The COL James F. Gamble Award

The COL James F. Gamble Award is established to recognize an individual who has demonstrated exemplary performance and dedication in support of the member states and activities.

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LTC (Ret) Bruce Kahl
Lt Col Mary Colleen Chipper
Augie Grace
Col Steve Mehring
CDR USN (Ret) Mike Sturm
Michele Henry
LTC (Ret) Kenneth E. Moix
COL (Ret) Larry McKnight
COL (Ret) Kenneth R. Andresen
CW5 (Ret)Howard Haider **
Ray Lindner
Lt Col (Ret) Joseph R. “Stoney” Stone
BG (PA-Ret) Dean Oswald
BG (Ret) Marshall Kennemer
CW4 (Ret) James W. McEwen **
COL (Ret) Malen “Butch” Dowse
Brig Gen (Ret) Stephen Koper
MG (Ret) H. Luke Goodwin
CW4 (Ret) William J. Wilson
Robert J. Casias
COL (Ret) Don Deering
COL Bryce K. Hickey *
LTC (Ret) Russell W. Kraus
CW4 (Ret) Ken Workman
COL (Ret) Oscar G. Russell
COL (Ret) Dale M. Pyeatt **
CW4 (Ret) Larry Cisneros
Helen B. Aepli
Patricia H. Jones **
COL (Ret) Jerry W. Heaton
COL (Ret) J. Tipton Lewis **
CW4 (Ret) Lewis O. King **
COL (Ret) James F. Gamble **

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Virginia
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Indiana
Kansas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Iowa
New York
Texas
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Georgia
South Dakota
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Ohio
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Texas
Tennessee
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Colorado
Utah
Arkansas
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Alabama
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Alabama

 * Awarded Posthumously
** Deceased

COL James F. Gamble

The National Guard Executive Director’s Association (NGEDA) lost a true American hero over the 2016 Memorial Day weekend.

COL (Ret) James F. Gamble was a founder of the National Guard Association of Alabama (NGAAL) and NGEDA. He served as NGEDA’s first president in 1966 and again a decade later in 1976. He testified before Congress in the early 1970s to secure payroll deductions for the National Guard Assotiations’ life insurance programs. Each January at the annual NGEDA conference, the COL James F. Gamble Award is presented in his honor to an outstanding NGEDA member.