U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Mathew Hardin, a native of Springfield, Ky., speaks to Iraqi police officers as part of a checkpoint assessment while on patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2008. Hardin is platoon leader of Red Platoon, Alpha Battery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.