First Lieutenant Brian K. Yoakam is a Space Officer assigned to the 460th Operations Group at Buckley Air Force Base Colorado. Lieutenant Yoakam was born in Norfolk, Virginia on December 11, 1984. He was commissioned from the University of Virginia in 2007 to the United States Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. Lieutenant Yoakam was personally selected to deploy to the Combined Air and Space Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to work as the Space Duty Officer. Lieutenant Yoakam earned the 460th Operations Support Squadron Company Grade Officer of the Quarter in 2009, the 2009 Space-Based Infrared System Crew of the Year, and the Company Grade Officer of the Quarter 2010 at his deployed detachment. His military awards include the National Defense Service Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, and the Air Force Commendation Medal. First Lieutenant Brian K. Yoakam received his award from Brigadier General Jane Rohr, United States Air Force.
Defenders of the Year
- 2017 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Dutch Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year
- 2017 Texas Defender of the Year
- 2018 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2018 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2018 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2018 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Air and Missile Defender of the Year
- 2018 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2018 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year
- 2018 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 National Capital Region Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2019 Okinawa Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2020 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2020 Indo-Pacific Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2020 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2020 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2021 Guam Missile Defender of the Year
- 2021 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2022 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
- 2022 Indo-Pacific Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2022 National Capital Region Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2022 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2022 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2023 European Missile Defender of the Year
- 2023 Indo-Pacific Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2023 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 2023 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year
- 2024 NCR Defender of the Year
- 1LT Jack Vantress ADA JADOC Floor Personnel
- 1LT Michael Powell ADA JADOC Floor Personnel
- LTC Bryan Tillirson ADA JADOC Officer of the Year
- MAJ Abby Schroll ADA 1-174 ADA BN Officer of the Year
- Mr. Robert Campbell ADA Civilian of the Year
- MSgt Kendrick Wilburn ADA Airforce Personnel
- SGT Abraham Peediakal ADA Support Personnel
- SGT Angel Rojas ADA Support Personnel
- SGT Derek Sortor ADA Avenger Team Personnel
- SPC Adrianna Santellanes-Cortina ADA JADOC Floor Personnel
- SPC Ashley Grooms ADA Top NASAMS Team Personnel
- SPC Austin Hatcher ADA JADOC Floor Personnel
- SPC Braden Rogers ADA Top NASAMS Team Personnel
- SPC Ethan Gutierrez ADA Support Personnel
- SPC John Muthig ADA Avenger Team Personnel
- SSG Brayden Beam ADA Top NASAMS Team Personnel
- SSG Jose Galvan ADA Support Personnel
- SSG Joshua Patch ADA Avenger Team Personnel
- SSG Sidney Hacker ADA JADOC Floor Personnel
- 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
