Sgt. 1st Class James Volpe, talks to a local shop owner in order to assess security along a major eastern Baghdad highway during a foot patrol in the 9 Nissan District of eastern Baghdad. Volpe, a platoon sergeant with the Military Police Platoon, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, in order to disrupt enemy activity following a recent spike in improvised explosive devices along the highway.