Master Sergeant Sizemore orchestrated four joint training sessions with ARCENT's Mobile Training Team to equip 24 Fixed Site Small Unmanned Aircraft System operators and led 140 Soldiers, Airmen, and contractors through Dronebuster hands-on demonstrations and a threat identification class. In addition, Sergeant Sizemore trained 36 operators while facilitating 377 detections within the Base Security Zone, effectively optimizing the use of forty million dollars worth of drone defense equipment. Moreover, he drafted a new response checklist and an Annex to the Defense Plan to memorialize these new capabilities and strategy. Finally, he identified a critical radar update that increased unmanned drone detection by twenty five percent and improved security for base infrastructure, equipment, and personnel.
MAJOR JOSEPH ROMERO DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF BY OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AS COMMANDER, 609TH AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR. DURING THIS PERIOD, MAJOR ROMERO'S OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE EXECUTION OF MISSILE DEFENSE OPERATIONS AND THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE FALCONER WEAPONS SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AND IRAN'S FIRST-EVER DIRECT ATTACK ON ISRAELI TERRITORY. HIS RESOLUTE ACTIONS AND VISIONARY APPROACH LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL COORDINATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL DEFENSE OF ISRAEL. THIS COLLECTIVE EFFORT RESULTED IN THE INTERCEPTION OF AN IMPRESSIVE 99 PERCENT OF HOSTILE DRONES AND MISSILES. IN ADDITION, MAJOR ROMERO'S LEADERSHIP WAS PIVOTAL IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOUR CRUCIAL STRIKE BRIDGES, ALLOWING EIGHT COALITION PARTNERS TO SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE AND DESTROY MORE THAN 170 DRONES, 30 CRUISE MISSILES, AND 120 BALLISTIC MISSILES ON THE GROUND IN IRANIAN-BACKED HOUTHI-CONTROLLED AREAS. MOREOVER, HE COORDINATED EIGHT SENIOR LEADER ENGAGEMENTS, CREATING COMBAT EFFECTS THAT LED TO STRATEGIC OUTCOMES AND SYNCHRONIZED OPERATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE WARFIGHTING DOMAINS. FINALLY, HIS TEAM ESTABLISHED COMMAND AND CONTROL FOR THE CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER, FACILITATING THE U.S. SHIPS' EMPLOYMENT OF THE PROOF-OF-CONCEPT SM-3 MISSILE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN COMBAT OPERATIONS, RESULTING IN THE DEFENSE OF 400,000 ISRAELI NON-COMBATANTS. MAJOR ROMERO'S ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE 609TH AIR OPERATIONS CENTER AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS PLATOON SERGEANT, HQ/A BATTERY, 2-6 AIR DEFENSE ARTILLEY BATTALION, 30TH AIR DEFENSE BRIGADE, FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA FROM XXXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXX. DURING THIS PERIOD, STAFF SERGEANT STRYKER'S DETERMINATION AND COMMITMENT TO MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT ENSURED HIS SQUAD'S TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL PROFICIENCY IN THEIR WEAPON SYSTEMS. SERGEANT STRYKER'S LEADERSHIP AND "TAKE CHARGE" ATTITUDE INSPIRED HIS TEAM TO RISE ABOVE THEMSELVES AND ACCOMPLISH ALL MISSIONS WITH DISCIPLINED INITIATIVE. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AS PSG; SERGEANT STRYKER DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THROUGH HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE MISSION. STAFF SERGEANT STRYKER'S ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, 2-6 AIR DEFENSE ARTILLEY BATTALION, AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
MERITORIOUS SERVICE WHILE SERVING AS READINESS NCO, 2ND BATTALION, 174TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADE (AVENGER), ATHENS, OHIO FROM XXXXXXXXX TO XXXXXXXXXX. DURING THIS PERIOD, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS LOUIS ALVARADO'S OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL SKILL, KNOWLEDGE, AND LEADERSHIP AIDED IMMEASURABLY IN IDENTIFYING PROBLEM AREAS PRIOR TO AND DURING ANNUAL TRAINING 2018. HE DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS THAT RESOLVED MOST OF THE PROBLEMS THAT AROSE DURING THE RESET YEAR OF THE 2-174TH ADA. HE SHOWED RESOURCEFUL VIGOR IN ACQUIRING VIABLE SOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THEM WITH EXCELLENCE. AFTER SERVING AS INTERIM FIRST SERGEANT FOR HHB DURING THE 2-174 ADA DEPLOYMENT, SERGEANT ALVARADO CONTINUED HIS EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP BY ENSURING THAT THE UNIT'S ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS WERE ADDRESSED WITH SPEED AND EFFECTIVENESS. SERGEANT FIRST CLASS ALVARADO'S ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECT GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF, THE 174TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY BRIGADE, THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
