Bashir Mohmed Kadhum, a welder who serves in the Motor

Bashir Mohmed Kadhum, a welder who serves in the Motor Pool Platoon of the Iraqi national police's Sayafiyah Battalion, welds an armor plate onto a police vehicle at Joint Security Station Suliekh in Baghdad's Adhamiyah District, Dec. 2. After an improvised explosive device attack against one of their convoys killed two officers in a lightly armored vehicle, the police requested assistance from the Sayafiyah Battalion National Police Transition Team attached to the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Soldiers from Company B, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. supplied heavier armor and trained the police battalion's welders how to properly up-armor their vehicles.