CAPT Dan Kearney Receives 2007 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award

Capt Dan Kearney, Commander of Battle Co, 2-503, 173rd ABCT Receives General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award

Story Sgt. Aimee Millham

U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office

HEIDELBERG, Germany — Two U.S. Army  Europe officers have been named as recipients of the Department of the Army level 2007 General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award.  Capt. Daniel P. Kearney, commander of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry, and Capt. Daniel C. Enslen from the Operations Group, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command were among 28 winners selected Armywide.  The annual award was created by the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation in 1987 to honor company-grade and junior warrant officers who embody MacArthur's ideals of duty, honor and country, and have exceptional records of performance, leadership and achievement.  The two captains had been named USAEUR-level MacArthur award winners in late February following their selection from a group of 11 nominees representing approximately 3,700 eligible officers in USAREUR.  A ceremony to present the awards is scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. in May.