Master Sgt. Jessica Dickenson (center), poses with Maj. Scott Nivens (left), commander of the Virginia National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion, and Sgt. Maj. Stephen Koptchak, the battalion's senior enlisted leader (right), at the Region II Strength Maintenance Advisory Group meeting in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Dickenson earned the runner-up spot for top section chief in the region. (Courtesy photo)