Sgt Eugenio Amador, a native of Miami, works alongside soldiers from the Iraqi army and local Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) volunteers at a vehicle checkpoint in Nassir Wa Salam, west of Baghdad, April 24. Amador is a personal security detachment platoon sergeant with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment "Gimlets," 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. Dustin Weidman, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment)