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MDAA is honored to host the 2025 Vandenberg Space Force Base Missile Warning and Defender Champion event at our Ronald Reagan Missile Defense Site. We are honoring and recognizing our nation’s best Soldiers, Airmen, and Guardians as missile warning and missile defense champions for their outstanding commitment to air and missile defense.  

– Event Details –

2025 MDAA Vandenberg Space Force Base Champion Event  

April 28th, 2025, 8:00 AM  

Attire: Duty Uniform / Business Casual  

Location: 747 Nebraska Ave, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA 93437 (Click Here For Directions To Memorial Site)  

– Event Details –

MDAA Panel Discussion on the history of Missile Defense on Vandenberg Space Force Base and its Future.  

11:00 AM  

Speakers: 

LTG Sean Gainey, Commanding General, USASMDC 

Mr. John Rood, Former Undersecretary for Policy for the Department of Defense 

Col Mark Shoemaker, Commander, Space Launch Delta 30

Mr. Riki Ellison, MDAA, Founder and Chairman 

Attire: Duty Uniform / Business Casual  

Location: Western Range Operations Center (WROCC) Theater 

7015 13th Street, Bldg 7025, Vandenberg SFB, CA  

Guests are invited to attend. If you are bringing a guest, please provide their Rank/ Title, Full Name and Email Address. To RSVP Email [email protected] Rank/ Title, Full Name and Email Address. Base Access is Required.

Mission Statement

MDAA’s mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States, its armed forces, and its allies against missile threats.

MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to educate the American public about missile defense issues and to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. We are a non-partisan membership-based and membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity.