Staff Sgt. Sydney Mapp and Master Sgt. Thomas Clarke Jr., both assigned to the Virginia Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion, are named the second place recruiter, or Director’s 54, and second place section chief in the nation at the Director of the Army National Guard’s Strength Maintenance Conference March 23, 2023, in New Orleans, Louisiana. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)