2017 Japan Missile Defender of the Year
Tokyo, Japan / February 9, 2017
The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance held its second Japan Defender of the Year Award Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on Friday February 9, 2017.
2017 Japan Defenders of the Year:
Lieutenant Colonel Ri Harada
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Lieutenant Commander Makoto Miyake
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First Lieutenant Taichi Kuramochi
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Lieutenant Colonel Karen Carmichael
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Lieutenant Anthony MelendezDiaz
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Master Sergeant Lester Harris Prescott
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Sergeant First Class Michael James Perry
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Specialist Arjun Sharma
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Fire Controlman First Class (SW) Carl R. Morinville
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Click here to read MDAA’s alert from the 2017 Japan Missile Defender of the Year.
Click here to view the program from this event.
Event recording
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- 2017 Dutch Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Texas Defender of the Year
- Defender of the Month
- 2010 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2011 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2012 Peninsula Missile Defenders of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2012 U.S. Missile Defenders of the Year
- 2013 NORAD and USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year
- 2013 Peninsula Missile Defenders of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2013 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2013 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2014 European Missile Defender of the Year Ceremony
- 2014 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2014 United Arab Emirates Air and Missile Defender of the Year
- 2014 Peninsula Defender of the Year
- 2014 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year
- 2014 NORAD and NORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year
- 2014 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year
- 2015 Okinawa Defender of the Year
- 2015 Pacific Theater Air and Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 Japan Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 Peninsula Defender of the Year
- 2015 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2015 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 United Arab Emirates Air and Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning & Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2016 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 Peninsula Defender of the Year
- 2016 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year
- 2016 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Japan Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
