An Iraqi and U.S. soldier stand side-by-side as they render salutes during the playing of the Iraqi National Anthem at the ceremony of the Iraqi Army Day in Tikrit, Iraq, on Jan. 6, 2005. The 4th Iraqi National Guard Division with its headquarters in Tikrit, Iraq, is being activated into the new Iraqi Army on one of its training bases, collocated with the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division. One of the first missions of the new Iraqi Division will be to gradually assume the security of the city of Tikrit.