Email from November 4th Click here to view the Alert on the MDAA website Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: 2025 Guam Missile Defender of the Year 2025 Guam Missile Defender of the Year. Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, USA. Pictured: LTC Jonathan Stafford, 1LT John Perez, CW4 Joseph Manglona, SSG Jimiisaiah George, SGT Selena Jackson, CW2 Ryan McGinty, SPC Jose Castillo, CPT Alexander Manville, CW3 Michael Chitwood, CPT Norman C. Hitosis, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, and Riki Ellison. November 4, 2025. Dear Members and Friends, On a stunning sunny day at the newest military base on Guam, the Marine Corps Base, Camp Blaz—surrounded by the vastness of the Pacific—we brought our tradition of honoring and recognizing the best Missile Defenders back to the most forward American territory facing China and North Korea: Guam. The 2025 Guam MDOY marks MDAA's 84th Missile Defender of the Year and our 7th Guam Missile Defender of the Year. We were honored to recognize 9 awardees deployed in Guam of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the United States Air Force in their noble and sacred mission of defending Guam from missile and air threats for this past year. We had the great honor of having the Governor of Guam, Lou Leon Guerrero, recognize and speak to our Guam MDOY winners and to those that attended. The Governor made clear that she will not risk the island's safety and supports missile defense in peace through strength and in peace through deterrence. She thanked me for advocating for a massive defense capability that provides 360° defense for Guam. The people of Guam have experienced and endured war, she said, and they are determined to never let that happen again. Our tradition of recognizing the best of the best in this critical mission runs deep, embedded in a history of integrity and honor in the Missile Defense mission. This was the first Guam Missile Defender of the Year held since we held the event in 2021. The Guam Missile Defender of the Year goes back to 2015, when it was first held to honor members of Task Force Talon in their operation of Guam's THAAD defense system installation—the first active deployment of the THAAD system in the world. 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 1,037 Awardees from 25 different nations at 84 total Defender of the Year Award ceremonies. This prestigious recognition has celebrated awardees from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. Events have been hosted by nine countries: Germany, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States. We are honored to present the 2025 Guam Missile Defenders of the Year: 1LT John Perez Security Forces Officer Awardee CW4 Joseph Manglona Security Forces Officer Awardee SSG Jimiisaiah George Security Forces Non-Commissioned Officer Awardee SGT Selena Jackson Security Forces Non-Commissioned Officer Awardee CW2 Ryan McGinty E/3 Officer Awardee SPC Jose Castillo E/3 Soldier Awardee CPT Alexander Manville TF Talon Officer Awardee CW3 Michael Chitwood TF Talon Officer Awardee CPT Norman C. Hitosis Air Force Officer Awardee Winners Associate with Winners to Win! Fight on! Riki Ellison Chairman and Founder Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance   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