^{The Hampton Roads Wartime Women, receiving a salute from Major General James Ring, adjutant general of the Virginia Army National Guard, during the 2024 Military Through the Ages pass-in-review ceremony, won the Military Through the Ages 1st place for Best Unit Impression in the Modern Category in 2025 and 2026 for their depiction of WACS operating in France in the summer of 1944, a month after the D-Day landing. Although women had served in limited capacities during previous conflicts, WWII saw the first truly significant steps toward women's equality in the US Armed Forces with the creation of the WACS, WAVES, SPARS and WASPS. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation photo.}

2026 Military Through the Ages Best Unit Impressions