SALMAN PAK, Iraq – Iraqi Capt. Abbas Kadhum speaks with Lt. Col. Michael Shinners (left), of Alexandria, Va., and Capt. Dallas Cheatham (right), of Fayetteville N.C., about the history of the Arch of Ctesiphon and the area that surrounds it during a site assessment mission Aug 5 in Salman Pak, Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi military officers discussed several plans to renovate the once popular attraction in the hopes to restore national pride in the country. Shinners serves as the deputy brigade commander for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. Cheatham serves as the commanding officer for the brigade’s Company B, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
(U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Jared Gehmann, 3rd BCT PAO, 82nd Abn. Div., MND-B)