Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe, gives some Iraqi children a fist pump greeting during a foot patrol, June 13, along a major highway in the 9 Nissan District of eastern Baghdad. Volpe is a platoon sergeant with the Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, who patrols in order to disrupt enemy activity following a recent spike in improvised explosive devices along the highway.