Members of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group Color Guard unfold a new flag while placing it in its proper place in Hero's Highway Sept. 1, 2010, Joint Base Balad, Iraq. "This is the perfect time to change the flag as our focus also changes," said Colonel Mitchell. "We have taken down the flag associated with combat operations and the way things were. We are now focusing on 'train the trainers,' as we train and turn over control to the Iraqi army in preparation for Dec. 31, ; Senior Airman Marianne E. Lane

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