Defenders of the Year

January 14, 2022

Major Robert Heath Matthews, United States Air Force

Maj Matthews is the Chief for Defensive Operations at the 603d Air Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He expertly

January 14, 2022

Lieutenant Kristen Ringwall, United States Navy

LT Ringwall is the Fire Control Officer for the USS Howard (DDG-83), homeport at Yokosuka, Japan. Upon LT Ringwall’s arrival,

January 14, 2022

Sergeant First Class Matthew Crain, United States Army

SFC Crain was most recently the Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge (NCOIC) of the Intelligence Section (S-2) at the 38th Air

January 14, 2022

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jeremy Howard, United States Army National Guard

CW2 Howard is the Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Command and Control (C2) Systems Integrator for 3rd Battalion, 265th ADA Regiment.

January 14, 2022

2021 U.S. Missile Defender of the Year

Alexandria, Virginia – January 14, 2022 MDAA brought forward our nation’s very best missile defender from each of the five

October 25, 2021

2021 Guam Missile Defender of the Year

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam | October 28th, 2021 The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance held the 2021 Guam Missile Defender

April 15, 2021

2020 Indo-Pacific Air & Missile Defender of the Year

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI & Virtual | April 15th, 2021 The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance held 2020 Indo-Pacific Air

March 24, 2021

First Lieutenant Eryn Daman, Space Operations Command

1st Lt Daman is a Mission Commander with the 2d Space Warning Squadron, Space Delta 4, Buckley Garrison, in Aurora,

March 24, 2021

Fire Controlman Aegis First Class (SW) John Long, United States Navy

FCA1 Long is the Combat Systems Leading Petty Officer at Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System in Deveselu, Romania (AAMDSRO). Currently

March 24, 2021

Captain Marco Catanese, United States Air Force

Capt Catanese is the Chief, Innovation and Analysis at the European Integrated Air and Missile Defense Center. He leads innovation

Defenders of the Year