Valperaiso, Ind., native, Spc. John Koritko, a medic

Valperaiso, Ind., native, Spc. John Koritko, a medic with the Scouts platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, talks with an Iraqi man while at his home in Adil, a muhallah in western Baghdad, Feb. 7. The scouts patrol through western Baghdad daily, interacting with local citizens, and stand ready to detain a known insurgent at any given time.