2025 Dod Spirit Of Hope Awards 2024. Acting under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness ashish s. Vazirani hosts the 2024 spirit of hope awards in the pentagon’s hall of heroes in arlington,.

Aaron kovalchick, naval aviator and helicopter instructor pilot assigned to helicopter training squadron (ht) 18, is recognized as the 2024 recipient of the department. Today we present each of them with the spirit of hope award, named after an american icon—bob hope—who as an international star in entertainment spent most of his adult life supporting.