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Annual ceremonies
The Fifth annual ceremony
The Farrell J. Chiles
Legacy Awards
Only The Best
The Eagle in Flight Award Trophy
An award that is given to the people who exemplify the best in the U.S. Army Warrant Officer Corps.
The Farrell J. Chiles Legacy Award was conceived to honor those U.S. Army Warrant Officers who have shaped the warrant officer Corps. The Farrell J. Chiles Legacy Awards are keeping the memory of their work alive. For five years, the awards evening has been a beautiful tradition upholding this standard.
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Honorees named
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In Kind Donations
Hours
5
Branches represented
CWO Four (Ret) Farrell J. Chiles
The man who disliked being toasted.
CWO Four (Ret) Farrell J. Chiles was drafted into the Army on May 26, 1970 as a private and served our country on active duty and in the Army Reserve for 38 years. He is a Vietnam Veteran and a retired Chief Warrant Officer Four.
CWO Four (Ret) Chiles was honored as the Warrant Officer of the Year in 1998 by the United States Army Warrant Officers Association and in 1999, he was the first recipient of the Reserve Officers Association’s CW4 Michael J. Novasel Outstanding Warrant Office of the Year Award.
As a CW3, Chiles served on the Warrant Officer Executive Panel for the Army Leadership and Training Development Program (ATLDP).
In 2016, he received the Don Hess Lifetime Achievement Award from the United States Army Warrant Officers Association. Chiles’ earlier book, “African American Warrant Officers … In Service to Our Country” won a 2015 Silver Medal Award from the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA).
He served five consecutive years as Chairman of the Board of the National Organization of Blacks in Government (BIG) and seven years on the Board of Directors of the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation in the capacity of its Vice President for Resource Development.
CWO Four (Ret) Farrell J. Chiles is the author of five books, including four on African American Warrant Officers.
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The 2025 awardees
Named In 2025
Ordinance Corps
CWO Five Julian A. Evans III
CWO Five Julian A. Evans III will be remembered for his leadership, spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty.
Quartermaster Corps
CWO Five (Ret) Sonia Y. Graves-Rivers
CWO Five (Ret) Graves-Rivers served four combat tours where she received three Meritorious Service Medals and Bronze Star medal.
Quartermaster Corps
CWO Four (Ret) Jeffery Ramsey Sr.
CWO Four (Ret) Ramsey is a Distinguished Member of the Quartermaster Corps.
Adjutant General Corps
CWO Five (Ret) James J. Williams
Dr. Williams is also a multi-award-winning author of narrative non-fiction for his debut book, Chasing the Eagle: From Dreaming to Achieving Success & Freedom.
November 7, 2026
Tickets for the fifth evening.
A limited number of seats remain for guests of the 2026 awardees. Tables are named. The list is not.
2026 tickets“Only the best.”
From the room
Accolades
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter””
“So many powerful words were shared by Founder, Honorees, and distinguished guests - words that made me reflect deeply and feel an overwhelming pride to be a part of the United States Army Warrant Officers Corps.”
“Congratulations. It was an amazing event to experience. Congratulations once again to all the honorees.”
“Awesome - Congratulations.”
“OMG - What an amazing recognition of some incredible Quiet Professionals...Congratulations Chief Chiles - your inspiration and dedication to this is beyond measure - invaluable!”
“Farrell J. Chiles, author and military historian, enlightens readers by providing historical snapshots of little known African American warrant officers; some of whom broke barriers, made history, and are still serving.”
“A job well done. I believe others will be of the same opinion.”
“African American Warrant Officers...In Service to Our Country is a compilation, a virtual who’s who, of African American warrant officers.”
The Award Citation Plaque
The evening is not the gift.
Every awardee is awarded an Eagle in Flight Award and plaque commemorating thier accomplishment and induction in The Farrell J. Chiles Legacy Awards program.
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