CA Awards
ELI E. NOBLEMAN ANNUAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
JOHN H. HILLDRING AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CIVIL AFFAIRS MILITARY SERVICE
SOLDIERS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF MILITARY CIVIL AFFAIRS
SELECTED IN THEIR UNIT FOR THE FOLLOWING RECOGNITION
Annually the Civil Affairs Association recognizes persons who have made outstanding contributions to our national defense. These persons are selected for their demonstrated leadership, and for their service in military civil affairs and their furtherance of the goals of the Association. The Association’s Annual Award has been presented since the beginning days of the Association. The first Annual Award was presented in 1950 to General Mark W. Clark, US Army commander in Europe during World War II.
The Annual Award is presented at the Association’s Annual Conference to a person who has made outstanding contributions in the field of civil affairs. The name of this award has been changed to the Eli E. Nobleman Annual Award to honor Colonel Eli E. Nobleman. The Ralph R. Temple Award is presented to a person who has made outstanding service in the furtherance of the Association’s objectives. The first Temple Award was presented to then Secretary of the Army, the Honorable John Marsh Jr. of Virginia, in 1992. Secretary Marsh received the Annual Award in 1993. The Temple Award is presented at the Association’s Annual Conference. It is named for a World War II civil affairs officer who was an early leader of the Association. At its Annual Conference the Association recognizes three members of the US Army Reserve Civil Affairs Corps who have been selected by the Corps as the year’s Outstanding Junior Officer, Outstanding Noncommissioned Officer, and Outstanding Soldier.
The persons who receive these recognitions are selected by the Corps from nominees from each of the Army’s civil affairs units. At any time the Association may present to a deserving person its Distinguished Service Citation or Certificate of Appreciation. The Distinguished Service Citation is presented in recognition of distinguished service on behalf of national defense and in furtherance of the objectives of the Association. The Certificate of Appreciation is presented to a person who has contributed outstanding service to the Association.
ELI E. NOBLEMAN ANNUAL AWARD OF THE CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION
FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF CIVIL AFFAIRS
The Recipient of the Association’s Eli E. Nobleman Annual Award
for the year 2012 is MG Michael A. Boyd
| Previous Recipients Are: | ||
| 1950 GEN Mark W. Clark | 1974 COL Kalman A. Oravetz | 1993 HON John O. Marsh Jr. |
| 1951 GEN Lucius D. Clay | 1975 MR Anthony J. Auletta | 1994 BG Robert A. Lucas |
| 1952 COL Daniel C. Fahey | 1976 COL Karl S. Landstrom | 1995 BG Dennis A. Wilkie |
| 1954 BG Frank J. McSherry | 1977 GEN Fred C. Weyand | 1996 COL Joseph P. Kirlin III |
| 1955 MG John H. Hilldring | 1978 COL Herman Frankel | 1997 BG Thomas J. Mathews |
| 1956 MG William F. Marquat | 1979 GEN Richard W. Stilwell | 1998 BG Bruce B. Bingham |
| 1957 COL Ralph R. Temple | 1980 BG Peter D. Hyman | 1999 COL H. Wendell Hodgkins |
| 1958 COL Wendell W. Perham | 1981 HON Edwin Meese III | 2000 GEN John M. Shalikashvili |
| 1959 MG Strom Thurmond | 1982 MG William R. Berkman | 2001 LTG Thomas J. Plewes |
| 1960 HON George H. Roderick | 1983 BG James P. Harley | 2002 LTG William P. Tangney |
| 1961 COL Damon M. Gunn | 1984 MG Wayne P. Jackson | 2004 HON Andrew S. Natsios |
| 1963 COL James R. Newman | 1985 COL William F. Hennefer | 2007 HON James R. Locher III |
| 1965 COL Robert H. Slover | 1986 COL Ralph R. Young | 2008 Hon Michael E. Hess |
| 1967 COL William R. Swarm | 1987 GEN Robert C. Kingston | 2009 GEN David H. Petraeus |
| 1970 MG William J. Sutton | 1988 MG Daniel C. Helix | |
| 1971 COL Eli E. Nobleman | 1989 MG William F. Ward | |
| 1972 BG Lawrence B. Rhode | 1990 MG Ronald L. Lowe | |
| 1973 MG Milton A. Pilcher | 1992 BG Donald F. Campbell |
Recipient of the Association’s John H. Hilldring Award for the year 2012 is
MG Michael A. Kuehr
Previous Recipients Are:
2001 BG Bruce B. Bingham
2002 COL Eli E. Nobleman
2002 MG William R. Berkman
2004 BG John H. Kern
2007 BG Thomas “Patt” Maney
2008 BG David N. Blackledge
2009 MG David A. Morris
2011 BG Hugh C. VanRoosen
2012 MG Michael A. Kuehr
RALPH R. TEMPLE AWARD OF THE CIVIL AFFAIRS ASSOCIATION
FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE FURTHERANCE OF THE ASSOCIATION’S OBJECTIVES
Recipient of the Association’s Ralph R. Temple Award for the year 2012 is
COL Richard P. “Phil” Stage
Previous recipients are:
| 1992 HON John O. Marsh Jr. | 2000 COL John W. Geiger | |
| 1993 LTC William Kurylchek | 2001 MSG George A. VanSant | |
| 1994 LTC James F. Powers | 2002 COL Daniel R. Williams | |
| 1995 COL W. Irwin Lindley | 2004 COL Albert P. Grupper | |
| 1996 COL Dennis C. Barlow | 2007 COL David C. Mitchell | |
| 1997 COL John H. Donnelly | 2008 COL R. Alan King | |
| 1998 COL Jack J. Basil Jr. | 2009 COL Norman L. Cotton | |
| 1999 COL Joseph W. Meyer | 2011 COL Douglas E. Nash |
| ARMY NCO OF THE YEAR | Captain Timothy E. Brennan | 304th CA Bde |
| JR OFFICER OF THE YEAR | SFC (P) Edwin A. Boggess | 96th CA Bn |
| MARINE NCO OF THE YEAR | Sgt Michael D. Swift | 4th CAG |
| SOLDIER OF THE YEAR | Specialist Dennis Clark | 414th CA Bn |
| TRAINING JR OFFICER OF YEAR | MAJ (was CPT) Robert Peterson | Fort Bragg Schoolhouse |
| TRAINING NCO OF THE YEAR | SSG David Commendatore | Fort Bragg Schoolhouse |
SELECTED IN THEIR UNIT FOR THE FOLLOWING RECOGNITION
| Junior Officer of the Year | |
| MAJ (was CPT) Robert Peterson | 3rd Bn, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) |
| CPT Carl Brusino | 414th CA Bn |
| CPT Carole Finamore | 304th CA Bde |
| CPT Sandra Forrest | 98 Division DIVT |
| CPT Thomas McGuiggan | 412th CA Bn |
| CPT Caroline Pogge | 411 CA Bn |
| 1LT Albert Chin | 443rd CA Bn |
| 1LT Peter Steminsk | 352nd CA Cmd |
| 1LT William Smith | 431st CA Bn |
| NCO of the Year | |
| SGT Michael Bailer | 412th CA Bn |
| SSG David Battaly | 431st CA Bn |
| SFC (P) Edwin A. Boggess | 96st CA Bn |
| Solider of the Year | |
| SPC Dennis Clark | 414th CA Bn |
| SPC Benjamin Dillon | 412th CA Bn |
| SGT (was SPC) Kristina Green | 352nd CA Cmd |
| SPC Denesha R. Kellum | 304th CA Bde |
| APC Richard Trull | 404th CA Bn |