1st Lt. Jessie Sheehan (center), an infantry platoon
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1st Lt. Jessie Sheehan (center), an infantry platoon leader from Knoxville, Tenn., assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, meets with a Sons of Iraq security force leader at an Iraqi checkpoint during early morning checkpoint inspections with his Iraqi translator, Daniel, Dec. 26 in the Karb de Gla community of the Rashid District. The Soldiers of 1st "Panther" Bn., 505th Parachute Inf. Regt., attached to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, visited Iraqi security forces manning checkpoints in southern Baghdad to help enforce Fardh al Qua Non, Iraq's rule of law and provide security for the approximately 1.6 million citizens of the Rashid district. The Panthers, part of the 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Div., from Fort Bragg, N.C., are preparing to assume the 2nd Bn., 4th Inf. Regt.'s mission in eastern Rashid Jan. 4.
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