BAGHDAD - Pfc. Leigh Matchison, of Fort Thomas, Ky., talks to some Iraqi children during a foot patrol June 13 along a major highway in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad. Paratroopers assigned to the Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Tr...

BAGHDAD - Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe, of Hopewell, N.J., talks to a local shop owner in order to assess security along a major eastern Baghdad highway during a foot patrol in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad, June 13. Volpe, a platoon sergean...

BAGHDAD - Sgt. Richard Sheetz, of Galloway, N.J., keeps an eye for any suspicious activity during a foot patrol June 13 along a major highway in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad. Sheetz, a team leader, and Paratroopers assigned to the Militar...

BAGHDAD - Staff Sgt. Carl Pope, of Canton, Ga., checks his surroundings in a neighborhood along a main highway in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad during a foot patrol June 13. Paratroopers assigned to the Military Police Platoon, Brigade Spe...

BAGHDAD - Sgt. Andy Zeigler, of Fort Worth, Texas, looks at vehicles traveling along a main highway in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad during a foot patrol June 13. Paratroopers assigned to the Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Troops...

BAGHDAD - Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe, of Hopewell, N.J., gives some Iraqi children a fist pump greeting during a foot patrol June 13 along a major highway in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad. Volpe, a platoon sergeant with the Military Police...