An Iraq Army Sgt. Maj. (left) yells out final instructions to the troops of 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, prior to pass and review July 13. The 4/1-4 Iraqi Army conducted a turn-over of authority of Forwarding Operating Base O'Ryan and surrounding area south of Balad, Iraq, from the U.S. Army's 1-8 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy L. Wood)
Thursday, 20 July 2006
BAGHDAD – Because of the increasing abilities of Iraqi security forces, Coalition forces have been able to transfer to Iraqi control dozens of forward operating bases in Iraq. Of the 110 FOBs operated by the Coalition at the start of 2005, 30 have been transferred to the Iraqi Transitional Government, transferred to the Iraqi Security Forces, or closed. Task Force Band of Brothers will turn over control of the former Saddam Hussein presidential compound to Iraqi government officials in a ceremony in Mosul July 20.
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