A vital function of the membership of this Department is to recognize deserving members. The Commandant shall establish an MOY and AMOY recommendation committee, and this committee shall be responsible for recommending deserving Department members, with the Commandant’s approval, for Department MOY and AMOY.
The committee shall be charged with recommending nominees for MOY and AOY and the presentation of awards during the Department’s annual Awards Ceremony, which takes place on the same evening as the Convention Banquet.
1. The committee shall have a chair and at least four (4) other members.
2.Each Detachment is strongly encouraged to recognize deserving members by forwarding appropriate recommendations to the Department. Submission of nominees for Department MOY and AOY shall be done in writing using the Department of Georgia MOY/AMOY Nomination form and shall be submitted to the Chair of the MOY and AOY recommendation committee no later than 15 days prior to the Department Convention each year.<Br>
3. Be sure to download the Department of-GA-MOY/AOY NOMINATION FORM
| Year | Past MOY Recipient | Year | Past AOY Receipient |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lisa Delk – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 | 2024 | Jackie Ziegler – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 |
| 2023 | Rex Delk – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 | 2023 | LuAnn Miller – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 |
| 2022 | Larry Heard – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 | 2022 | Cheryl Turner Jordan – Blue Ridge #1438 |
| 2021 | Ed Barbee – Middle Georgia #970 | 2021 | No Nomination Received |
| 2020 | Al Yates – 1stSgt Charles F. Waller #1040 | 2020 | No Nomination Received |
| 2019 | Levi McKenna – Central Georgia #1373 | 2019 | No Nomination Received |
| 2018 | Frank Golan – Major Stephen W. Pless MOH #1196 | 2018 | Paul Mathew “Matt” Albright – Central Georgia #1373 |
| 2017 | Joe Barbee – Middle Georgia #970 | 2017 | Sylvia Lynch – Major Stephen W. Pless #1196 |
| 2016 | Dalton Hammock – PFC George Eiland #1040 | 2016 | Sheila Kirstatter – Major Lawrence DesJardines #1260 |
| 2015 | Charles “Chuck” Feaselman – Aubrey Gilbert #1312 | 2015 | Sandra Skwieraski – MajGen Warren R. Johnson #1311 |
| 2014 | Ronal V. “Ron” Kirstatter – Major Lawrence DesJardines #1260 | 2014 | Barbara Masters – MajGen Warren R. Johnson #1311 |
| 2013 | Michael Clark – Middle Georgia #970 | 2013 | Dean Pickett – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 |
| 2012 | Bruce Behner – Jake Puryear #1020 | 2012 | No Nomination Received |
| 2011 | Walter J. Calderon – Upper Chattahoochee #665 | 2011 | No Nomination Received |
| 2010 | No Nominations Received | 2010 | Vernon Behner – Jake Puryear #1020 |
| 2009 | Harold “Hal” Gosnell – Jake Puryear #1020 | 2009 | No Nomination Received |
| 2008 | Frank J. Norton – Unicoi #783 | 2008 | No Nomination Received |
| 2007 | Everett A. Stewart – Jake Puryear #1020 | 2007 | No Nomination Received |
| 2006 | Thomas F. “Tom” Hisel – Middle Georgia #970 | 2006 | Mills Fitzner – Jake Puryear #1020 |
| 2005 | Bernard Bledsoe – PFC George Eiland #1040 | 2005 | J. D. “Mac” McCuen – Middle Georgia #970 |
| 2004 | Christian “Chris” Roberts – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 | 2004 | No Nomination Received |
| 2003 | John K. McEvoy* – Glynco #716 | 2003 | Phil McGoldrick – Middle Georgia #970 |
| 2002 | Jack McCorkle – Unicoi #783 | 2002 | Fletcher Griffin – Unicoi #783 |
| 2001 | Removed from the Rolls | 2001 | Ervin T. “Ty” Ayers – Unicoi #783 |
| 2000 | Jim Cook – Glynco #716 | 2000 | Karenann Amsgter – LtCol Jimmie Dyess #921 |
| 1999 | No Record Found | 1999 | Gary Locke – Joseph Schmittou #1083 |
| 1998 | Bob Kitchen – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 | 1998 | No Nomination Received |
| 1997 | Alan Meade* – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 | 1997 | No Nomination Received |
| 1996 | Albert Kubler* – Unicoi #783 | 1996 | Shirley Redd – Unicoi #783 |
| 1995 | Susan Hendrickson* – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 | 1995 | Kathy Kitchen |
| 1994 | Bob Connelly – Greater Atlanta Marine #647 | 1994 | Motion to have AOY Approved |