Department of War Announces 2026 Secretary of War Maintenance Awards Winners
The Department of War has announced the winners of the 2026 Secretary of War Maintenance Awards, honoring units for excellence in equipment maintenance, software sustainment and support to foreign military forces.
The Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper Award for Software Maintenance Excellence went to the U.S. Army Weapon Systems Sustainment Program at the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center. The Robert T. Mason Award for depot-level maintenance excellence went to the Tactical Aircraft Program at Fleet Readiness Center Southwest.
In the sustainment training, advice and assistance of foreign military forces category, the ministerial-level winner is the Jordan Defense Management Advising Team of the Defense Security Cooperation University, and the operational-level winner is the U.S. Navy Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Jacksonville. Field-level winners were named in three sizes: small — the Army Maintenance Company, 10th Special Forces Group, and the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base; medium — the 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Combat Readiness Regiment, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center serving the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleets; large — the 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
The Phoenix Award, the top honor among field-level units, will be announced on December 9 at an awards banquet held with the DoW Maintenance Symposium at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Photo: 西南舰队战备中心人员对 F/A-18E 战机进行维修检查（资料图）。该中心项目获本年度 Robert T. Mason 奖。 Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
