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Army Lt. Col. Welton Chase Jr., commander of the 501st Signal Battalion, furls his unit's colors at the 101st Airborne Division's headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 22 during a transfer-of-authority ceremony. The 501st ended its yearlong deployment by handing over the communications mission for northern Iraq to the National Guard's 234th Signal Battalion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, led by Lt. Col. Rusty Lingenfelter. Photo by Sgt. Robert Woodward, USA

Army Lt. Col. Welton Chase Jr., commander of the 501st Signal Battalion, furls his unit's colors at the 101st Airborne Division's headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 22 during a transfer-of-authority ceremony. The 501st ended its yearlong deployment by handing over the communications mission for northern Iraq to the National Guard's 234th Signal Battalion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, led by Lt. Col. Rusty Lingenfelter. Photo by Sgt. Robert Woodward, USA

Army Lt. Col. Welton Chase Jr., commander of the 501st Signal Battalion, furls his unit's colors at the 101st Airborne Division's headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 22 during a transfer-of-authority ceremony. The 501st ended its yearlong deployment by handing over the communications mission for northern Iraq to the National Guard's 234th Signal Battalion, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, led by Lt. Col. Rusty Lingenfelter. Photo by Sgt. Robert Woodward, USA

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