Picture of the Day - 3

Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, of the 617th Military Police Company of Richmond, Ky., stands for the National Anthem Monday, in this Oct. 31, 2005 file photo, during a welcome home ceremony for the unit at the Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky. The 23-year-old sergeant became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star the nation's third-highest medal for valor since World War II for her actions is assisting a convoy that was ambushed on March 20 in Iraq.

(AP Photo/Brian Bohannon)