Lt. Col Mario Diaz (second from the left), a native of Sierra Madre, Calif., and commander of 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, talks with Iraqi police Gen. Kareem, chief of police for the Abu Ghraib District, Shakr Fiza, Qa'im Makam of Abu Ghraib, and Lt. Col. Darryl Johnson, commander of the 16th Military Police Battalion before the opening ceremony for the Joint Coordination Center located in Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad. The JCC will be used to help in continued combined patrols and security in the Abu Ghraib area.