Bridgewater, Iowa, native Staff Sgt. Aaron McCurdy of B Troop, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, attracts a following of local kids while out on a security patrol in Baghdad's Sha'ab neighborhood Jan. 16. (U.S. Army Photo/Staff Sgt. Mike Pryor, 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division Public Affairs)