U.S. Army Lt. Col. Frank Smith, 425th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan receives a welcomed embrace from Brig. Gen. Abdul Atrofi, 2nd Zone Afghan Border Police Commander, following the trasition of authority ceremony, Dec. 24, in which Task Force Warrior assumed responsibility of security and training operations in Khost and Paktya.