Spc. Nicholas Mullett, a vehicle operator with Troop B, 1-172 Cavalry Squadron, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), helps an Afghan national police soldier offload one of the mattresses U.S. Soldiers brought to the ANP Soldiers to make their checkpoints more comfortable during an April 9, patrol. During the patrol they also conducted key leader engagements at several ANP checkpoints outside of Bagram Airbase, in order to foster relations with their ANP counterparts who are in charge of security on routes outside of the base.