Secretary of the Army, Hon. Christine Wormuth, presents the Nick Hoge Award to Kristin Jones Maia during an awards ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 5, 2024. Jones Maia, a product developer with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, received the award for her professional paper, “Excellence at Every Level,” which highlights the importance of technical training for non-managerial U.S. Army civilians to complement the robust leadership training available to supervisory staff. (U.S. Army Motion Media by T. T. Parish and Cameron Parks/Released)