Stripes Spotted

(May 10, 2009) BAGHDAD –Pfc. Mark Skeen (right), from Jamaica, a scout with HHC, 1st Bn., 505th PIR, does his best to defend against a player from the 3rd Bde., 1st NP Div. team during a preliminary round of the Combined Forces Football Tournament, here, May 10. “It’s helped us become closer to the Iraqis in general, because we have something in common besides training and security now,” said 1st Lt. Paul Wistermayer, from Denville, N.J., the assistant S-2 for HHC, 1st Bn., 505th PIR. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Risner, MND-B PAO)