Colorado Army National Guard Col. Debi Roberts, Rep. Nancy Todd, chairman of the military and veterans committee of the Colorado House of Representatives, and COARNG Commander Col. Dana Capozzella discuss equipment used by engineers of the 947th Engineering Company at the Durango Armory in Durango, Colo., Aug. 16, 2010. Todd accompanied Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the Adjutant General of Colorado, as he conducted parts of his annual tour of Colorado Army National Guard facilities across Colorado Aug. 16-20, 2010. Edwards and his staff conduct these tours to not only engage their Guardsmen and look at the state of their training facilities, but as important, they engage local and state legislators, city and county officials, community leaders and others about the COARNG's role in that area of the state. This interaction may include, but is not limited to: what the COARNG and communities see as the role of the Guard being in that locale, what the COARNG has been doing how it can expand its role to continue to support local needs. Also visited on Aug. 16 were: the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum; the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction; the nearby Field Maintenance Site No. 3; the Grand Junction Armory and the Montrose Armory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral, Colorado National Guard/Released)
Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the Adjutant General of Colorado, conducts his annual tour of Colorado Army National Guard facilities across Colorado Aug. 16-20, 2010. Edwards and his staff conduct these tours to not only engage their Guardsmen and look at the state of their training facilities, but as important, they engage local and state legislators, city and county officials, community leaders and others about the COARNG's role in that area of the state. This interaction may include, but is not limited to: what the COARNG and communities see as the role of the Guard being in that locale, what the COARNG has been doing how it can expand its role to continue to support local needs. On Aug. 16-17, Rep. Nancy Todd, chairman of the military and veterans committee of the Colorado House of Representatives, accompanied Edwards to the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site in Gypsum; the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado in Grand Junction; the nearby Field Maintenance Site No. 3; the Grand Junction Armory; the Montrose Armory and the Durango Armory.