Pvt. Jorge Salas, a new Colorado Army National Guard recruit, shakes COARNG Commander Col. Dana M. Capozzella's hand at the COARNG armory in Sterling, Colo., Aug. 19, 2010. Also on hand are (left to right): Pvt. Nathan Hickey, another new recruit; Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the adjutant general of Colorado; and COARNG State Command Sgt. Maj. Dan Lousberg. Maj. Edwards and his staff are conducting their 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 asses the condition 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, and what the COARNG has been doing and how it can expand its role to continue to support local needs. On Aug. 19, 2010, the group toured sites in Sterling and Watkins, and on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, where they learned about the COARNG's numerous state and federal missions, and about activities Soldiers conduct in their own communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cheresa D. Theiral, Colorado National Guard/Released)