Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels,

Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels, of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment and a Cincinnati, Ohio, resident, meets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta July 11, 2011, during a town hall meeting with troops stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Pels was also one of six deployed service members, representing each of the military service branches, Panetta called on Independence Day to thank for their service. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. April Davis)