2018 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year
Anchorage, Alaska | May 19th, 2018
The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance held its fifth annual Alaska Missile Defender of the Year Award Ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, May 19th, honoring those members of the Alaska Army and Air National Guard who operate the U.S. Ground Based Midcourse Defense System.
The top award presented was the Ted Stevens Award for missile defense, in honor of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, a champion of missile defense.
Fort Greely Base Defenders
Specialist Jonathan Dasta Cortes
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Sergeant Bryan Gonzalez Nieves
Fort Greely Top Crew (Alpha Crew)
Sergeant Bethany Hendren
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Staff Sergeant Josef Carstens
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First Lieutenant Benjamin Maye
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Captain Gilberto Ortiz
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Major Bernard Smith
Clear Air Force Station Base Defenders
Staff Sergeant Justin Smythson
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Technical Sergeant Robert Ives
Clear Air Force Station Top Crew
Technical Sergeant Kit Dawson
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Second Lieutenant Sebastian Moore
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Captain Sarah Atherton
Ted Stevens Memorial Award for best Alaskan Missile Defender
Lieutenant Colonel Keith Grimes
Event Program
Alaska 2018 ProgramAudio From the Event
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 National Capital Region Air & Missile Defender of the Year
- 2019 NORAD & USNORTHCOM Missile Warning and Defender of the Year Award Ceremony
- 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
