Beth Bailey, professor of history at the College of Liberal Arts, was honored with one of the Army Historical Foundation’s 2007 Distinguished Writing Awards for books and articles on U.S. Army history. The foundation recognized six books and two articles as outstanding achievements in writing on U.S. Army history. Bailey was the winner in the journals and magazines category for her article “The Army in the Marketplace: Recruiting an All-Volunteer Force,” from the June 2007 issue of the Journal of American History.