Sgt. 1st Class Danny Dowd, a Black Hawk helicopter crew chief deployed to Iraq, looks out the window of his aircraft while awaiting take-off from a U.S. base near Baghdad, Jan. 19. Dowd is assigned to the Michigan National Guard's B Company, 1st Assa...

Black Hawk helicopter crew chief Staff Sgt. David Argo scans the countryside below his aircraft during a mission near Baghdad, Jan. 19. Argo is assigned to the Michigan National Guard's B Company, 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 147th Aviation Regi...