Barbara Yoder (left), from Jackson, Mich., a member of Contingency Operating Base Speicher's Provincial Reconstruction Team, speaks with a retired Iraqi General, while locals from Salah Ad Din province conduct a provincial council meeting at a local hospitality center to discuss matters affecting the populace to include governance, security issues, and reconstruction efforts throughout the province of Salah Ad Din, in Tikrit, Iraq, Dec. 8. U.S. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, also attended the event to provide security.