Employees receive distinguished St. Barbara Award
On the morning of July 7, Yuma Proving Ground leaders held the Order of Saint Barbra awards presentation.
The Order of Saint Barbara is a military honor society of the U.S. for both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps Artillery, including Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery. The award is named for Saint Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen and is awarded to those individuals who have demonstrated the highest standard of integrity and moral character.
Wayne Schilders provided opening remarks and introduced Julio Dominguez former YPG technical director and Ancient Order recipient as the guest speaker during the ceremony.
The recipients were invited to the ceremony held at the Artillery Gunner’s yard but unaware they were receiving the award.
YTC Commander LTC Alicia
Johnson announced the names of the recipients as former YPG Commander Col Ross Poppenberger and Technical Director Larry Bracamonte presented the awards. Following the awards presentation Technical Director Larry Bracamonte read the Genesis of Field Artillery. To end the ceremony, Schilders read the Fiddler’s Green while Douglas Arps acted out the Artillery Grog’s skit and toast to the awardees which was a crowd pleaser. Congratulations to all the recipients!
The Ancient Order recipient: David Le
The Honorable Order of Saint Barbara recipients:
Eddy Patchet
Esteban Flores
Lou Nguyen
Robert J. Rodriguez
Jose “Joe” Torres
Daniel Zendejas
Darrell Williams