Army Reserve senior leader makes history at America’s birthplace
Air Vice-Marshal Mick Smeath (left), British defence attache to the United States, and Maj. Gen. Rodney Faulk, commanding general of the Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, enter Independence Hall in Philadelphia June 14, marking the first time an American and a British military officer have shared space inside the building in any official capacity since 1777 when British forces occupied Philadelphia and American officers were imprisoned inside Independence Hall where they were interrogated by British officers. (U.S. Army photo by Sal Ottaviano, 99th Readiness Division Public Affairs)