Iraqis play soccer under the setting sun as 1st Lt. Chris Timmerman, a platoon leader from Russia, Ohio, assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, talks with his Iraqi army counterpart in Salman Pak, here, Aug. 15. "We're probably one of the last units that are going to have direct contact with all levels of IA down to the lowest private," said Timmerman. "Our role is switching to an advisory 're trying to set up the next unit that comes into the area for success." Paratroopers take advisory role 196797

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