2022 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year

Anchorage, Alaska | November 5th, 2022

The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance held the 2022 Alaska Missile Defender of the Year Award Ceremony in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, November 5, 2022. The event honored Air and Missile Defenders from Alaska’s Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, Alaska’s Air National Guard, and U.S. Space Force. These Airmen, Soldiers, and Guardian demonstrated outstanding leadership excellence in air and missile defense in 2022 and directly contributed to the security of the United States homeland.

2022 Alaska Missile Defenders of the Year

Don Young Memorial Awardee

Captain Lee Dockery
213th Space Warning Squadron

F-22 Awardees

Captain Mitchell “Shift” Willis
525th Fighter Squadron

Major Christopher A. Boyer
302nd Fighter Squadron

AWACS Awardees

Captain Zachary M. Hollopeter
962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron

Major Christian J. Shipp
962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron

Clear SFS Site Defender Awardees

Senior Airman Keeana Fielder 
268th Security Forces Squadron

Technical Sergeant Gabriel Ramirez
268th Security Forces Squadron

Cobra Dane Awardee

Technical Sergeant Wesley S. Jordan
13th Space Warning Squadron

13th SWS Awardee

Lieutenant Jeffrey Dunagin
13th Space Warning Squadron

213th SWS Awardee

Technical Sergeant Aaron Trujillo
213th Space Warning Squadron

Fort Greely Site Defender Awardee

Sergeant Domingo Cortes
MP GBI Security Company

Sergeant Sarah Brice
MP GBI Security Company

Sergeant Giovanny Flores
MP GBI Security Company

Sergeant Mackay Kim
MP GBI Security Company

49th Missile Defense Battalion Top Crews

49th Missile Defense Battalion Top Crews

Sergeant First Class Angel Perez
2021 Delta Crew

First Lieutenant Robert Hughes
2021 Delta Crew

Major Jorge Lorenzana
2021 Delta Crew

Sergeant Zachary Hladik
2022 Delta Crew

Staff Sergeant Michael Santiago
2021 and 2022 Delta Crew

First Lieutenant Kenneth McCoy
2022 Delta Crew

First Lieutenant Taylor Parsons
2021 and 2022 Delta Crew

Captain Justus Neumann
2022 Delta Crew

Ted Stevens Memorial Awardee

Captain Ryan Hairston
49th Missile Defense Battalion

Event Program

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Defenders of the Year