U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tik Williams, Headquarters

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tik Williams, Headquarters Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, stands at attention next to Lt. Col. Mitchell Watkins, commander of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, as she is pinned with Sgt. First Class rank during a promotion ceremony held at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 1, 2013. Sgt. 1st Class Williams, is the first female senior noncommissioned officer to serve with the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Carol A. Lehman/Released)