Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat

Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, passes a folded Iraqi flag to Brig. Gen. Karim, commander of the 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division during a ceremony, Oct. 5, 2008, in the Doura community of southern Baghdad. The ceremony marked the transition of responsibility of the area's Sons of Iraq members from the coalition forces to the government of Iraq. More than 7,000 members of the Iraqi neighborhood watch group in the Rashid District will be integrated into the Iraqi security forces and the GoI.(U.S. Army photo by Maj. Dave Olson, 1st BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div., MND-B)