MonticelloLive

A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment of  the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shows his ‘Sons of Iraq’ students how  to detain an individual during a personnel search. “They know the area, and  the people in it. And when strangers come up to a checkpoint, they are very critical of them as to why they are in the area,” said Col. Kendall Penn,  commander of the 39th. “It’s their community, their home. If the [Son's of  Iraq] are successful you can rest assured that the Coalition is going to be
more successful”
(Photo by Maj. Craig Heathscott, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs Office)