Email from December 4, 2025 Click here to view the Alert on the MDAA website Follow and Support MDAA   MDAA Alert: Celebrating the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year Awards Major General Naonobu Koyama speaks at the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony. U.S. Air Base Yokota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. November 6, 2025. Photo Credit: Capt. Frank Spatt. Dear Members and Friends, On November 6, 2025, MDAA hosted the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony at the U.S. Air Base Yokota in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. This week, the U.S. Army's 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade released their photos of the event along with this congratulatory message to their awardees: From the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, we proudly celebrate: • Col. Joseph C. Scott – Brigade Commander • CW2 Dillin Lewis – Brigade Interface Control Officer & Fire Direction Center OIC • SGT David Alvarado – 14th Missile Defense Battery, KCS, 米陸軍経ヶ岬通信所, 第14ミサイル防衛中隊 Their commitment to excellence and tireless efforts in strengthening missile defense across the Indo-Pacific highlight the professionalism and readiness of our team. Please join us in congratulating these exceptional leaders and defenders for their achievements and continued service. 👏 Group photo at the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony. U.S. Air Base Yokota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. November 6, 2025. Photo Credit: Capt. Frank Spatt. MDAA Chairman and Founder Riki Ellison addresses the crowd at the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony. U.S. Air Base Yokota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. November 6, 2025. Photo Credit: Capt. Frank Spatt. Awards and signed footballs and jerseys on display at the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony. U.S. Air Base Yokota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. November 6, 2025. Photo Credit: Capt. Frank Spatt. Major Takayuki Shiraishi​ catches his football at the 2025 Japan Missile Defender of the Year awards ceremony. U.S. Air Base Yokota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan. November 6, 2025. Photo Credit: Capt. Frank Spatt. 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