Lt. Col. Charles Dalcourt, left, a Baton Rouge, La., native and the deputy brigade commander of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, looks on as the newly promoted Kingsland, Jamaica, native Sgt. Major Ricardo Burke, center, the senior non-commissioned officer for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div, waits for the final touch to be added to his promotion ceremony, Sept. 1, at Camp Taji, Iraq. Col. Dan Shanahan, right, a native of Traverse City, Mich., and commander of the 1st ACB, pins on the new rank on Burke's headgear making his transformation to one of the most respected ranks in the Non-commissioned Officer Corps a reality.