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MDAA Alert:
Silent Warriors
October 22, 2019
2019 National Capital Region Air & Missile Defender of the Year Awardees with presenters
in Alexandria, Virginia on October 18, 2019.
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Dear Members and Friends,
Last Friday night, we were honored to host MDAA's first inaugural National Capital
Region (NCR) Air and Missile Defender of the Year (DOY) award ceremony in Alexandria,
Virginia to commemorate the very best excellence and leadership from the National
Guard responsible for defending the U.S. capital from air and cruise missile threats.
A mission put in place after Sept 11, 2001 to defend against air breathing threats
to the pillars of democracy and governing bodies of the United States of America.
"Tonight, the great thing is we're going to get to recognize a lot of these silent
warriors, and believe me, we know that its silent. But we know that you've been
trained to do what you're going to do. And heaven forbid that day comes, we know
that we can rely on you to tack care of everything, not just for the NCR but for
our nation and also for all of our forces down range." - Lieutenant General Dan
Hokanson, Director of the Army National Guard.
The U.S. Army National Guard providesAvenger air defense systems [[link removed]]to
provide close range air defense protection and the National Advanced Surface to
Air Missile Systems [[link removed]]
(NASAMS) to provide at a greater range 360 degree air and cruise missile defense
for the NCR in Washington, D.C. The National Guard also uses AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel
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360 degree radars to alert and target these short range air defense weapons of NASAMS
and Avengers. All of the systems are coordinated by the Joint Air Defense Operations
Center (JADOC), a joint center comprised of U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Air
Force National Guard, that is located at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling. The NASAMS
in the NCR are the only deployed and fully operational 360 degree cruise missile
defense system of the United States.
Introducing the 2019 Inaugural National Capital Region Missile Defenders of the
Year:

NASAMS Top Crew
Specialist Alexander Costello
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Sergeant Max Tauber
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Sergeant Denisse Villalobos
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Avenger Top Crew
Specialist Bertrand Pepper
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Sergeant Kenny Harris
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Staff Sergeant James Bristol
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Air Force Awardee
Master Sergeant Stuart King
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"This group that's defending this city is invincible. And you've done it with five
different National Guards from five different states. You've done it with the oldest
equipment in the military. You have defended the best democratic city in the world.
There's no other city in the world today that's better defended than you, than what
you're doing here. And you've done it in a very complex air environment with your
sensors being able to pick up all that air traffic. You've done it with the most
threats to you. And you've done it better than anybody else."
It's the Guard!
This marks MDAA's 55th DOY ceremony that has been done in seven countries and has
recognized 644 DOY Awardees from eighteen different nations.
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Respectfully,
Riki Ellison
Chairman and Founder
Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance
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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
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for more information.
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