Iraqi children watch a passing patrol of paratroopers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division Advise and Assist Brigade, who are assisting Iraqi police providing security for a nearby bridge project on the Euphrates River north of Al Taqaddum, Iraq, Oct. 5, 2009. Locals are eager for the economic development likely to follow the bridge's repair.