The Department of War announced the 2026 winners of the Secretary of War Maintenance Awards. These awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements in weapon systems and military equipment maintenance.
The Rear Admiral Grace M. Hopper Award for Software Maintenance Excellence recognizes the top organic software activity that, through its mission accomplishments, provided extraordinary capability for operational units supported. The award is named after RDML Grace Hopper, a pioneer of computer programming who popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages. This year's winner is the United States Army Weapon Systems Sustainment Program from the Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center.
The Department also selected the Sustainment Training, Advice, and Assistance of Foreign Military Forces Awards. The awards recognize teams or organizations that have excelled at providing training, advice, and assistance to the militaries of developing countries as part of U.S. foreign policy goals. In the Ministerial Category, the winner is the Jordan Defense Management Advising Team at the Defense Security Cooperation University. The operational category winner of this year's award is the United States Navy Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Jacksonville.
The Robert T. Mason Award for Depot Maintenance Excellence recognizes exceptional quality and achievement in Department of War depot-level maintenance programs. It is awarded for outstanding mission accomplishment, effective support to warfighters, and innovative logistics processes. This award commemorates Robert T. Mason, a former Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy, Programs and Resources, who championed the Department's depot-level maintenance program. The Tactical Aircraft Program assigned to Fleet Readiness Center Southwest is this year's recipient.
Six field-level award winners were selected in three categories: small, medium, and large. The small category winners are the Army's Maintenance Company for the 10th Special Forces Group; and the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base. Winners from the medium category included 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Combat Readiness Regiment, I Marine Expeditionary Force; and Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center, United States Navy 5th and 6th Fleets. Large category winners were the 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force; and the USS GERALD R. FORD.
From the six field-level winners, only one will be selected as this year's recipient of the highly coveted Phoenix Award. Organizations winning the Phoenix Award are considered to be the best of the best and held in very high esteem as the top-performing field-level maintenance unit in the Department. The Phoenix Award winner will be announced at the annual DoW Maintenance Awards Banquet in December.
Units will formally be presented their awards at a ceremony December 9, at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the annual DoW Maintenance Symposium.
To learn more about the Secretary of War Maintenance Awards and the DoW Maintenance Symposium, you can visit https://events.sae.org/event/dow2026/home
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