U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sabian, 53rd Iraqi Army Military Transition Team, 25th Infantry Division, speaks with a member of the Sons of Iraq (Abna Al Iraq) with the help of an interpreter, Oct. 1, 2008. U.S. Soldiers from the 53rd Iraqi Army Military Transition Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducted a battlefield assessment to survey the conditions of Iraqi security forces checkpoints and villages surrounding them.