State Colors

Making a Toast

Pony up to the Bar

Casual Conversation

Full Dress Uniforms

Posting the Colors

Flags from all 50 states are flown at the 3rd Brigade's annual ball.

Sand from Iraq is added to the "grog," a traditional drink served at Army balls.

Men in full dress line up at the bar for a drink.

Men and women of the 3rd Brigade take the opportunity offered by this social setting to get to know one another better.

Officers wearing full dress uniforms converse before the ball begins.

The flag of the United States along with flags representing the Army, the 3rd Brigae, and the state of Mississippi are posted at the beginning of the ball.