Assembly line workers add the finishing touches to M-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at the McAllester Army Ammunition Plant in McAllester, Okla. (For the Times/Andrew Laker)
Mike Everett removes a pallet of M-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs from an artillery bunker for relocation Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at the McAllister Army Ammunition Plant in McAllister, Okla. (For the Times/Andrew Laker)
President George Bush waves to media personnel and supporters shortly before departing Tinker Air Force Base aboard Air Force One Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002 in Midwest City, Okla. Bush joined Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and gubernatorial candidate Steve Largent at a fundraising luncheon in Oklahoma City, speaking on behalf of state and national leaders who will support his defense and education agenda.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses soldiers and invited guests Friday morning during his visit to Camp Atterbury. Cheney commended troops on their service and commitment to the War on Terror, and swore in National Guard troops who re-enlisted.
Spc. Russell Alcorn, right, gives a farewell kiss to his girlfriend, Nikki Robertson, Wednesday Dec. 22, 2004 at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Ind. as the Indiana National Guard 1438th loads onto buses for deployment Wednesday to Iraq. The transportation company will spend up to one year in Iraq.
Teresa Hargett, 17, glances past a framed poster version of the 2003 TIME Magazine cover distinguishing the American soldier as its person of the year, Dec. 14, 2006 at the U.S. Army Recruiting Sation on National Road. FOR CHRISSY'S IRAQ SERIES STORY
Columbus residents gather for a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans. The vigil was one of many held across the country in remembrance of 2000 soldiers killed in Iraq, a grisly landmark set just days ago.
The Camp Atterbury Training Support Brigade color guard unit posts the American Flag, the United States Army flag and the Indiana state flag at the Camp Atterbury Veterans' Memorial during a September 11 memorial ceremony Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center near Edinburgh, Ind. (AP Photo/The Republic, Andrew Laker)
Sgt. James Ramsey, left, and Corporal Kevin Godfrey of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to grapple during a demonstration Saturday at the Marine Community Outreach program held Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. In the background is a CH-53 Super Stallion - one of three helicopters on display at the event.
A Humvee with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit speeds south on Michigan St. Wednesday night during a simulated air assault. The raid included an in-air helicopter refeuling and the disarming of mock improvised explosive devices. It was one of the last major training exercises for the unit before its deployment to Iraq. About 2,300 Marines from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina have be training throughout Indiana, many of them stationed at Camp Atterbury.
Soldiers from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit move toward their objective - the former National Linen building - during Wednesday night's simulation.
Brown County resident Julieta Kirschbaum watches a KC-135 Air Refueling Aircraft as it makes a flyover Friday at Salute! The jet came from the Air Force Reserve's 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base.
Soldiers from the 1102 Infantry bow their heads in prayer before sitting down to eat their Thanksgiving Day dinners Thursday at Camp Atterbury's King Hall. Pictured are, clockwise from top left, Sgt. Mikel Evalle, PFC James Hearns, Sgt. Jose Rodriguez, PFC Joseph Mancini, Sgt. Joe Lombardo, Staff Sgt. Jeff Sirois, Sgt. Mathew Gerber and PFC Casey Rose.
Karen Ames, right, waves an American Flag as the procession of Lance Corporal Jeremy R. McQueary travels south on Washington Street, Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. Eric Johnson walks past American flags displayed by Patriot Guard members before Sunday's memorial service for Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville.
Memorial service for Jeremy R. McQueary at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville, Ind., Feb. 28, 2010.
Debbie Kleinschmidt looks to the sky after being presented a flag in honor of her son Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary during a memorial service for the fallen Marine Sunday at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville. At right is McQueary's widow, Rae, and infant son Hadley.
War protesters Pat Conard, left, Natalie Cobert and Tim Wilson hold signs Tuesday along 2nd Street.
In a quiet moment before going outside to play, Cole Hopkins, 3, holds his father Jacob's face in their living room Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. Jacob, an Iraq war veteran, was recovering from a leg wound in a hospital in Germany when he learned his wife, Amanda, was pregnant.
Standing at the corner of 2nd and Jackson Street, war opponents stand silently Monday evening in remembrance of 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed.
Soldiers from Camp Atterbury salute during a presentation honoring Columbus Indiana Philharmonic executive director Alice Curry and music director and conductor David Bowden at the beginning of Friday's Salute! concert. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Debbie Kleinschmidt, mother of fallen Marine Jeremy McQueary, hugs her grandson Hadley as McQueary's widow, Rae, dabs at a tear after they were presented a flag in his honor at Friday's concert. McQueary was killed in Afghanistan in February. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Col. Todd Townsend lights a candle during the 10th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony held Friday at the Camp Atterbury Post Chapel. Soldiers gathered for hymns, Bible readings and two 9/11 audio slide show presentations for a half-hour observance at the military base.
Major General R. Martin Umbarger makes opening remarks, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, during the NFL Salute to Service event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Pictured in background are NFL players Will Witherspoon (Tennessee Titans), left, Dan Gronkowski (Cleveland Browns), Chris Gronkowski (Indianapolis Colts), Jacob Tamme (Indianapolis Colts) and Jonathan Stewart (Carolina Panthers).
Soldiers sing "America the Beautiful" Friday during Camp Atterbury Post Chapel's 10th Anniversary 9/11 Remebrance Ceremony.
Soldiers are briefed on what to expect in a simulation aboard Camp Atterbury's I.E.D. Battle Drill. Several rollover simulators appear in the background.
Surrounded by a high definition video projection of an Afghan countryside, the $5 million I.E.D. Battle Drill tosses violently as smoke billows from underneath - a simulation of a direct hit from an improvised explosive device - Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.
Jeremy McQueary, a Marine killed in Afghanistan in February, and Robert Warren Langwell, who was killed in 1950 during the Korean War. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Jessica Halladay of Camp Atterbury Public Affairs paints a picture of a soldier from a magazine.
Cannons are fired at the conclusion of the 1812 Overture courtesy of the 1-163rd Field Artillery unit Friday night at the annual Salute concert held on the grounds of the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans.
Spc. John Lundy, right, and Spc. Matthew Sturgill, obscured, leap into the arms of Pfc. Devin Horton in a burst of joy Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., as 109 members of the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, Army National Guard prepare to board buses home to Kentucky and join their families for the holidays. The men arrived at the camp Dec. 21 to demobilize as part of the last soldiers to leave Iraq. The U.S. military announced Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, that the last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends.
Sgt. Steven Corbin, seated, looks up at his surprised four-year-old son Nickolas and wife Ashley after being revealed from under a gift-wrapped box Friday at the home of Corbin's parents, George and Teresa Corbin. Steven returned from Kandahar, Afghanistan just in time to spend the holidays with his family, who weren't expecting to see him until January.
A long scar on the top of his head serves as a reminder of the trauma Tanner Archibald experienced in Iraq, but it is a wound people can't see that haunts him. "Sometimes there's nothing you can do," he said about the pent up anger he often feels as part of his post-traumatic stress disorder. "It comes out one way or another. You gotta let go of some of that stuff, because you'll never defeat it. You'll never beat it. That's something I've learned. It's not a disease like cancer that you can just beat. You have to coexist with it somehow, and that's the best you can do."
A sniper keeps watch over the finish area from atop a parking garage on Jackson Street, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at the Mill Race Marathon.
Beau Bailey, 6, waves an American Flag outside City Hall before a memorial ceremony Thursday honoring those who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Assembly line workers add the finishing touches to M-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at the McAllester Army Ammunition Plant in McAllester, Okla. (For the Times/Andrew Laker)
Mike Everett removes a pallet of M-84 2000 pound general purpose bombs from an artillery bunker for relocation Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002 at the McAllister Army Ammunition Plant in McAllister, Okla. (For the Times/Andrew Laker)
President George Bush waves to media personnel and supporters shortly before departing Tinker Air Force Base aboard Air Force One Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002 in Midwest City, Okla. Bush joined Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and gubernatorial candidate Steve Largent at a fundraising luncheon in Oklahoma City, speaking on behalf of state and national leaders who will support his defense and education agenda.
Vice President Dick Cheney addresses soldiers and invited guests Friday morning during his visit to Camp Atterbury. Cheney commended troops on their service and commitment to the War on Terror, and swore in National Guard troops who re-enlisted.
Spc. Russell Alcorn, right, gives a farewell kiss to his girlfriend, Nikki Robertson, Wednesday Dec. 22, 2004 at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Ind. as the Indiana National Guard 1438th loads onto buses for deployment Wednesday to Iraq. The transportation company will spend up to one year in Iraq.
Teresa Hargett, 17, glances past a framed poster version of the 2003 TIME Magazine cover distinguishing the American soldier as its person of the year, Dec. 14, 2006 at the U.S. Army Recruiting Sation on National Road. FOR CHRISSY'S IRAQ SERIES STORY
Columbus residents gather for a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans. The vigil was one of many held across the country in remembrance of 2000 soldiers killed in Iraq, a grisly landmark set just days ago.
The Camp Atterbury Training Support Brigade color guard unit posts the American Flag, the United States Army flag and the Indiana state flag at the Camp Atterbury Veterans' Memorial during a September 11 memorial ceremony Monday, Sept. 11, 2006 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center near Edinburgh, Ind. (AP Photo/The Republic, Andrew Laker)
Sgt. James Ramsey, left, and Corporal Kevin Godfrey of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to grapple during a demonstration Saturday at the Marine Community Outreach program held Bartholomew County 4-H Fairgrounds. In the background is a CH-53 Super Stallion - one of three helicopters on display at the event.
A Humvee with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit speeds south on Michigan St. Wednesday night during a simulated air assault. The raid included an in-air helicopter refeuling and the disarming of mock improvised explosive devices. It was one of the last major training exercises for the unit before its deployment to Iraq. About 2,300 Marines from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina have be training throughout Indiana, many of them stationed at Camp Atterbury.
Soldiers from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit move toward their objective - the former National Linen building - during Wednesday night's simulation.
Brown County resident Julieta Kirschbaum watches a KC-135 Air Refueling Aircraft as it makes a flyover Friday at Salute! The jet came from the Air Force Reserve's 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base.
Soldiers from the 1102 Infantry bow their heads in prayer before sitting down to eat their Thanksgiving Day dinners Thursday at Camp Atterbury's King Hall. Pictured are, clockwise from top left, Sgt. Mikel Evalle, PFC James Hearns, Sgt. Jose Rodriguez, PFC Joseph Mancini, Sgt. Joe Lombardo, Staff Sgt. Jeff Sirois, Sgt. Mathew Gerber and PFC Casey Rose.
Karen Ames, right, waves an American Flag as the procession of Lance Corporal Jeremy R. McQueary travels south on Washington Street, Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. Eric Johnson walks past American flags displayed by Patriot Guard members before Sunday's memorial service for Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville.
Memorial service for Jeremy R. McQueary at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville, Ind., Feb. 28, 2010.
Debbie Kleinschmidt looks to the sky after being presented a flag in honor of her son Sgt. Jeremy R. McQueary during a memorial service for the fallen Marine Sunday at the Seasons Lodge in Nashville. At right is McQueary's widow, Rae, and infant son Hadley.
War protesters Pat Conard, left, Natalie Cobert and Tim Wilson hold signs Tuesday along 2nd Street.
In a quiet moment before going outside to play, Cole Hopkins, 3, holds his father Jacob's face in their living room Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006. Jacob, an Iraq war veteran, was recovering from a leg wound in a hospital in Germany when he learned his wife, Amanda, was pregnant.
Standing at the corner of 2nd and Jackson Street, war opponents stand silently Monday evening in remembrance of 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed.
Soldiers from Camp Atterbury salute during a presentation honoring Columbus Indiana Philharmonic executive director Alice Curry and music director and conductor David Bowden at the beginning of Friday's Salute! concert. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Debbie Kleinschmidt, mother of fallen Marine Jeremy McQueary, hugs her grandson Hadley as McQueary's widow, Rae, dabs at a tear after they were presented a flag in his honor at Friday's concert. McQueary was killed in Afghanistan in February. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Col. Todd Townsend lights a candle during the 10th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony held Friday at the Camp Atterbury Post Chapel. Soldiers gathered for hymns, Bible readings and two 9/11 audio slide show presentations for a half-hour observance at the military base.
Major General R. Martin Umbarger makes opening remarks, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, during the NFL Salute to Service event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center. Pictured in background are NFL players Will Witherspoon (Tennessee Titans), left, Dan Gronkowski (Cleveland Browns), Chris Gronkowski (Indianapolis Colts), Jacob Tamme (Indianapolis Colts) and Jonathan Stewart (Carolina Panthers).
Soldiers sing "America the Beautiful" Friday during Camp Atterbury Post Chapel's 10th Anniversary 9/11 Remebrance Ceremony.
Soldiers are briefed on what to expect in a simulation aboard Camp Atterbury's I.E.D. Battle Drill. Several rollover simulators appear in the background.
Surrounded by a high definition video projection of an Afghan countryside, the $5 million I.E.D. Battle Drill tosses violently as smoke billows from underneath - a simulation of a direct hit from an improvised explosive device - Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center.
Jeremy McQueary, a Marine killed in Afghanistan in February, and Robert Warren Langwell, who was killed in 1950 during the Korean War. SALUTE CONCERT 2010
Jessica Halladay of Camp Atterbury Public Affairs paints a picture of a soldier from a magazine.
Cannons are fired at the conclusion of the 1812 Overture courtesy of the 1-163rd Field Artillery unit Friday night at the annual Salute concert held on the grounds of the Bartholomew County Memorial for Veterans.
Spc. John Lundy, right, and Spc. Matthew Sturgill, obscured, leap into the arms of Pfc. Devin Horton in a burst of joy Friday, Dec. 23, 2011, at Camp Atterbury in Edinburgh, Ind., as 109 members of the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry, Army National Guard prepare to board buses home to Kentucky and join their families for the holidays. The men arrived at the camp Dec. 21 to demobilize as part of the last soldiers to leave Iraq. The U.S. military announced Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, that the last American troops have left Iraq as the nearly nine-year war ends.
Sgt. Steven Corbin, seated, looks up at his surprised four-year-old son Nickolas and wife Ashley after being revealed from under a gift-wrapped box Friday at the home of Corbin's parents, George and Teresa Corbin. Steven returned from Kandahar, Afghanistan just in time to spend the holidays with his family, who weren't expecting to see him until January.
A long scar on the top of his head serves as a reminder of the trauma Tanner Archibald experienced in Iraq, but it is a wound people can't see that haunts him. "Sometimes there's nothing you can do," he said about the pent up anger he often feels as part of his post-traumatic stress disorder. "It comes out one way or another. You gotta let go of some of that stuff, because you'll never defeat it. You'll never beat it. That's something I've learned. It's not a disease like cancer that you can just beat. You have to coexist with it somehow, and that's the best you can do."
A sniper keeps watch over the finish area from atop a parking garage on Jackson Street, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at the Mill Race Marathon.
Beau Bailey, 6, waves an American Flag outside City Hall before a memorial ceremony Thursday honoring those who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.