Alexandria, VA – January 19, 2024
MDAA brought forward our nation’s very best missile defender from each of the five military services from around the world to be honored and recognized for excellence in leadership in 2023. This leadership of excellence from our Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Space Force, represented the apex of U.S. missile defense around the world today and put forward under the command of the Commander in Chief, President Joe Biden.
The five honorees, Major Robert Sheehan of the U.S. National Guard, Captain Zachary Buenger of the U.S. Army, Lieutenant Commander Rebekah Fleming of the U.S. Navy, Staff Sergeant John Brannon of the U.S. Air Force, and Sergeant Matthew Critchley of the U.S. Space Force, led from their positions of command and leadership to earn respect, trust, and honor for their actions in operating and further developing the most prominent integrated air and missile defense platforms and systems that have been put in place in the world today.
Sergeant Matthew Critchley
Space Forces Indo-Pacific
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii
U.S. Space Force
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Staff Sergeant John Brannon
603rd Air Operation Center
Ramstein Air Base, Germany
U.S. Air Force
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Lieutenant Commander Rebekah Fleming
USS Carney
DDG 64
U.S. Navy
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Captain Zachary Buenger
2d Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
U.S. Army
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Major Robert Sheehan
164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade
Florida Army National Guard
U.S. National Guard