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CSM (Pvt.) Higgins is photographed during Basic Combat

CSM (Pvt.) Higgins is photographed during Basic Combat

CSM (Pvt.) Higgins is photographed during Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C., 1977, while assigned to the Montana National Guard.

Sgt. Maria Acuna, a Modern Army Combatives Program

Sgt. Maria Acuna, a Modern Army Combatives Program

Sgt. Maria Acuna, a Modern Army Combatives Program level-three instructor with Task Force Warhawk, demonstrates different clinches to Soldiers in TF Warhawk July 17 at Shindand Airfield. Soldiers completed a 40... More

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment

Group photo of Charlie Company 158th Infantry Regiment “Bushmasters” named after the venomous pit vipers found in Central America. Guadalupe “Lupe” Lopez (Second row from the top, Sixth person from the right) w... More

Sgt. Adam Ross, a broadcast specialist for the 16th

Sgt. Adam Ross, a broadcast specialist for the 16th

Sgt. Adam Ross, a broadcast specialist for the 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, runs during the Arizona Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, Jan. 15, 2012. During the race, Ross ran through Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tem... More

Gen. Dennis Via (left), commanding general of Army

Gen. Dennis Via (left), commanding general of Army

Gen. Dennis Via (left), commanding general of Army Material Command, presented 317th Support Maintenance Company Dec. 8 in Phoenix, with the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in Maintenance Training, Ad... More

Every day is Earth Day in the Arizona Guard

Every day is Earth Day in the Arizona Guard

A prairie dog that made his home on a firing range at Camp Navajo is carefully relocated to a safe living environment by Arizona National Guard environmental office personnel. The Guard moved an entire colony o... More

Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Royal

Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Royal

Arizona Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Royal Hazen and Chief Warrant Officer Jennifer Languell take off in an AH-64D Apache near Bamyan, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation Enduring F... More

NCO keeps Phoenix flying

NCO keeps Phoenix flying

Four "Phoenix" Soldiers from 610th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, pose at the Crossed Sabers in Baghdad's International Zo... More

Pfc. Francisca Morales, a chemical, biological,

Pfc. Francisca Morales, a chemical, biological,

Pfc. Francisca Morales, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist with the 996th Area Support Medical Company from the Arizona Army National Guard, achieved a 20 pound weight loss and passed ... More

Greenway High School Navy Junior ROTC color guard

Greenway High School Navy Junior ROTC color guard

The Greenway High School Navy Junior ROTC color guard prepares for the opening ceremonies at the National Football League Championship game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Phoenix, Jan. 23, 2009. (U.S. ... More

351st Civil Affairs Command soldier named Arizona’s Small Business Association’s 2011 Veterans’ Small Business Champion of the Year

351st Civil Affairs Command soldier named Arizona’s Small Business Ass...

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ray K. Ragan gears up to provide public affairs support during a civil affairs mission outside Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2009. Ragan is a member of the 351st Civil Affairs Command in Mountain ... More

Phoenix Navy Week proclamation

Phoenix Navy Week proclamation

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon presents a proclamation to Rear Adm. Leendert R. Hering Sr., commander of Navy Region Southwest, declaring March 4-14 Phoenix Navy Week in Arizona. Navy Week is designed to show Americ... More

Vicksburg students learn about physics and culture from FEST-M Soldier

Vicksburg students learn about physics and culture from FEST-M Soldier

To commemorate Veteran's Day, Capt. Willie Hutchinson, signal officer for the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), spoke with Vicksburg High School students about the physics of field artillery and his experienc... More

This is Equal Employment Opportunity Jeopardy

This is Equal Employment Opportunity Jeopardy

Maj. Sean Powell, executive officer for the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), gives the correct question during the Equal Employment Opportunity training. Personnel took part in a Jeopardy type game to learn ... More

Civilians all geared up and ready to go

Civilians all geared up and ready to go

Billy Stewart, logistics management supervisor, left, assists Chris Culbert, auto mechanic, in adjusting the body armor. 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) members receive their TA-50 from the Fort Polk Central... More

Members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) conduct

Members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) conduct

Members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) conduct bridge reconnaissance to determine the best route to their new base of operations. Members of the FEST-M and various FEST-As conducted Field Force Engin... More

FEST-M comes together during the holidays

FEST-M comes together during the holidays

Unit personnel and family members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) enjoy the holidays with a lineup of appetizers, entrees and desserts. (Photo by: Mark Abueg)

Anchors aweigh for FEST-M engineer

Anchors aweigh for FEST-M engineer

Roman Bieniek, mechanical engineer, 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), admires the view as he stands next to Muddy Water, a vessel assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Mat Sinking ... More

FEST-M executive officer bids farewell

FEST-M executive officer bids farewell

Maj. Sean Powell, departing executive officer of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), looks over some final paperwork as he out-processes from the unit.

Wide receiver Bryce Treggs, from Bellflower, Calif.,

Wide receiver Bryce Treggs, from Bellflower, Calif.,

Wide receiver Bryce Treggs, from Bellflower, Calif., and Linebacker Scott Starr, from Norco, Calif., pose for a photo at the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl banquet, Jan. 1, 2012. Treggs and Starr will suit up... More

FEST-M Launches official website, Facebook page

FEST-M Launches official website, Facebook page

The newly redesigned 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) website was made live Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.

Billy Stewart, left, and Ocie Williams, sign in as

Billy Stewart, left, and Ocie Williams, sign in as

Billy Stewart, left, and Ocie Williams, sign in as judges before evaluating the students’ science fair projects. (Photo by: Mark Abueg)

Ocie Williams, left, and Capt. Willie Hutchinson listen

Ocie Williams, left, and Capt. Willie Hutchinson listen

Ocie Williams, left, and Capt. Willie Hutchinson listen as to what type of equipment is placed on the training mannequin. (Photo by: Mark Abueg)

The 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) inspects a vehicle

The 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) inspects a vehicle

The 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) inspects a vehicle shot through by a Beretta 92F, AK-47, M4 carbine, and shotgun.

Professor brings insight into the Middle East

Professor brings insight into the Middle East

Dr. Michael Izady teaches members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M) on Middle Eastern culture.

Knowing is half the battle when it comes to terrorist groups

Knowing is half the battle when it comes to terrorist groups

A picture of Saddam Hussein is shown as Ocie Williams, supply technician for the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), listens to a lecture about weapons of mass destruction.

Ocie Williams, Danny McLaughlin, Command Sgt. Major

Ocie Williams, Danny McLaughlin, Command Sgt. Major

Ocie Williams, Danny McLaughlin, Command Sgt. Major Harry Collins, and Roman Bieniek, from left to right, conduct a vehicle security search as they look for the threat of improvised explosive devices before goi... More

Spc. Jomichael D. Sanchez, combat medic for the 46th

Spc. Jomichael D. Sanchez, combat medic for the 46th

Spc. Jomichael D. Sanchez, combat medic for the 46th Engineer Battalion, center, explains the necessities of a nasopharyngeal airway to members of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), after inserting it into... More

Warrant Officer Anthony Sheedy, a network management

Warrant Officer Anthony Sheedy, a network management

Warrant Officer Anthony Sheedy, a network management technician for the 365th Signal Support Company, is pinned as a warrant officer by his girlfriend, Cara Pfaff and his daughter, Amira Sheedy during the gradu... More

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman speaks to Arizona National

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman speaks to Arizona National

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman speaks to Arizona National Guard soldiers before donating 300 NASCAR tickets in support of the troops at the Papago Park Military Reservation, Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 6. More than 200 sol... More

Maj. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, the adjutant general and

Maj. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, the adjutant general and

Maj. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, the adjutant general and commanding general of the Arizona National Guard, back row far left, and the Fox Sports Arizona team who worked on the July 4 annual “This One’s For You!” pos... More

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, and Navy

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, and Navy

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, left, and Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson Jr. tour the convention floor during the 116th annual meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the Unite... More

Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Toole, of Colorado Springs, Colo.,

Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Toole, of Colorado Springs, Colo.,

Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Toole, of Colorado Springs, Colo., communications non-commissioned officer in charge, assigned to HHC, 1st Bn., 68th Armor Reg., 3rd AAB, 4th Inf. Div., conducts radio checks in the comman... More

Students observe a rider navigating the course in

Students observe a rider navigating the course in

Students observe a rider navigating the course in preparation for their turn on the course at the Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix, Dec. 11. There are 17 on–motorcycle exercises that are required to ... More

The Borchardt brothers, U.S. Army Sgt. Joel Borchardt

The Borchardt brothers, U.S. Army Sgt. Joel Borchardt

The Borchardt brothers, U.S. Army Sgt. Joel Borchardt (right) and U.S. Army Pfc. James Borchardt, pose for a photo Dec. 24. This is the first time in 11 months the brothers have seen one another, despite both s... More

Courtnye Wynn, a defensive tackle from Norfolk, Va.,

Courtnye Wynn, a defensive tackle from Norfolk, Va.,

Courtnye Wynn, a defensive tackle from Norfolk, Va., is one of a hundred elite high school athletes competing in the inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, however, he has special ties to the game being ra... More

The son of Sgt. Timothy Smith holds up a sign for his

The son of Sgt. Timothy Smith holds up a sign for his

The son of Sgt. Timothy Smith holds up a sign for his father during the Arizona Army National Guard’s F Company 1-168th Air Traffic Control Squadron’s departure ceremony in Phoenix on Jan. 4. The 1-168th ATCS i... More

Arizona State ESGR Chairman Emeritus Bill Valenzuela,

Arizona State ESGR Chairman Emeritus Bill Valenzuela,

Arizona State ESGR Chairman Emeritus Bill Valenzuela, left, and Maj. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, the adjutant general and commanding general of the Arizona National Guard, right, present American Airlines Senior Vice... More

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Yenter, commanding general for the

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Yenter, commanding general for the

Brig. Gen. Mark W. Yenter, commanding general for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Transatlantic Division Forward-Afghanistan and also the director of joint engineers for United States Forces-Afghanistan, spea... More

Rick Ferguson discusses safety with Soldiers and Civilians

Rick Ferguson discusses safety with Soldiers and Civilians

Rick Ferguson discusses safety with Soldiers and Civilians of 579th Engineer Detachment on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., left, receives

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., left, receives

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., left, receives a unit shirt from Col. Richard W. Dean, and becomes an honorary member of the 579th Engineer Detachment.

Capt. Christopher Ericson, operations officer with

Capt. Christopher Ericson, operations officer with

Capt. Christopher Ericson, operations officer with the 579th Engineer Detachment, leads a resiliency training class to his fellow teammates to better prepare for redeployment back to Vicksburg, Miss.

Rick Ferguson, left, watches as Sgt. 1st Class Candido

Rick Ferguson, left, watches as Sgt. 1st Class Candido

Rick Ferguson, left, watches as Sgt. 1st Class Candido Aguilar removes debris from a water grate on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Daniel Casey, a counselor at Cesar Chavez High School

Daniel Casey, a counselor at Cesar Chavez High School

Daniel Casey, a counselor at Cesar Chavez High School in Laveen, Ariz., gets an ear full during his first few minutes on the famous yellow footprints of the depot’s Receiving Company, where all new recruits are... More

Col. Richard W. Dean, left, commander of the 579th

Col. Richard W. Dean, left, commander of the 579th

Col. Richard W. Dean, left, commander of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), and Sgt. 1st Class Candido Aguilar, right, FEST-M first sergeant, case their detachment colors as Sgt. 1st Class Alfonso Gonzalez... More

Iraqi army staff Brig. Gen. Ayad Al-Timimi, director

Iraqi army staff Brig. Gen. Ayad Al-Timimi, director

Iraqi army staff Brig. Gen. Ayad Al-Timimi, director of the center for Military Values, Principles and Leadership Development, speaks at a ceremony, May 31 marking the U.S. advisor end of mission at the school.... More

Getting a grip on stress: Arizona National Guard building resiliency at all levels

Getting a grip on stress: Arizona National Guard building resiliency a...

Army Maj. Gen. Hugo E. Salazar, center, the Adjutant General and Commanding General of the Arizona National Guard, presents graduation certificates to the Arizona National Guard's first cohort of resilience tra... More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Stephan A. Bourassa begins

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Stephan A. Bourassa begins

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Stephan A. Bourassa begins his pre-flight checks as he prepares for his final flight as an Army aviator, Jun. 24, at Papago Park Military Reservation, Phoenix. Bourassa is the last Vietn... More

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark C. Head, along with an

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark C. Head, along with an

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark C. Head, along with an honor guard team from the Arizona National Guard, leads off the opening ceremonies of Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest with the national anthem at the P... More

Folds of Old Glory - A person in uniform is placing a flag on a casket

Folds of Old Glory - A person in uniform is placing a flag on a casket

Soldiers from the Arizona Army National Guard Honors Team perform a funeral honors service, July 2011.

Corps of Engineers welcomes new FEST-M Command Sergeant Major

Corps of Engineers welcomes new FEST-M Command Sergeant Major

Command Sgt. Maj. Karl J. Groninger. Command Sergeant Major of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M).

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed

Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 Marines transformed an athletic field at San Diego High School to house nearly 1,000 homeless veterans July 15. The squadron spent a week constructing tents for sleeping, dining... More

Pfc. Karl Baer, a medic with the 194th Military Police

Pfc. Karl Baer, a medic with the 194th Military Police

Pfc. Karl Baer, a medic with the 194th Military Police Company and Phoenix native, treats the "injuries" of a fellow soldier inside an armored vehicle, following a simulated attack on a convoy at Camp Ramadi, I... More

Sgt. Monica Hepker, an animal care specialist from

Sgt. Monica Hepker, an animal care specialist from

Sgt. Monica Hepker, an animal care specialist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa and a member of the Army Reserve, plays with Dushuri (Albanian for "love") after the Dog Town ribbon cutting ceremony. Hepker has developed ... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Amalia Zuluaga and U.S. Army Sgt. Sebastian

U.S. Army Sgt. Amalia Zuluaga and U.S. Army Sgt. Sebastian

U.S. Army Sgt. Amalia Zuluaga and U.S. Army Sgt. Sebastian Zuluaga, a married couple in Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, were both pinned the rank of serg... More

A soldier helps her group in preparing a skit on anti-drug

A soldier helps her group in preparing a skit on anti-drug

A soldier helps her group in preparing a skit on anti-drug awareness here, Aug. 17. More than 30 soldiers and airmen from California to as far as Puerto Rico attended a course on Drug Demand Reduction, hosted b... More

Brig. Gen. Alberto C. Gonzalez, Arizona National Guard

Brig. Gen. Alberto C. Gonzalez, Arizona National Guard

Brig. Gen. Alberto C. Gonzalez, Arizona National Guard assistant adjutant general-Army, shares his personal experiences regarding stress injuries with the first COFSA class to be held in Ariz. Gonzalez spoke of... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Roberts, a CH-47 Chinook door gunner

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Roberts, a CH-47 Chinook door gunner

U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Roberts, a CH-47 Chinook door gunner with Company B, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, a reserve unit serving with Task Force Phoenix, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, made it his persona... More

Lance Cpl. Joseph Gonzales, the section leader of the

Lance Cpl. Joseph Gonzales, the section leader of the

Lance Cpl. Joseph Gonzales, the section leader of the Mortar Section,  Weapons Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment leads his section in running notional Direct Fire Control drills Sept. 9... More

The national and state colors lead unit guidons fluttering

The national and state colors lead unit guidons fluttering

The national and state colors lead unit guidons fluttering in the wind as Guardsmen finish up the memorial hike here, at Piestewa Peak Sept. 11, 2011. This event was held to remember Americans who lost their li... More

Soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the

Soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the

Soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade of the California National Guard conduct communications operations during Vital Connection training exercise here, Sept. 13. More than 40 agencies and 260 personne... More

Staff Sgt. Dorothy J. Booth, team sergeant, Bravo Company,

Staff Sgt. Dorothy J. Booth, team sergeant, Bravo Company,

Staff Sgt. Dorothy J. Booth, team sergeant, Bravo Company, 492nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, takes mission notes before leading her team out for a day of squad training exercises on Se... More

David Rodguez talks with SPD Division commander

David Rodguez talks with SPD Division commander

David Rodriguez (left) speaks with Louis "Dutch" Bonnet and Col. Mike Wehr, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander (who has been promoted to brigadier general since the time this image w... More

Federal, state and local authorities announced the

Federal, state and local authorities announced the

Federal, state and local authorities announced the results of "Operation Pipeline Express," a 17-month multi-agency investigation responsible for dismantling a massive narcotics trafficking organization in the ... More

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs

Colorado Air and Army National Guardsmen receive briefs on such things as public affairs, uniform, weather conditions, area of operations, legal issues, the use of force, and safety procedures at the 161st Air ... More

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International

Colorado Guardsmen land at Sky Harbor International Airport here Nov. 2, 2011. Their arrival marks the beginning of Operation Vigilant Guard which is an exercise that combines more than 250 state, federal, trib... More

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician

Air Force Tech Sgt. Alan Kokes, a ground radio technician with the 302nd Communications Flight from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., programs frequencies in preparation for Vigilant Guard here, Nov. 2. Vigilant ... More

Op planning - A group of men in military uniforms working on laptops

Op planning - A group of men in military uniforms working on laptops

Members of the 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade discuss operations preparations during Vigilant Guard 2011 here Nov. 2. The Arizona National Guard headquarters and its supporting units are preparing for the U... More

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the

Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Bisher, a member of the 162nd Fighter Wing from Tucson, Ariz., observes a “deceased civilian” after a simulated nuclear detonation Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Gu... More

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard combine to form a Fatality Search and Recovery Team, Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard Exercise in Phoenix. After getting their assign... More

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard

Airmen from the California and Arizona National Guard combine to form a Fatality Search and Recovery Team Nov. 4 during the 2011 Arizona Statewide Vigilant Guard Exercise in Phoenix. After getting their assignm... More

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination

Participants of Vigilant Guard practice decontamination procedures on mannequins at the Maricopa County Hospital here, Nov. 5. Vigilant Guard is an exercise to train, test and evaluate the preparedness of state... More

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included

A large-scale simulated disaster site, which included crushed buildings, overturned vehicles, a four-story tower and confined spaces below the surface, was designed to be as realistic as possible by Oklahoma Ci... More

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors

Sgt. Justin Strong and Staff Sgt. Carlos Esparza, surveyors with the 92nd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team from the Nevada National Guard tests a valve at the Hills Brothers chemical plant during ... More

Sgt. Mario Aguirre from the Arizona National Guard,

Sgt. Mario Aguirre from the Arizona National Guard,

Sgt. Mario Aguirre from the Arizona National Guard, serves food to homeless veterans here, Nov. 11. Guard members devoted community time in an effort to recognize their fellow veterans who are experiencing unfo... More

VMAQ-1 receives coveted Phoenix Award

VMAQ-1 receives coveted Phoenix Award

Marines from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing accept the Secretary of Defense’s Field-level Maintenance award on behalf of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 Nov. 16, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in F... More

Pfc. Jaron Charley, a truck driver with Echo Company,

Pfc. Jaron Charley, a truck driver with Echo Company,

Pfc. Jaron Charley, a truck driver with Echo Company, 29th Brigade Support Battalion from the Arizona National Guard, wears a mock bomb vest while role-playing as an insurgent during an air assault exercise for... More

Arizona National Guard personnel line up ready to be

Arizona National Guard personnel line up ready to be

Arizona National Guard personnel line up ready to be evaluated on safely maneuvering a motorcycle during a motorcycle safety stand down day here, Dec. 1. The four-hour course consisted of classroom instruction ... More

Coach Rodney Williams showcases shooting techniques

Coach Rodney Williams showcases shooting techniques

Coach Rodney Williams showcases shooting techniques during a wheelchair basketball camp at the Virginia G. Piper Sports and Fitness Center here. The camp was hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment’s, Warrior At... More

Alisha Klein, of Ogden, Utah, holds her son, Braxton

Alisha Klein, of Ogden, Utah, holds her son, Braxton

Alisha Klein, of Ogden, Utah, holds her son, Braxton Klein, while they wait for Staff Sgt. Robert Klein, of Phoenix, assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, Dec. 2... More

Marines and Junior Rank welcome Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl players to Phoenix

Marines and Junior Rank welcome Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl playe...

Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Bailey, commanding general, 1st Marine Division, welcomes players participating in the inaugural Semper Fidelis All American Bowl to Phoenix Dec. 29. The near 100 student-athletes selected t... More

Kye Morgan, a running back from Somerset, N.J., carries

Kye Morgan, a running back from Somerset, N.J., carries

Kye Morgan, a running back from Somerset, N.J., carries the ball during practice at Arcadia High School, Dec. 30, 2011. Morgan will be representing the East during the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl, Jan. 3.

Todd Gurley II, a native of Tarboro, N.C., gets his

Todd Gurley II, a native of Tarboro, N.C., gets his

Todd Gurley II, a native of Tarboro, N.C., gets his helmet adjusted during practice for the Semper Fidelis Bowl Jan. 3. A running back for the West team, Gurley hasn't decided which of the many scholarship offe... More

Student-athletes playing for the West team in the Semper

Student-athletes playing for the West team in the Semper

Student-athletes playing for the West team in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl pose with coaches and Marines for a team photo at Saguaro High School here, Dec. 30.

Semper Fidelis All Americans hit the practice field

Semper Fidelis All Americans hit the practice field

Maj. Gen. Melvin G. Spiese, deputy commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force, reacts after players on the Semper Fidelis All American Bowl East team jokingly tell him they are all committing to play at t... More

Football player beats cancer, earns scholarships

Football player beats cancer, earns scholarships

Many football players log long hours in the gym and on the field in an effort to hone their craft. Some overcome tough circumstances involving family or their environment. Few, however, can say they beat one of... More

Student-athletes playing for the East team in the Semper

Student-athletes playing for the East team in the Semper

Student-athletes playing for the East team in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl pose with coaches and Marines for a team photo at Arcadia High School here, Dec. 30.

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Harrell, Ward and Hughes

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Harrell, Ward and Hughes

Offensive linemen Mark Harrell, No. 74 from Charlotte, N.C., Jeremy Ward, No. 63 from Pottsville, Ark. and Camrhon Hughes, No. 70 from Harker Heights, Texas, practice their blocking technique during the Semper... More

Former college running back and current Marine talks football with Semper Fidelis All-Americans

Former college running back and current Marine talks football with Sem...

Capt. Kavan Lake, an end strength planner and Marine aviator, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, speaks to the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team after practice Dec. 30, 2011. Lake is a former running back a... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team quarterbacks

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team quarterbacks

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team quarterbacks Wes Lunt, wearing number 11, and David Thompson, wearing number six, watch wide receiver Bryce Treggs bring in a pass from Lunt during their first practic... More

Preparations for the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl

Preparations for the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl

Preparations for the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl Jan. 3 have started at Chase Field. Student-athletes from more than 20 states make up the two teams that are participating in the inaugural game in Phoenix ... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Justin Ferguson and Armani Reeves

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Justin Ferguson and Armani...

Number 10, wide receiver Justin Ferguson prepares to make an acrobatic catch while cornerback Armani Reeves follows closely in coverage during the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team's practice at Arcadi... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl player excels on the field and in the classroom

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl player excels on the field and in the...

Cornerback Ryan Dillard, No. 28, prepares to cover his teammate, wide receiver Jaquay Williams, No. 4 during practice at Arcadia High School, Dec. 31, 2011. Dillard, who counts Harvard University as one of the ... More

Courtnye Wynn, a linebacker and defensive end from

Courtnye Wynn, a linebacker and defensive end from

Courtnye Wynn, a linebacker and defensive end from Norfolk, Va., will represent the East during the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl at Chase Field here Jan. 3, 2012. According to Wynn, this game is especially ... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl unites friends and football adversaries

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl unites friends and football adversari...

Quarterback Phil Nelson, #14, and tight end and punter Maxx Williams, #87, are used to lining up on opposite sides of the ball. All that is changing now, as the two friends and former high school rivals prepare... More

Connecting when it counts

Connecting when it counts

Brandon Napoleon, right, makes contact with wide receiver Deontay Greenberry moments before he could catch the ball, resulting in an incomplete pass. Both athletes are practicing for the Semper Fidelis All-Amer... More

Anna Scott, 11, smiles with a friend after being handed

Anna Scott, 11, smiles with a friend after being handed

Anna Scott, 11, smiles with a friend after being handed a foam football by Staff Sgt. Thomas Matlock during the Fiesta Bowl Parade in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 31, 2011. Matlock marched in the parade along with stud... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Justin Combs

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team: Justin Combs

Number 5, Justin Combs, a cornerback from New Rochelle, N.Y., waits for the play call during the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team's practice at Arcadia High School, Dec. 31, 2011. Combs is the son of ... More

Semper Fidelis All American Bowl more than a game for the son of Marines

Semper Fidelis All American Bowl more than a game for the son of Marin...

Courtnye Wynn, a defensive end and linebacker for the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team rushes the quarterback during practice at Arcadia High School, Dec. 31, 2011. Wynn, a future University of Virgin... More

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl player displays uncommon leadership ability

Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl player displays uncommon leadership a...

Defensive back Donaldven Manning, a Miami, Fla., native returns a punt during the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl East team practice at Arcadia High School, Dec. 31, 2011.

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