Paratroopers, Iraqi Security Forces Assess Security in Salman Pak

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Spc. Jonathan “Tito” Taylor of Clarksville, Tenn., leans against a rock wall as an Iraqi girl overlooks his shoulder during a combined foot patrol, Sept. 13, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located 30 miles southeast of Baghdad. Iraq army soldiers and paratroopers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad conducted these patrols frequently in order to deter any enemy activity in the area. Taylor is an infantryman assigned to Company B.

Spc. Nicholas King, of Nolensville, Tenn., looks down a neighborhood road during a combined foot patrol Sept. 13 in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located 30 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted the presense patrol to address any concerns local residents may have and to assess the area’s security. King is an infantryman assigned to the Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

Capt. Dallas Cheatham, of Fayetteville, N.C., says farewell as he shakes hands with a community leader during a combined foot patrol, Sept. 13, in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located 30 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted a presence patrol in a local neighborhood in order to assess any concerns the area’s residents may have had. Cheatham serves as the commander of Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jeffrey Wismann, of Louisville, Ky., sits and speaks next to an Iraqi boy as his Iraqi army partners enter a nearby home during a combined foot patrol Sept. 13 in the town of Salman Pak, Iraq, located 30 miles southeast of Baghdad. Iraq army soldiers and Paratroopers assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad conducted the routine patrol in one of the town’s neighborhoods in order to assess any concerns local residents had and to check on the area’s security.

Photos by Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea