Col. William B. Hickman, commander of the 2nd "Strike" Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), speaks to Soldiers and distinguished guests at the transfer of authority ceremony in the Camp Liberty Field House in western Baghdad, Nov. 17. Hickman's Fort Campbell, Ky.,-based brigade assumed responsibility for the security of northwestern Baghdad from the 2nd "Dagger" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, who returns to their loved ones at their home station in Schweinfurt, Germany.