Chaney '01 Named 2016 Nininger Award Recipient

The West Point Association of Graduates is pleased to announce MAJ Matthew A. Chaney '01 as the 2016 recipient of the Alexander Nininger Award for Valor at Arms. He will receive the award on September 22, 2016, at West Point, NY. Chaney is a Special Forces officer currently serving as the Executive Officer for the Commanding General, United States Army Special Forces Command (Airborne). Major Chaney received the Silver Star award for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy on 10 September 2007, while serving as the Detachment Commander, Operational Detachment Alpha 083, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), at Samarra, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. See Press Release