7 on Top 100 Women-led Businesses in Florida

Pensacola, Fla. (May 21, 2025) – LifeView Group, parent company of Global Connections to Employment, has been ranked No. 7 on The Women’s Edge’s 2025 list of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Florida. The annual list recognizes both nonprofit and for-profit organizations led by prominent female executives across the state. This is the fourth […]

GCE and Cherokee Federal recognized with 2025 Business Partnership Award from SourceAmerica

Cherokee Federal receives Business Partnership Award

Congratulations to our partner Cherokee Federal on being selected as the 2025 Business Partnership Award winner at the National SourceAmerica® XForce Conference in Indianapolis. Cherokee Federal was chosen for the Business Partnership Award because of collaboration with GCE and the U.S. Air Force at Fort Carson, Colorado, on a full-service patient appointment contact center, which […]

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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