U.S. Army Sgt. Major Jack Tilley, center, talks to soldiers in Iraq (news - web sites) in April 2003. Tilley, a Vancouver, Wash., native and a 34-year career soldier, is the Army's highest-ranked enlisted man. He listens to, motivates and advocates for rank-and-file troops, is their voice in the Pentagon (news - web sites), and a frequent visitor to military hospitals and the front lines. (AP Photo/Department of Defense, Army Master Sgt. Richard Puckett)
