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    2016 DOD MEDIA AWARD WINNERS


    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Defense Media Merit Awards Navy Marines Coast Guard Army Air Force DoD Media Awards

    DoD Media Award Categories

    Civilian Enterprise News Publication  |  Civilian Photographer of the Year  |  Commentary/Blog Post  |  Digital Art  |  Feature Photo  |  Feature Story  |  Funded News Publication  |  Identity Design  |  Layout and Design  |  Long-form Production Video  |  Military Graphic Artist of the Year  |  Military Photographer of the Year  |  Military Videographer of the Year  |  Multimedia Story  |  News Photo  |  Operational Documentation  |  Operational Documentation Video  |  Photojournalism  |  Pictorial  |  Picture Story  |  Portrait  |  Short-form Production Video  |  Thomas Jefferson Civilian Journalist of the Year  |  Thomas Jefferson Military Journalist of the Year  |  Training Documentation  |  Training Documentation Video  |  Video Feature Story  |  Video Series  |  Video Spot

    Civilian Enterprise News Publication

    JBLM Northwest Guardian - 09.02.2016

    1st Place

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs Office

    The Globe - 05.05.2016

    2nd Place

    Marine Corps Installations East

    Dakota Pack - 11.30.2016

    3rd Place

    South Dakota National Guard Public Affairs

    Civilian Photographer of the Year

    The Perfect Storm - ‘Thunder’ and ‘Lightning’ strike during joint aerial tests
    Formation of a Legacy: Hertiage flight merges avaition past and present
    Formation of a Legacy: Hertiage flight merges avaition past and present
    Formation of a Legacy: Hertiage flight merges avaition past and present
    Eyewitness to Infamy
    Mental Warfare
    Mental Warfare

    1st Place

    Joseph Eddins

    Airman Magazine

    Commentary/Blog Post

    Thank you for your service, Uncle Mike

    Thank you for your service, Uncle Mike

    1st Place

    Sean Kimmons

    Defense Media Activity - Army Productions

    A Nation That Honors All Who Have Served

    2nd Place

    Maj. Jeffrey Bishop

    131st Bomb Wing

    Commentary: Resiliency not just a buzzword for DLA employees

    Commentary: Resiliency not just a buzzword for DLA employees

    3rd Place

    Beth Reece

    Defense Logistics Agency

    Digital Art

    House of Pain (Cover)

    1st Place

    Maureen Stewart

    Defense Media Activity - Proper

    Airman reflects on cancer battle, gives back with ‘passion project’

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Lauren Parsons

    502nd Air Base Wing

    Boiling Point (Cover)

    3rd Place

    Christopher Desrocher

    Defense Media Activity - Proper

    Feature Photo

    Still Holding Hands: A 73-Year Military Love Story

    1st Place

    Reese Brown

    Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center

    West Point Cadet Sheds Tears of Joy at Graduation (High Resolution)

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Vito Bryant

    United States Military Academy at West Point

    Advanced Infantry Course, Hawaii 2016

    3rd Place

    Sgt. Aaron Patterson

    Marine Corps Base Hawaii

    Feature Story

    Life after loss: One Air Force family’s journey to recovery

    Life after loss: One Air Force family’s journey to recovery

    1st Place

    Chiphip Pons

    Air Education and Training Command

    Transgender veteran lives inner truth

    Transgender veteran lives inner truth

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Janiqua Robinson

    23rd Wing

    Long overdue honor: Daring Vietnam pilot remembers Medal of Honor rescue mission

    3rd Place

    Elizabeth Collins

    All Hands Magazine

    Funded News Publication

    AMC Today - 12.21.2016

    1st Place

    U.S. Army Materiel Command

    The Navy Reservist - 05.02.2016

    2nd Place

    Commander, Navy Reserve Force

    PeleNews - 09.01.2016

    3rd Place

    USS Peleliu (LHA 5)

    Identity Design

    AFNE Command Coin

    1st Place

    Steven S Collins

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    ICBM Security logo design

    2nd Place

    Hill Air Force Base

    2016 Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station Zombie Run logo

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Dennis Hoffman

    21st Space Wing

    Layout and Design

    Above Bulgarian skies

    1st Place

    2nd Bomb Wing

    AFN Over the Decades vector Design

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Miguel Resendiz

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    M249 SAW light machine gun layout and design

    3rd Place

    Andrew LaMoreaux

    137th Special Operations Wing

    Long-form Production Video

    The Man From the Bottle (Telescoped Version)

    1st Place

    AFN Superstation Sembach

    HELL'S HIGHWAY: An Air Force Combat Trucker Story

    2nd Place

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    The Pacific Soldier

    3rd Place

    311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command

    Military Graphic Artist of the Year

    F-22s arrive
    Above Bulgarian skies
    National Cyber Security Awareness Month
    Command Cyber Readiness Inspection
    Mighty Eighth diamond anniversary
    Mission in hand

    1st Place

    2nd Bomb Wing

    Military Photographer of the Year

    Military Photographer of the Year

    JBER Night Jump
    Japanese Air Defense Force Chief Master Sgt. Takanori Konishi celebrates 10,000 flight hours.
    F-22 Fini-Flight
    Arctic Thunder
    Bravo Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment Deactivation
    JBER Fishing
    ICEX

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. James Richardson

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    Military Videographer of the Year

    Keeping Birds in the Sky
    Friends on Okinawa
    RIMPAC 16: Field Life

    1st Place

    Sgt. Isaac Ibarra

    III Marine Expeditionary Force

    Multimedia Story

    Legacy of Valor: Hickam Field 75 Years Later

    1st Place

    Michael Reeves Jr.

    15th Wing

    Everything You Should Know About the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 120 Seconds

    2nd Place

    Defense.gov

    One: Unshakable Faith

    3rd Place

    Master Sgt. Joseph Vigil

    501st Combat Support Wing

    News Photo

    Operation Enduring Warrior

    1st Place

    Tech. Sgt. Marianique Santos

    1st Combat Camera Squadron

    75th Commemoration Event of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    SQUADEX 2016

    3rd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Blake Midnight

    Commander Task Force 56

    Operational Documentation

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Deployment

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Beard

    U.S. Navy

    Spring Storm 2016

    2nd Place

    Master Sgt. Matthew Plew

    48th Fighter Wing

    U.S. Army aircrew recovers buoy

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

    U.S. Coast Guard District 13

    Operational Documentation Video

    CLB-24 Retrograde Operation Video Production

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Kujanpaa

    Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

    Operational Documentation ICO Operation Inherant Resolve 2016 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    2nd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer Anthony Koch

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    Jet Shop Maintenance

    3rd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer Anthony Koch

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    Photojournalism

    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America’s fallen heroes

    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America’s fallen heroes
    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America's fallen heroes
    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America's fallen heroes
    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America's fallen heroes
    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America's fallen heroes
    Dignity, Reverence, Respect: U.S. Army Reserve Mortuary Affairs specialists care for America's fallen heroes

    1st Place

    Timothy Hale

    U.S. Army Reserve Command

    U.S., Japan Extend Peace Offerings in 'Blackened Canteen' Ceremony

    U.S., Japan Extend Peace Offerings in 'Blackened Canteen' Ceremony
    'Blackened Canteen' Ceremony Promotes Peace Between US, Japan
    'Blackened Canteen' Ceremony Promotes Peace Between US, Japan

    2nd Place

    Lisa Ferdinando

    Defense Media Activity - Proper

    Battlefield Airmen pay tribute to fallen brother

    Battlefield Airmen pay tribute to fallen brother
    Tribute
    Stoic
    Push
    Taps
    Battle cross

    3rd Place

    2nd Lt. Ryan Callaghan

    23rd Wing

    Pictorial

    Funeral for Sgt. Wilson Meckley

    1st Place

    Sgt. Cody Torkelson

    3d U.S. Infantry Regiment “The Old Guard”

    Sunrise rappel

    2nd Place

    2nd Lt. Ryan Callaghan

    23rd Wing

    Civilians role play at Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-16

    3rd Place

    Senior Airman Steven Ortiz

    3d Audiovisual Squadron

    Picture Story

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson hosts free concert on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Laurie Dexter

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Hustle
    Three in a Row
    Need a Hand
    Up We Go
    Keep Climbing
    Stay Low
    Swing Away
    Finished

    2nd Place

    Tech. Sgt. Jensen Stidham

    Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

    Coast Guard Cutter Fir underway dewatering drill
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations
    Coast Guard Cutter Fir buoy operations

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read

    U.S. Coast Guard District 13

    Portrait

    Month of the Military Child

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Sahara Fales

    Minot Air Force Base

    Blackened Canteen Ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Somers Steelman

    U.S. Navy

    U.S. Navy's Ceremonial Guard Trains at Joint Base Anacostia Bolling

    3rd Place

    106th Rescue Wing

    Short-form Production Video

    U.S. Army Europe Keith L. Ware 2016 Submission

    1st Place

    U.S. Army Europe and Africa

    241st Marine Corps Birthday Message

    2nd Place

    Communication Directorate

    Weapon of Choice

    3rd Place

    Air Force Reserve Command

    Thomas Jefferson Civilian Journalist of the Year

    A new woman: Transgender civilian Airman embraces change

    A new woman: Transgender civilian Airman embraces change
    No limits: Airman pushes past near death experience

    No limits: Airman pushes past near death experience

    Medics push their limits in mind and body with punishing tasks
    Air Force, Army planners find ways to see greater jump in airdrops

    Air Force, Army planners find ways to see greater jump in airdrops

    1st Place

    Sean Kimmons

    Defense Media Activity - Army Productions

    Thomas Jefferson Military Journalist of the Year

    Thomas Jefferson Military Journalist of the Year

    EMBRACE THE PASTE: Keeping U2 pilots fed at The Coffin Corner

    EMBRACE THE PASTE: Keeping U2 pilots fed at The Coffin Corner
    The Man-Machine Interface: Pilot-physicians use dual expertise to save lives and aircraft

    The Man-Machine Interface: Pilot-physicians use dual expertise to save lives and aircraft
    Meals Readily Explained: The untold 'true' story of the modern MRE

    Meals Readily Explained: The untold 'true' story of the modern MRE
    Atomic Exposure: USAAF navigator photographed first nuclear missions

    Atomic Exposure: USAAF navigator photographed first nuclear missions

    1st Place

    Tech. Sgt. Brandon Shapiro

    Airman Magazine

    Training Documentation

    AFRICAN LION 16

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Krystal Ardrey

    31st Fighter Wing

    Bravo Company, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment Deactivation

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. James Richardson

    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    Southern Strike 17

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Clayton Cupit

    1st Combat Camera Squadron

    Training Documentation Video

    RIMPAC 16: Field Life

    1st Place

    Sgt. Isaac Ibarra

    III Marine Expeditionary Force

    160418-KTN-Stolen Cerberus III

    2nd Place

    Tech. Sgt. Nancy Kasberg

    AFN Superstation Sembach

    WTI 2-16 End of Course Video

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Kujanpaa

    Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-1

    Video Feature Story

    Our Names on Her Arm

    1st Place

    Robert Dantzler

    455th Air Expeditionary Wing

    The Saluting Marine

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Brian Burdett

    Communication Directorate

    Third Time, A Charm Pt. 2

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Adam Harder

    AFN Superstation Sembach

    Video Series

    I Am An Acquisition Professional (Gerald Tinner)
    I Am An Acquisition Professional (Deonna Coleman
    I Am An Acquisition Professional (Owen Hassig)
    I Am an Acquisition Professional (Matthew Ligato)

    1st Place

    William J. Miller

    Defense Logistics Agency

    The Challenge Ep.1
    The ChalleNGe Ep.2
    The ChalleNGe, Ep.3 [Cadre]
    The ChalleNGe Ep.4 [Academics]
    The ChalleNGe Ep.5 [Graduation]

    2nd Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Adam Fischman

    National Guard Bureau

    Backyard Adventure: Klagenfurt, Austria
    Backyard Adventure: Trondheim, Norway
    Backyard Adventure: Polar Park, Bardu, Norway

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Ashley Corkins

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    Video Spot

    Brigadier General Jeannie Leavitt Aviation Nation Invitation

    1st Place

    Senior Airman Mychal Fox

    Nellis Air Force Base

    PSA: Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot

    2nd Place

    Honey Shewbert

    Defense.gov

    The Bridge: Pacific Fleet Innovation

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Johans Chavarro

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii