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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