April 20, 2021 [link removed] copy and paste this link to read the alert on MDAA's website. Follow and Support MDAA ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ MDAA Alert Indo-Pacific Excellence April 20, 2021 Bringing forward honor to the 2020 Indo-Pacific Air & Missile Defenders of the Year, from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 15th, 2021. Dear Members and Friends, “The Indo-Pacific is the single most consequential region for America's future. It is the United States priority theater as clearly highlighted by the National Security Strategy and the National Defense Strategy. Our INDOPACOM forces operate throughout the region to deter aggression, ensure freedom of navigation, provide access to global markets and promote regional stability, mutual security, and economic prosperity.” -- Lt. Gen Mike Milihan, Deputy Commander at USINDOPACOM, on April 15, 2021. Last week, on April 15, we held a live, in-person award ceremony to honor our 2020 Indo-Pacific Air and Missile Defenders of the Year at the very heart of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Five leaders of excellence from four military services were honored, to include a guardian from the Space Force, for their exemplary service. These four military services are cornerstone pillars of operational missile defense in the Indo-Pacific. The joint group of five represented the missile-defense excellence of the United States, in the most challenging area of responsibility for the U.S. armed forces’ geographic combatant commands. The 2020 Indo-Pacific Air and Missile Defender of the Year Awardees U.S. Pacific Air Forces Awardee Captain Ryan Vath 613th Air Operations Center Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii *** U.S. Pacific Fleet Awardee Lieutenant Simon Mansonhing USS John Finn (DDG-113) Naval Base San Diego, California *** U.S. Army Pacific Awardees Lieutenant Colonel William Hunter III 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii *** Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Finley 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii *** U.S. Space Force Awardee Technical Sergeant Jeremiah Tillery 613th Air Operations Command Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii *** “These five represent that type of character and leadership. And you have to build on these pillars and you have to come together. It's about trust: that's the single biggest thing that we have to accomplish between each other. Because if you can trust each other, you communicate, you play for each other, and you win collectively against all resiliencies.” -- Riki Ellison; April, 15, 2021. [link removed] “The world is challenging. It's exciting because you've got a cauldron that's being built, and it's going to force you to become great. And the near-peer competitor of China is that cauldron competitor that's going to make us better than we are.” -- Riki Ellison; April, 15, 2021. Respectfully, ‌ 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 Unsubscribe [email protected] Customer Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!