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Stryker soldiers remove their 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patches from their uniforms to attach the "Tropic Lightning" patch of the 25th Infantry Division during a reflagging and change of command ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2006. The 172nd, which returned after 16 months combat duty in Iraq, was officially redesignated the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Stryker soldiers remove their 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patches from their uniforms to attach the "Tropic Lightning" patch of the 25th Infantry Division during a reflagging and change of command ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2006. The 172nd, which returned after 16 months combat duty in Iraq, was officially redesignated the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Stryker soldiers remove their 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team patches from their uniforms to attach the "Tropic Lightning" patch of the 25th Infantry Division during a reflagging and change of command ceremony in Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2006. The 172nd, which returned after 16 months combat duty in Iraq, was officially redesignated the 25th Infantry Division’s 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

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