Iraqi Lt. Gen. Daham Alassal (left), Ministry of Defense, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, 1st Cavalry Division commander, salute during the transfer of authority ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2005. The 40th Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi National Guard assumed a section of Baghdad from the 1st Calvary Division. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Matthew McLaughlin
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, 1st Cavalry Division commander, embraces Iraqi Brig. Gen. Jaleel Khalaf Shwail, commander of the 40th Infantry Brigade of the Iraqi National Guard. In a transfer of authority ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 21, 2005, Chiarelli officially gave control of the brigade to Jaleel.U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Thomas Benoit.