38th Infantry Division

Major General Tod Carmony, (left) stands with WWII Veteran, retired Maj. Raymond Cotner, during the 38th Infantry Division award ceremony in December 2009 at the Division Headquarters in Indianapolis. The 90-year-old Cotner reminisced about his days as a Soldier, having been in both the Korean War and World War II. Photo by Spc. David Bonnell, Indiana National Guard

WW II veteran, retired Maj. Raymond Cotner, December 13, 2009, Indiana National Guard 38th Infantry Division Armory, Indianapolis. Photo by Spc. David Bonnell, Indiana National Guard

WW II Veteran, retired Maj. Raymond Cotner, speaks to the members of the 38th Infantry Division and their families during a holiday celebration, December 13, 2009, sharing some of his experiences as a Soldier. Maj Cotner began his service in the Army in 1941, retiring in 1961. Photo by Spc. David Bonnell, Indiana National Guard

Retired Maj. Raymond Cotner (left) at a holiday celebration in the 38th Infantry Division Armory, Indianapolis. Photo by Spc. David Bonnell, Indiana National Guard

Retired Maj. Raymond Cotner (left), speaks to the members of the 38th Infantry Division and their families during a holiday celebration, December 13, 2009. The major, 90 years old, served in both the Korean War and World War II. Photo by Spc. David Bonnell, Indiana National Guard

38th Infantry Division graduates from Warrant Officer Class 09-001 meet with 38th ID Commander Maj. Gen. Tod J. Carmony after the ceremony on August 15, 2009. (L-R Front Row) Warrant Officers David McCullough and Steven Shake and Maj. Gen. Carmony. (L-R Back Row) Warrant Officers Kevin Cantrell and Michael Amick. (38th ID photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Daugherty and Lt. Col. David Vesper roll the colors of the 3d Battalion, 139th Field Artillery for the last time as Sgt. Trent Bisner holds the flag staff in a ceremony in Crawfordsville, Ind., on June 20, 2009. (38th ID Photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Soldiers from Task Force Cyclone practices carrying a Soldier during medical lanes training at the 38^th Infantry Division on May 7, 2009 (U.S Army photo by Maj. Mike Brady).

A Soldier from the 38th Infantry Division plays part of the opposition force, or OPFOR, (right) waiting for other Soldiers to come around the corner of her building. 38th ID Soldiers portrayed the OPFOR in order to train deploying Soldiers in how to react to ambush during battle drill on April 19, 2009, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

A Soldier from the 38th Infantry Division plays part of the opposition force, or OPFOR, in order to train 38th ID Soldiers how to react to ambush during battle drill on April 19, 2009, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Soldiers from the 38th Infantry Division demonstrate the ability of an up-armored High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to cross a river on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The division conducted field training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Michael Gann)

LTC Lawrence Tipton balances on a log on the obstacle course at Camp Atterbury, IN. The 38th Infantry Division HHC conducted field training on Sunday, March 22, 2009, as part of their preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Michael Gann)

A Soldier with the 38th Infantry Division checks his bearings during land navigation training on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The division conducted field training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Brad Staggs)

CPT Alfred Saguid crawls under the wire during field training for the 38th Infantry Division HHC on Sunday, March 22, 2009. The division conducted field training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan.(U.S. Army photo by SGT Brad Staggs)

Corporal Daniel Weesner embraces his mother, Kimbra, and father, Gary, during a welcome home ceremony at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Daniel, a native of Lafayette, Ind., was deployed with the 38th Infantry Division Military Police Company for nine months. Indiana National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Tina Griffin, 120th Public Affairs Detachment

Commanding General of the 38^th Infantry Division MG Todd Carmony passes the colors to 2^nd Battalion, 150^th Field Artillery Regiment incoming commander Lt. Col. Patrick Thibodeau as outgoing commander Lt. Col. Michael Fleener looks on during the Change of Command ceremony on Sunday, March 22, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Brad Staggs)

Ricky McPherson III holds a sign while waiting for his uncle, Cpl. Kenny Barngrover, to return to Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind., for a homecoming ceremony on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Barngrover, a native of Greenfield, Ind., is returning home from a nine-month deployment to Iraq with the 38th Infantry Division Military Police Company. Indiana National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Tina Griffin, 120th Public Affairs Detachment

Kasie and Laura Fischer, from Huntingburgh, Ind., hold signs before the 38th Infantry Division Military Police Company homecoming ceremony on Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Stout Field, Indianapolis, Ind. Their step-dad, Sgt. 1st Class Dan Hill, was deployed for nine months with the Danville, Ind., unit. Indiana National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Tina Griffin, 120th Public Affairs Detachment

Army Combatives Instructor 1^st Lt. Brent Nelson demonstrates the “Rear Naked Choke” on Sgt. Carletha Woods as her fellow students look on. The 38^th Infantry division held combatives training at Stout Field, Ind. On Jan. 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Spc. Melissa Williams demonstrates the proper way to “Shrimp to the Guard” during Army Combatives training for the 38^th Infantry Division at Stout Field,

Ind. On Jan. 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Lt. Col. Jim Ziva and Lt. Col. Erin Conn of the 38^th Infantry Division display the proper technique for taking an opponent from the mount to the guard position

(right to left) during Army Combatives training at Stout Field, Ind. On Jan. 25. (U.S. Army illustration by Sgt. Brad Staggs)

Description: Indiana’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, passes the colors to Maj. Gen. Tod Carmony, commander of the 38th Infantry Division, during the change of command ceremony Oct. 19, 2008, in Indianapolis. During the ceremony, command of the 38th Infantry Divisions was relinquished from Maj. Gen. Richard Moorhead to Carmony during the ceremony. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Elizabeth Gorenc (Released)

Description: Two Indiana National Guard Soldiers, Spc. Jon Menke and Spc. Amy R.Griggs, 38th Military Police Company, playing with the local Iraqi children near their base in Baghdad. Photo taken May 31, 2008. (photographer unknown)

Description: Two Indiana National Guard Soldiers, Spc. Jon Menke and Spc. Amy R.Griggs, 38th Military Police Company, playing with the local Iraqi children near their base in Baghdad. Photo taken May 31, 2008. (photographer unknown)

Description: The command and colors of 38th Infantry Division Artillery marched together for the last time during the inactivation ceremony at the Indiana World War Memorial in downtown Indianapolis September 22.

Description: The command and colors of 38th Infantry Division Artillery marched together for the last time during the inactivation ceremony at the Indiana World War Memorial in downtown Indianapolis September 22.