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Lt. Col. Scott Wuestner passes the colors to Iraqi Lt. Col. Salahaddin Abdul Somad Hogar.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott Wuestner (right) of Command Task Force Thunder passes the colors to Iraqi Lt. Col. Salahaddin Abdul Somad Hogar of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, during a change of responsibility ceremony in Makhmur, Iraq, on Dec. 27, 2005. Wuestner is the commander of the 4-11th Field Artillery.