Spc. Jesse Arnold, a Warrensburg, N.Y., native, maintains security at a vehicle checkpoint manned by Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) guards in the Istaqlal Qada, ensuring the safety of this area northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008. Arnold is a mortarman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.