U.S. ArmyStaff Sgt. Michael Baroni, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, and Crestwood, Ky., native, receives the Purple Heart from Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, chief of staff of the Army, May 7, 2005, at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq.
The Chief of Staff of the Army also saw a demonstration of the Buffalo Ironclaw mine-clearing vehicle by the 36th Engineer Group.
The Buffalo is one of the ways the Army is combating the threat of improvised explosive devices.
CNN.com - New Armychief of staff sworn in - Aug. 1, 2003
Pete Schoomaker was sworn in Friday as the 35th Armychief of staff, the Pentagon said in a statement.
Army Secretary Thomas White was forced to resign in April after repeated clashes with Rumsfeld, including disputes over efforts to modernize the service and Rumsfeld's decision to cancel the Army's $11 billion Crusader artillery system.
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