Army celebrates 237th birthday
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.-- Army Sgt. 1st Class Eddie Gunnoe, Joint Space Operations Center noncommissioned officer in charge of operations, and his daughter Rebekkah, age 8, talk about the Army seal on a cake during the 237th Army Birthday Celebration at the Pacific Coast Club here Thursday, June 14, 2012. Founded in 1775, the U.S. Army has grown from an amateur force of colonial freedom fighters to a professional force of more than one million soldiers fighting terrorism worldwide and providing support for international operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Levi Riendeau)