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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

    Navy Award Categories

    Animation  |  Audio Long-form Production  |  Blog Post  |  Commentary  |  Digital Art  |  Feature Photo  |  Feature Story  |  Feature Video  |  Identity Design  |  Illustration  |  Infographic  |  Information Story  |  Long-form Production Video  |  Multimedia Product  |  Navy Civilian Writer of the Year  |  Navy Photographer of the Year  |  Navy Videographer of the Year  |  Navy Writer of the Year  |  News Photo  |  Operational Photo Series  |  Operational Videography  |  Photojournalism  |  Picture Story  |  Portrait  |  Poster  |  Printed Publication  |  Series Writing  |  Short-form Production Video  |  Training Photo Series  |  Training Videography  |  Video Series  |  Video Spot

    Animation

    Midshipmen Promotional video

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Mortensen

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan

    Students Talk With Astronaut

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob G. Sisco

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element, Det. Northwest

    INSURV is Coming

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Michael B Zingaro

    USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

    Audio Long-form Production

    2017.10.30_GTB_Petrosino

    1st Place

    AFN Guantanamo Bay

    Soundings Podcast: Toughness

    2nd Place

    Chief of Naval Operations

    Blog Post

    Talking about suicide is not easy

    Talking about suicide is not easy

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Innovation in sight: Submariners Target Innovation

    Innovation in sight: Submariners Target Innovation

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Hinton

    Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

    The Brothers of Waterloo

    3rd Place

    Arif Patani

    Naval History and Heritage Command

    Commentary

    A rose in the foam

    A rose in the foam

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Chelsea Milburn

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

    Drenched: A First Timer’s Perspective On Enduring The Arabian Gulf Heat

    Drenched: A First Timer’s Perspective On Enduring The Arabian Gulf Heat

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Holly Herline

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    An Exchange of Perspective

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Cole Schroeder

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    Digital Art

    Canada 150

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lowe

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    Space Sailor

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Peterson

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

    Bully the Moose

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Jimmi L Bruner

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

    Feature Photo

    USS Preble

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Nall Morgan

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

    76th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Overcoming obstacles

    3rd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Ben Farone

    Naval Air Facility Atsugi

    Feature Story

    From Behind the Lens: Memories and Advice of a Life Well Lived

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Charlotte Oliver

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Through a Rollercoaster of Ups and Downs: Wounded Warrior turns tragedies into inspirations

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Sanchez

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Piecing it all Together

    3rd Place

    Senior Chief Petty Officer Ahron Arendes

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    Feature Video

    Remembering the B-1 Navy Band

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Brown

    U.S. Navy Band

    Serving Overseas

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Palasti

    AFN Sasebo

    Faces of 77:

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class David M Lee

    USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

    Identity Design

    Tiger Cruise Graphic

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph C Boggio

    USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

    Doc & Deedle Logo

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Jennifer Blake

    USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

    Forward Deploy With Us

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Raymond Diaz III

    Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7

    Illustration

    70 Years of PACOM

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Meranda Keller

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Finding USS Indianapolis

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Clifford Davis

    Naval History and Heritage Command

    170920-N- FG807-001

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Devin Lowe

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    Infographic

    John Finn Infographic

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Pacheco

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Military Child in the Spotlight

    2nd Place

    Chief Petty Officer Alan Gragg

    USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

    Women's History Month Infographic

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Emily Johnston ()

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    Information Story

    Get Framed by Naval Hospital Bremerton Optometry

    Get Framed by Naval Hospital Bremerton Optometry

    1st Place

    Douglas Stutz

    Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton

    The Guardian Angels of VAW-121

    The Guardian Angels of VAW-121

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Elesia Patten

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan

    Suicide Prevention Month: Raising Awareness

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Alora Blosch

    USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

    Long-form Production Video

    Nimitz On Air Episode 7 Halloween Special

    1st Place

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    USS Houston - The Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast

    2nd Place

    Naval History and Heritage Command

    AIRWaves 2016 Year in Review

    3rd Place

    Naval Air Systems Command

    Multimedia Product

    Magic Carpet: Speed to the Fleet

    1st Place

    Mikel Lauren Proulx

    Naval Air Systems Command

    Life After Serving - Armed Forces Retirement Home Cares for Veterans

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Danian Douglas

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    The Sting of the Bee: 75 Years of the Navy Seabee

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Charlotte Oliver

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Get Framed by Naval Hospital Bremerton Optometry

    Get Framed by Naval Hospital Bremerton Optometry
    Naval Hospital Bremerton remembers their ‘Beans and Bullets’ Patrol Boat Chief

    Naval Hospital Bremerton remembers their ‘Beans and Bullets’ Patrol Boat Chief
    Navy Social Worker Shares Stress, Trauma Expertise in Malaysia during Pacific Partnership 2017

    Navy Social Worker Shares Stress, Trauma Expertise in Malaysia during Pacific Partnership 2017
    Naval Hospital Bremerton Corpsman reflects on Purple Heart

    Naval Hospital Bremerton Corpsman reflects on Purple Heart
    Dedication and Teamwork highlights Expeditionary Medical Facility Training for Naval Hospital Bremerton

    Dedication and Teamwork highlights Expeditionary Medical Facility Training for Naval Hospital Bremerton
    Command Celestial Observation
    A Command Celestial Observation

    1st Place

    Douglas Stutz

    Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton

    Navy Photographer of the Year

    Seabee's in FEX
    Seabee's in FEX
    Funeral service portraits
    first of five
    shadows in the dark
    Seabee's in FEX

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Ignacio Perez

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Running the Course: Building Confidence
    Building Tomorrow's Leaders - Enlisted Sailors, Marines Excel at Naval Academy, Prep School
    Life After Serving - Armed Forces Retirement Home Cares for Veterans
    Day of Infamy: A Survivor Remembers Pearl Harbor

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Danian Douglas

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Meeting the Boss

    Meeting the Boss

    Not Applicable: The Story of an Atheist, a Navy Chaplain and a Search for Hope

    The Thud of a Shell

    3MI Club: Survival Rates

    3MI Club: Lye and Vinegar
    Fit Boss
    Fit Boss
    Fit Boss
    Fit Boss

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Eduardo T Otero

    USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)

    News Photo

    170524-N-SF508-130

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Charles Oki

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two

    Memorial service aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Diana Quinlan

    USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)

    The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Ford Williams

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe

    Operational Photo Series

    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon
    U.S. Navy Doctors Bring Medical Care to Amazon

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Brame

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership
    CJCS meets Iraq Senior Leadership

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique Pineiro

    Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    170905-N-UY653-092
    170906-N-UY653-775
    170910-N-UY653-174
    170911-N-UY653-124
    170911-N-UY653-072
    170912-N-UY653-261
    USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) at night
    170915-N-UY653-206
    VBSS
    171012-N-UY653-052
    171025-N-UY653-558
    171107-N-UY653-337

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Kledzik

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe

    Operational Videography

    Maritime Security and Theater Security Operations

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Beard

    USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)

    Carrier Flight Operations

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class David M Lee

    USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)

    MARMC Diving Capabilities

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Furey

    Expeditionary Combat Camera

    Photojournalism

    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual Damage Control Olympics on Naval Base Kitsap

    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual Damage Control Olympics on Naval Base Kitsap
    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual DC Olympics
    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual DC Olympics
    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual DC Olympics
    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual DC Olympics
    Trident Training Facility Hosts 23rd Annual DC Olympics

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Wyatt Anthony

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element, Det. Northwest

    NAS Sigonella Celebrates Fourth of July with a Bang
    170630-N-OY339-078
    170630-N-OY339-149
    170630-N-OY339-322
    170630-N-OY339-375

    2nd Place

    Naval Air Station Sigonella

    NASWI SAR Taining OPS
    NASWI SAR Taining OPS
    NASWI SAR Taining OPS
    NASWI SAR Taining OPS

    Whidbey Angels

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Ignacio Perez

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Picture Story

    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh
    DPAA in Ha Tinh

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Seth Coulter

    Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets
    Sea Cadets

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Abe McNatt

    Naval Special Warfare Command

    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home
    Returning Home

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Ignacio Perez

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Portrait

    Young Honor; Old Glory

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Abe McNatt

    Naval Special Warfare Command

    CS2 (SW) Foreman

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Wu

    Naval Medical Center - Portsmouth

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Deployment FY 2018

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Robyn Melvin

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

    Poster

    The FOD that No One Saw

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Peterson

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

    Operation Double Shot Poster

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Martin

    USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76)

    I am Jake Poster

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Pacheco

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Printed Publication

    Rough Rider - 12.22.2017

    1st Place

    USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

    Ho'okele - 02.10.2017

    2nd Place

    Commander Navy Region Hawaii

    Skywriter - 05.01.2017

    3rd Place

    Naval Air Facility Atsugi

    Series Writing

    Sailors making Sailors: Battle Stations-21

    Sailors making Sailors: Battle Stations-21
    Freedom Hall Staff Lead Recruits to be Physically Fit for Boot Camp

    Freedom Hall Staff Lead Recruits to be Physically Fit for Boot Camp
    SAILORS MAKING SAILORS: Supply Staff Plays Vital Role for RTC's Mission

    SAILORS MAKING SAILORS: Supply Staff Plays Vital Role for RTC's Mission
    Sailors Making Sailors: Instructors Aim to Teach Recruits Effective Weapons Training

    Sailors Making Sailors: Instructors Aim to Teach Recruits Effective Weapons Training

    1st Place

    Alan Nunn

    U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command

    A Sailor's Pacific voyage - from Gig to Pearl

    From Gig to Pearl, Part II: Eventful Encounters

    From Gig to Pearl, Part III: Journey Fulfilled

    From Gig to Pearl, Part IV: Homecoming

    2nd Place

    Anna Marie G. General

    Commander Navy Region Hawaii

    Wounded in Vietnam, veteran marches on by helping others

    Nearly 30 years of Navy service, veteran now mentors youth

    75 years after Pearl Harbor, Midway, veteran going strong

    3rd Place

    Jason Kucera

    Naval Air Station Corpus Christi

    Short-form Production Video

    Deep Blue Christmas

    1st Place

    Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic

    David Taylor video

    2nd Place

    Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

    Veteran's Day Tribute

    3rd Place

    Naval History and Heritage Command

    Training Photo Series

    170324-N-FP878-153
    170324-N-FP878-064
    170324-N-FP878-077
    170324-N-FP878-099
    170324-N-FP878-083
    170324-N-FP878-138
    170324-N-FP878-124
    170324-N-FP878-136

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Theron Godbold

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe

    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training
    Underwater Construction Team One Diver Training

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Furey

    Expeditionary Combat Camera

    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    CTF-76 conducts Talisman Saber 17
    CTF-76 conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17
    USS Green Bay conducts Talisman Saber 17

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Sarah Myers

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan

    Training Videography

    U.S. Army Helicopters Land on USS Greenbay

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Chad Butler

    Navy Reserve - Navy Public Affairs Support Element West

    Return to Sea Control

    2nd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Ignacio Perez

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    USNA Plebe Summer Induction Day

    3rd Place

    Patrick Enright

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Video Series

    Suicide: A Mental Disease
    Serving Overseas
    Japanese Culture

    1st Place

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Palasti

    AFN Sasebo

    USNA Plebe Summer Induction Day
    USNA Plebe Summer: Learning the Ropes

    2nd Place

    Patrick Enright

    Navy Production Division - Defense Media Activity

    Crosswalk Chaos Level 1
    Crosswalk Chaos Lvl. 2
    Crosswalk Chaos lvl. 3

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 2nd Class Somers Steelman

    Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii

    Video Spot

    Nimitz Sailors Beat the Heat

    1st Place

    USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

    Mindful Minute: Yoga for Eye Strain

    2nd Place

    Todd Dorsey

    Visual Information Directorate-NMLPDC

    CNAL 2017 Army-Navy Spirit Spot

    3rd Place

    Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Lindahl

    Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic