U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy –
Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) won the medium-sized field-level Secretary of War Maintenance Award for the outstanding work generating warfighting readiness in Fiscal Year 2024. Presented during the Department of War Maintenance Symposium in Phoenix, Ariz. on Jan. 22, 2026, this prestigious award recognizes the six best field-level maintenance organizations from the entire joint force for outstanding performance and impact.
As the linchpin for mission-ready ships in Europe, Africa and Middle East, FDRMC generated significant combat readiness for ships deployed to U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets during the longest-running sea battle since World War II.
With a 78% increase in deployed ships from the previous year, FDRMC team of less than 350 military and civilian personnel executed more than 10,000 fleet technical assistance (FTA) requests, a third of the FTAs throughout the surface ship maintenance enterprise. The team resolved more than 3,000 repair requests, with 80% supporting ships’ combat systems. The intermediate-level maintenance teams executed 139% more jobs for deployers compared to the previous year, with a total increase of 96% hours of intermediate-level work. Additionally, FDRMC executed 44 emergent repair periods and completed six depot-level maintenance availabilities on homeported ships with zero days of maintenance delay, including finishing one availability 18 days early.
“FDRMC’s work for this award was exceptional as they kept ships on station and mission-ready in the first true sea battle we’ve engaged in since WWII,” said Rear Adm. Dan Lannamann, commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center. “While they are our smallest regional maintenance center, their team is absolutely elite – supporting the warfighter every step of the way so they have full confidence in their ship whenever and wherever they are called to fight.”
FDRMC carried out extensive maintenance and repair work throughout the 25 million square miles in the command’s area of operations including technical support, intermediate-level work, diving, maintenance planning, financial support, logistics, business operations and more. Technicians and project teams executed availabilities and FTA requests in over 20 different cities across more than 10 countries.
“Our team never loses focus on who they serve – the Sailors and Marines sailing into harm’s way,” said Capt. Mollie Bily, FDRMC Commanding Officer. “We are the Foundry. We must generate warfighting readiness to the forward-deployed fleet every day, whether through FTA, emergent repairs or depot-level maintenance.”
Prior to winning the FY24 Secretary of War maintenance award, FDRMC was also selected as Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center’s (CNRMC) Regional Maintenance Center (RMC) winner. This is FDRMC’s first recognition as a Secretary of War Maintenance Award winner.
FDRMC provides emergent, intermediate and depot-level maintenance and modernization for transient and Forward Deployed Naval Forces in U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets through fleet technical assistance, voyage repair, contract management oversight, assessments, and diving and salvage. FDRMC is the only forward-deployed RMC supporting two numbered fleets, serving three combatant commanders, and conducting work on three continents.