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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

From left to right, Col. Ben Hodges, commander, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, division commander; and Lt. Col. Karl Reed, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division, stand at attention during a transfer-of-authority ceremony in northern Iraq today. The soldiers from Task Force 5/20 are taking over for the 101st soldiers, who had been in Iraq for 11 months and had worked in the Tigris River Valley since May. Photo by Spc. Joshua Hutcheson, USA

From left to right, Col. Ben Hodges, commander, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, division commander; and Lt. Col. Karl Reed, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division, stand at attention during a transfer-of-authority ceremony in northern Iraq today. The soldiers from Task Force 5/20 are taking over for the 101st soldiers, who had been in Iraq for 11 months and had worked in the Tigris River Valley since May. Photo by Spc. Joshua Hutcheson, USA

From left to right, Col. Ben Hodges, commander, 1st Brigade, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); Maj. Gen. David Petraeus, division commander; and Lt. Col. Karl Reed, commander, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade (Stryker) 2nd Infantry Division, stand at attention during a transfer-of-authority ceremony in northern Iraq today. The soldiers from Task Force 5/20 are taking over for the 101st soldiers, who had been in Iraq for 11 months and had worked in the Tigris River Valley since May. Photo by Spc. Joshua Hutcheson, USA

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