Cordova, Md., native, SPC Shane Osterman, a military policeman with the 401st Military Police Company out of Fort Hood, Texas, scans the biometric data of an Iraqi police auxiliary recruit during an IPA recruitment drive in Hateen. The recruit’s biometric data will be entered into a computer to ensure that no persons with a criminal background will be accepted. The drive, sponsored by Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, processed more than 175 recruits.
Pic: SFC Robert Timmons