Lt. Col. Kurt Cyr, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd

Lt. Col. Kurt Cyr, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment commander, left front, and Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Dornbusch, the battalion sergeant major, change unit patches on battalion company commanders and first sergeants, from the Texas Army National Guard's 36th Infantry Division, in Austin, Texas, to active duty, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team out of Vincenza, Italy, during a ceremony held at Camp Mabry in Austin, August 13, 2016. The Army's Associated Unit Pilot Program pairs select National Guard and Reserve units with Active Duty units to train and build readiness together, enabling the Army to provide more combat ready formations to combatant commanders. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Jessica Jackson)