U.S. Army Lt. Col. Benjamin Bigelow, commander of the 9th Engineer Battalion, watches as U.S. Soldiers from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 9th Engineer Battalion, create a ford over a river near the Iraq-Iran border, Sept. 22, 2009. A bridge over the stream had been washed away by recent rains and the ford allows Military Transition Teams to conduct training with Iraqi border guards.