New Albany, Ind., native, Pfc. James Ballard, right, an infantryman enters a mock room followed by Pfc. Bekzod Alimbekov, left, also an infantryman originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, both assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, as Iraqi army soldiers look on during a room clearing exercise for Cold Steel Academy at Combat Outpost Carver, Baghdad, Aug. 12. Alimbekov, who received his U.S. citizenship in Iraq, July 4, and his fellow paratroopers put the IA soldiers through a five-day course teaching them basic soldier skills geared for a combat environment.