DINFOS Hall of Fame

The Defense Information School (DINFOS) Hall of Fame honors distinguished alumni, living or deceased, who have made extraordinary and lasting contributions at the highest levels in public service, industry, the military or academia for at least 20 years. Nominees may come from the fields of public affairs, public relations, print journalism, photojournalism, broadcast journalism, visual information, photography, videography, multimedia, or broadcast maintenance engineering and other related fields. 


2023 Hall of Fame Inductees

DINFOS Hall of Fame

2021 Hall of Fame Inductees

2019 Hall of Fame Inductees

2012 Hall of Fame Inductees

2023 DINFOS
Hall of Fame Ceremony

Video by Balinda ONeal
Tribal Coordinator reflects on past, present Operation Santa Claus in Golovin
Alaska National Guard
Nov. 30, 2023 | 1:49
Soundbite: Donna Katchatag, Chinik Eskimo Community, Tribal Coordinator 

Description: The Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin welcomed Santa, Mrs. Claus and festive volunteers to the Martin L. Olson School gymnasium in Golovin, Alaska, for Operation Santa Claus, Nov. 30, 2023. Operation Santa Claus is the Alaska National Guard’s yearly community outreach program that provides gifts and Christmas cheer to children in remote communities across the state. Event volunteers traveled from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson via C-12 J Huron aircraft to Nome where they then transferred to a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter and continued 70 miles east to Golovin.
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