An Iraqi army officer speaks through an interpreter to U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bryan Gerhart of B Troop, 5th Cavalry, 73rd Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, while discussing plans for a dismounted patrol of Muhallah 710 and 712, in Muthana Zayuna, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 2, 2009.