MOSUL, Iraq – In a ceremony held Apr. 27 at the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Iraqi Army Headquarters in Hammam Al-Alil, 3rd Bn., 2nd Bde., 2nd Iraqi Army “Scorpions” assumed command from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team over the battle space in the western Tigris River valley and Hammam Al-Alil areas.
Col. Hajji, commander, 3rd Bn., 2nd Bde. and Lt Col. John G. Norris, commander, 4th Bn., 23rd Inf. Rgt., 172nd SBCT conducted the ceremonial transfer of authority for the battle space; signifying a new beginning under the autonomous Iraqi leadership.
This transfer of authority ceremony marks the official assumption of battle space from Coalition Forces; representing yet another benchmark for the independence of the Iraqi government and its military forces.
Written by 138th MPAD
MOSUL, Iraq – In a ceremony held Apr. 27 at the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Iraqi Army Headquarters in Hammam Al-Alil, 3rd Bn., 2nd Bde., 2nd Iraqi Army “Scorpions” assumed command from 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team over the battle space in the western Tigris River valley and Hammam Al-Alil areas.
Col. Hajji, commander, 3rd Bn., 2nd Bde. and Lt Col. John G. Norris, commander, 4th Bn., 23rd Inf. Rgt., 172nd SBCT conducted the ceremonial transfer of authority for the battle space; signifying a new beginning under the autonomous Iraqi leadership.
This transfer of authority ceremony marks the official assumption of battle space from Coalition Forces; representing yet another benchmark for the independence of the Iraqi government and its military forces.
(via DVIDS)
