Building Relations in Baghdad

A community leader shows family pictures to Lt. Col. Michael Shinners (left), of Alexandria, Va., during a day-long assessment mission, Oct. 5, in preparation for an upcoming soccer tournament in the town of Jasr Diyala, Iraq, located in the Ma'dain region on the outskirts of eastern Baghdad. Shinners serves as the deputy commander for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. Photo by Pvt. Jared N. Gehmann