Besmaya Transfer of Authority
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William Turner, left, deputy commanding general, 1st Infantry Division, receives the guidon from the Spanish commander during the transfer of authority to the fifth Spanish contingent at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2016. The Spanish army provides specialist training at Camp Besmaya, one of four Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) building partner capacity locations dedicated to training Iraqi security forces. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant operations in the Middle East region and around the world (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Josephine Carlson)