Service to the Flag Award: Bestowed annually, the Service to the Flag Award recognizes extraordinary leadership, strategic impact and potential to inspire other women to serve in national security. Each year, it is awarded to two women who identify and address some of our nation’s most vexing national security challenges through their work in and outside of government. 2016 Service to the Flag Honorees: The Honorable Christine E. Wormuth...

The 2016 Annual Women in Defense Conference theme is Driving Innovation, describing a landscape in which leading women in national defense and security are leveraging innovation to grow every aspect of their business. Sharing our innovative ideas during this forum will help us all grow, and move forward in today’s rapidly evolving market. WID features keynote speakers from DARPA, CyberCom and StratCom as well as a Government Leadership P...

Theme Scholarships encouraging women to pursue careers serving the national security and defense interests of the U.S. and providing development opportunities to women already working in national security and defense fields. The Women in Defense HORIZONS Scholarship Dinner is an opportunity to celebrate and grow the WID HORIZONS Scholarship fund. Through the HORIZONS Scholarship, Women In Defense encourages women to pursue careers related to t...

Registration has opened for the upcoming Women in Defense National Conference being held on March 5, 2014! To register, please visit www.ndia.org/meetings/4WID and click the registration tab. "Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times,” the conference theme, describes the landscape in which defense professionals are anticipating and adapting to changes, assuring their personal value to their organizations, and keeping their companies rel...