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    2017 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

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    Animation  |  Audio Entertainment Program  |  Audio Report  |  Audio Spot  |  Blog Post  |  Civilian Photographer of the Year  |  Commentary  |  Digital Art  |  Feature Photo  |  Feature Story  |  Identity Design  |  Infographic  |  James P. Hunter Award for Outstanding New Writer  |  Layout and Design  |  Long-form Production Video  |  Military Graphic Designer of the Year  |  Military Photographer of the Year  |  Moss-Holland Civilian Writer of the Year  |  Multimedia Product  |  News Photo  |  News/Information Story  |  Operational Photo Series  |  Operational Videography  |  PDF Publication  |  Photojournalism  |  Picture Story  |  Portrait  |  Printed Publication  |  Rising Star Award for Outstanding New Videographer  |  Short-form Production Video  |  Social Media Video  |  Storyteller of the Year  |  Training Photo Series  |  Training Videography  |  Video Series  |  Video Spot  |  Video Story

    Animation

    Net Zero Waste Christmas Jingle

    1st Place

    Jeff England

    Fort Johnson Public Affairs Office

    2017 MDNG Best Warrior

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Elizabeth Scott

    Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office

    Audio Entertainment Program

    The Triple Nickle

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. William Reinier

    10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

    Category D Audio Entertainment Program

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Andre Clark

    AFN Bavaria

    Sept 14, 2017 Daegu Morning Radio Show

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. joni jackson

    AFN Daegu

    Audio Report

    Cat 3-HMP-Professional Bowlers-SSG Tucker

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Joshua Tucker

    AFN Humphreys

    Category E- Bavaria Radio News Update - SHARP

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Gray

    AFN Bavaria

    Learning Through Competition

    3rd Place

    Sgt. Fred Brown

    214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Audio Spot

    Shave Your Face (DMA_BCAT_F_USA_Audio-Spot)

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Stephen Dornbos

    Defense Media Activity - Proper

    Drinking In Korea

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Elizabeth Harris

    AFN Humphreys

    Get Infected

    3rd Place

    Sgt. Bob Yarbrough

    AFN Bavaria

    Blog Post

    To get the shot, you need the will to climb a mountain

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. William Reinier

    10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

    Heroes of Harvey

    Heroes of Harvey

    2nd Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Bethany Anderson

    100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Civilian Photographer of the Year

    Civilian Photographer of the Year

    Musical passions?
    Wrecks and recovery: combat repair tteams battle for coveted Ordnance Corps title
    99-year-old Red Ball Express vet receives medals 72 years after earning them
    New training venue enhances transporter training
    Steering skills -- annual rodeo provides transporters opportunity to test driving competency
    Muscled military readiness

    1st Place

    Terrance Bell

    Fort Gregg-Adams

    Commentary

    Another sex scandal rocks the U.S. military

    1st Place

    Joseph Piek

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs Office

    The Ever Watchful Eye

    The Ever Watchful Eye

    2nd Place

    Lt. Col. Christian Patterson

    Joint Force Headquarters - Mississippi National Guard

    Digital Art

    26th YD: 100 Years of Service

    1st Place

    Command Sgt. Maj. Don Veitch

    65th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

    National Cyber Security Awareness Month

    2nd Place

    Tai Doick

    Fort Eisenhower Public Affairs Office

    Feature Photo

    500 Festival honors Gold Star Families, service members at Indiana War Memorial

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Runser

    Indiana National Guard Headquarters

    Army beats Navy

    2nd Place

    Michelle Eberhart

    United States Military Academy at West Point

    All American Week 100 Boxing/Combatives Finals

    3rd Place

    Spc. Hubert Delany

    22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Feature Story

    From bonnets to berets: Chemical command sergeant major trades simple life for Army life

    1st Place

    Stephen Standifird

    Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

    Refugee turned Army nurse reflects on service

    Refugee turned Army nurse reflects on service

    2nd Place

    Marcy Sanchez

    Medical Readiness Command, West

    From Panama to Phoenix: A Recruiters Story

    From Panama to Phoenix: A Recruiters Story

    3rd Place

    Alun Thomas

    U.S. Army Recruiting Command

    Identity Design

    Fort Gordon 100 Year Anniversary logo

    1st Place

    Tai Doick

    Fort Eisenhower Public Affairs Office

    Southern Strike Logo

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Shawn Keeton

    102d Public Affairs Detachment

    “Excellence and Heritage”

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Miguel Resendiz

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    Infographic

    2017: Fort Leonard Wood year in review

    1st Place

    Stephen Standifird

    Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

    James P. Hunter Award for Outstanding New Writer

    From Infantry to IT: The Making of a DA Civilian

    From Infantry to IT: The Making of a DA Civilian
    GTA supports Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise

    GTA supports Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
    Short-range air defense training at 7ATC

    Short-range air defense training at 7ATC
    2 Snipers meet again at 7th Army Training Command

    2 Snipers meet again at 7th Army Training Command
    Swift Response 17-2: Interoperability lessons learned

    Swift Response 17-2: Interoperability lessons learned
    Aerial support for the M-Stinger course
    M-Stinger course
    2CR trains on Missile Stinger

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Kathleen Polanco

    7th Army Training Command

    Layout and Design

    The Year of Fitness

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Heath Doppke

    79th Theater Sustainment Command

    Corps'pondent

    2nd Place

    Sarah Bennett

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District

    “Bringing Together America’s Best”

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Miguel Resendiz

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    Long-form Production Video

    I Am...

    1st Place

    25th Infantry Division

    The Best Warrior

    2nd Place

    U.S. Army Reserve Command

    Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.- Destined to Lead

    3rd Place

    United States Military Academy at West Point

    Military Graphic Designer of the Year

    “AFN the Future”
    “Excellence and Heritage”
    “Bringing Together America’s Best”
    “Honoring those who Served”
    “Urgent Question”
    AFNE Holiday Party Tickets

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Miguel Resendiz

    Regional Media Center AFN Europe

    Military Photographer of the Year

    Military Photographer of the Year

    Flooded with grace
    Guardian Justice
    Guardian Justice
    Flooded with grace
    200th MPC QTB
    NYPD officer, Army Reserve Soldier honored in National Police Memorial

    1st Place

    Sgt. Audrey Hayes

    200th Military Police Command

    Moss-Holland Civilian Writer of the Year

    3rd Bn., 41st Infantry Regt. goes live for Table IV

    3rd Bn., 41st Infantry Regt. goes live for Table IV
    Mission ready: Kansas unit trains at Fort Bliss

    Mission ready: Kansas unit trains at Fort Bliss
    3nd Bn., 41st Infantry Regt., conducts Team Leader Course

    3nd Bn., 41st Infantry Regt., conducts Team Leader Course
    Retired MG Brown to write book about 507th Maint. Co.

    Retired MG Brown to write book about 507th Maint. Co.
    Strongman and Strongwoman Competition brings out the hearty

    Strongman and Strongwoman Competition brings out the hearty

    1st Place

    Winifred Brown

    Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office

    Multimedia Product

    Company Live Fire

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Alexander Henninger

    173rd Airborne Brigade

    Caisson Prep Process

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. JackieJ McKnight

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

    2017 Bataan Memorial Death March

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Runser

    Indiana National Guard Headquarters

    News Photo

    NYPD officer, Army Reserve Soldier honored in National Police Memorial

    1st Place

    Sgt. Audrey Hayes

    200th Military Police Command

    Hurricane Maria Relief

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra

    55th Signal Company (Combat Camera)

    Using a mirror for observation

    3rd Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Joel Quebec

    314th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

    News/Information Story

    Medical miracle: BAMC surgeons perform groundbreaking arm replant

    Medical miracle: BAMC surgeons perform groundbreaking arm replant

    1st Place

    Lori Newman

    Medical Readiness Command, West

    Army Corps, Secret Service break ground on advanced K-9 training facility outside DC

    Army Corps, Secret Service break ground on advanced K-9 training facility outside DC

    2nd Place

    Sarah Lazo

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

    Discovery may offer new energy source

    Discovery may offer new energy source

    3rd Place

    David McNally

    Army Research Laboratory

    Operational Photo Series

    Water Break
    The Experts Supervise
    Patrolling The Fireline
    Sound Off On the Fireline
    Veteran Soldiers Training Soldiers
    Last Light At Glade Camp
    Home At Last
    Digging Hot Spots
    Into the Wild
    Ash And Embers
    Heads Hang Low On the Hand Line

    1st Place

    Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon

    20th Public Affairs Detachment

    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief
    Hurricane Maria Relief

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Pablo Piedra

    55th Signal Company (Combat Camera)

    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey:
    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey
    Hurricane Harvey

    3rd Place

    Spc. Hubert Delany

    22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Operational Videography

    82nd Airborne Division artillery brings fires to ISIS

    1st Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Jason Hull

    2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

    Guardsmen Continue to Conduct Hurricane Disaster Relief Operations

    2nd Place

    2nd Lt. Balinda Dresel

    Alaska National Guard

    PDF Publication

    Risk Management Magazine - 08.07.2017

    1st Place

    U.S. Army Combined Arms Center

    Brooke Army Medical Center FOCUS - 03.15.2017

    2nd Place

    Brooke Army Medical Center Public Affairs

    Coyote Courier - 129th MPAD - 06.18.2017

    3rd Place

    129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Photojournalism

    Forever Fierce

    Forever Fierce
    Forever Fierce Foundation
    Forever Fierce Foundation
    Forever Fierce Foundation
    Forever Fierce Foundation
    Forever Fierce Foundation

    1st Place

    Sgt. Jeremy Bennett

    1st Special Forces Command (Airborne)

    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training

    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training
    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training
    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training
    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training
    Unit finds warmth in teamwork during winter survival training

    2nd Place

    Spc. Tyler Main

    122nd Theater Public Affairs Support Element

    Military police keep pounding through change of mission and mindset

    Military police keep pounding through change of mission and mindset
    Adapt and overcome: Military Police Soldiers persevere through heat, high operational tempo
    Adapt and overcome: Military Police Soldiers persevere through heat, high operational tempo
    Adapt and overcome: Military Police Soldiers persevere through heat, high operational tempo
    Adapt and overcome: Military Police Soldiers persevere through heat, high operational tempo
    Adapt and overcome: Military Police Soldiers persevere through heat, high operational tempo

    3rd Place

    Master Sgt. Michel Sauret

    200th Military Police Command

    Picture Story

    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade
    Presidential Inauguration Parade

    1st Place

    Master Sgt. Michel Sauret

    200th Military Police Command

    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood
    Welcome to Fort Leonard Wood

    2nd Place

    Stephen Standifird

    Fort Leonard Wood Public Affairs Office

    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition
    2017 FORSCOM Best Warrior Competition

    3rd Place

    Spc. Hubert Delany

    22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Portrait

    U.S. Army Europe: Allied Spirit VII

    1st Place

    Sgt. Dustin Biven

    22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Tropic Lightning Division names Career Counselor of the Year

    2nd Place

    Sgt. Ian Ives

    25th Infantry Division

    Women of the Army Tribe

    3rd Place

    Sgt. Elizabeth Taylor

    200th Military Police Command

    Printed Publication

    Army AL&T Magazine - 04.01.2017

    1st Place

    U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center

    JBLM Northwest Guardian - 10.06.2017

    2nd Place

    Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Affairs Office

    Fort Bliss Bugle - 03.16.2017

    3rd Place

    Fort Bliss Public Affairs Office

    Rising Star Award for Outstanding New Videographer

    National Guard MFH Trainer Recertification Course
    SDNG Golden Coyote Native American Cultural Day
    SDARNG Aviation Teams and 200th Engineers Conduct Collaborative Training
    2017 Golden Coyote River Crossing

    1st Place

    Staff Sgt. Austin Pearce

    129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Short-form Production Video

    Sing Second, Army Alma Mater

    1st Place

    United States Military Academy at West Point

    Dynamic Front II

    2nd Place

    7th Army Training Command

    Road to Awesome

    3rd Place

    Office of the Chief, Army Reserve

    Social Media Video

    What Makes a Sky Soldier?

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Alexander Henninger

    173rd Airborne Brigade

    Storyteller of the Year

    Storyteller of the Year

    Ugandan-Born Reserve Soldier Impacts Army, Saves Lives in Uganda

    Ugandan-Born Reserve Soldier Impacts Army, Saves Lives in Uganda
    U.S. troops train Cameroonian Armed Forces in Counter-IED

    U.S. troops train Cameroonian Armed Forces in Counter-IED
    101 Division (Air Assault) Soldiers train alongside Gabonese counterparts during Judicious Activation 17-2
    U.S. troops train Cameroonian Armed Forces in Counter-IED
    100 Years of 79th History

    1st Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Alexandra Hays

    79th Theater Sustainment Command

    Training Photo Series

    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe
    U.S. Army trains to respond to nuclear catastrophe

    1st Place

    Master Sgt. Michel Sauret

    200th Military Police Command

    Rigger ready -- students tackle defining airborne operation
    Rigger ready -- students tackle defining airborne operation
    Rigger ready – students tackle defining airborne operation
    Rigger ready -- students tackle defining airborne operation
    Rigger ready -- students tackle defining airborne operation
    Rigger ready -- students tackle defining airborne operation
    Hurry up and waaaa ...

    2nd Place

    Terrance Bell

    Fort Gregg-Adams

    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Longknife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Long Knife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Longknife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now
    Longknife Squadron: Ready Today, Ready Now

    3rd Place

    Spc. Hubert Delany

    22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    Training Videography

    173rd Airborne Brigade Mortar Mission at Grafenwoehr

    1st Place

    Markus Rauchenberger

    7th Army Training Command

    Army Boats B-Roll

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Yao

    U.S. Army Reserve Command

    101st ABN DIV (AASLT) MHS Fielding (Part 2)

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. David Birchfield

    101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

    Video Series

    Miss USArmy Ep04- Stereotypes
    Miss USArmy- E01:Service
    Miss USArmy E02: Adversity
    Miss USArmy E03: Resilience

    1st Place

    Valerie Resciniti

    Office of the Chief, Army Reserve

    Operation Cold Steel
    The Universal Language (With Titles)

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Yao

    U.S. Army Reserve Command

    Video Spot

    US Army Hawaii says Go Army West Point

    1st Place

    Sgt. 1st Class Vanessa Atchley

    25th Infantry Division

    No Seat Belt

    2nd Place

    Bill Bauman

    U.S. Army Combined Arms Center

    Video Story

    Soldiers - Sniper School

    1st Place

    Sgt. Nathaniel Duane Phillips

    Defense Media Activity - Army Productions

    Sydny Johnson: A Winning Spirit

    2nd Place

    Staff Sgt. Stephen Dornbos

    Defense Media Activity - Proper

    173rd Airborne Brigade Jumps with Serbia

    3rd Place

    Staff Sgt. Alexander Henninger

    173rd Airborne Brigade