Lt. Col. Richard "Flip" Wilson, a native of Bronx, N.Y., talks with a local sheik of the Taji Qada during a meeting in the Taji Qada, located northwest of Baghdad, July 26, 2008. Wilson commands the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad.