An Iraqi soldier manning a checkpoint listens to Lt. Col. Muhammed of the Iraqi national police, in Karada, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on March 18. U.S. Soldiers of Able Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, are conducting a joint inspection of local Iraqi security forces checkpoints, with Lt. Col. Muhammed of the Iraqi national police.