Maj. Timothy Sawyer, right, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, and 1st Sgt. David Parella, senior noncommissioned officer of HHC, uncase the guidon for the Massachusetts Army National Guard unit during a transition of authority ceremony Nov. 4, 2010, at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan. The 1-181st assumed the duties and responsibilities of the 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, to provide force protection and security for a number of bases throughout the capital city of Kabul, as well provide security for Provincial Reconstruction Teams across the country.