Email from Friday June 20, 2025 Click here to view the Alert on the MDAA website Follow and Support MDAA MDAA Alert: 2025 National Capitol Region Missile Defender of the Year   2025 National Capitol Region Missile Defender of the Year; June 13, 2025, Joint Base Andrews, MD. Dear Members and Friends, “Your leadership counts, your leadership is what would beat everybody. And the diversity of this country that you lead and create that trust to do that. So, we're very honored to recognize and award them. We dream big, we are big. We live our dream to give our dreams. There's only four things, Complete belief. Complete, you doubt you're out. Courage. Courage is probably the hardest thing to do. True grit. Winners associate with Winners to win, like we did tonight, thank you.” – MDAA Founder and Chairman Mr. Riki Ellison, June 13th, 2025, Joint Base Andrews, MD. At Joint Base Andrews, MD, last Friday night on June 13th, 2025, we honored and recognized 21 awardees of the National Guard in their noble and sacred mission of defending the National Capital Region from air threats for this past year. MDAA hosted our 82nd Missile Defender of the Year (MDOY) and marked a milestone of over 1,000 MDOY award recipients. Our tradition of recognizing our best in this critical mission runs deep, embedded in a history of integrity and honor in the Missile Defense mission. The Missile Defender of the Year Award ceremony began in January 2011 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first operational Patriot missile intercept on January 18, 1991. Since then, MDAA has honored and awarded 1,016 Awardees from 22 different nations at 82 total Defender of the Year Award ceremonies. This Missile Defender of the Year ceremony was particularly powerful as there are now over a thousand MDOY awardees, cementing the legacy of all the warfighters who have been recognized. Our four National Capitol Region Missile Defender of the Year events have honored 66 awardees, beginning with the inaugural event on October 18th, 2019. This prestigious recognition has celebrated awardees from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Events have been hosted by eight countries: Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. We are honored to present the 2025 National Capitol Region Missile Defenders of the Year: Major William Albright ADA JADOC Officer of the Year​ Master Sergeant Melissa Sterpin ​Air Force Personnel ​ Master Sergeant Bobby E. Holness ​Air Force Personnel ​ First Lieutenant Sheila Vargas​ 1-265 ADA BN Officer of the Year​ Sergeant Tevin Frederick​ ADA Avenger Team Personnel​ Sergeant Ryan White​ ADA Avenger Team Personnel​ Sergeant Junteavious Reaves​ ADA Avenger Team Personnel​ Specialist Ameria Jones ​ADA Top NASAMS Personnel​ Sergeant Nicholas Correa​ ADA Top NASAMS Personnel​ Specialist Woodesky Felix ​ADA Top NASAMS Personnel​ Sergeant Jason Giagonelli​ ADA Support Personnel ​ Specialist Christine Clements​ ADA Support Personnel Specialist James Schiavo​ ADA Support Personnel Sergeant Michael Parent​ ADA Support Personnel Captain Brandon Selcuk​ ADA JADOC Floor Personnel Staff Sergeant Carlton MacKay​ ADA Support Personnel Sergeant Noah Bouton ADA Support Personnel Sergeant Brunildo Mejia ​ADA JADOC Floor Personnel​ Sergeant Luis Hernandez ​ADA JADOC Floor Personnel​ First Lieutenant Matthew Ransom​ ADA JADOC Floor Personnel​ Staff Sergeant Kellie Stewart​ ADA JADOC Floor Personnel​ Winners associate with winners to win! Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Click Here to Join MDAA _____________________________________________________________________ MDAA is a non-profit, non-partisan tax-exempt 501(c) (4) organization. Our mission is to make the world safer by advocating for the development and deployment of missile defense systems to defend the United States and its allies against missile threats. We are a membership-funded organization that does not advocate on behalf of any specific system, technology, architecture or entity. Founded in 2002, MDAA is the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense. Visit our website www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org for more information.   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 515 King Street, Suite 330 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: (703) 299-0060 Email: [email protected]   Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance | 515 King Street Suite 330 | Alexandria, VA 22314 US Unsubscribe | Constant Contact Data Notice