Cedaredge, Colo., native, Maj. James Corrigan, center, the brigade aviation officer for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and Winston Salem, N.C., native, Maj. Chad Willette, right, the BAO for 2nd BCT, 1st Cav. Div., listen as Col. Dan Shanahan, left, commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade "Warriors," 1st Cav. Div., talks about the past year in air-to-ground integration in Iraq at the first ever BAO symposium hosted by the Warriors at Camp Taji, Iraq, Nov. 10. Shanahan, a Traverse City, Mich., native, said he was pleased with the progress the BAOs had made since the beginning of the deployment.