U.S. Army 1st Lt. Pat Barone, a platoon leader, and Sgt. Daryl Appling, both with Company D, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), explain to Iraqi department of border enforcement Soldiers how to conduct tactical patrols at night along the Iraqi-Syrian border, Dec. 9, 2009. Photo by Spc. Mike MacLeod, 82nd Airborne Division. COS UBAYDI — Since U.S. advise and assist forces began partnering with Iraqi border patrols along the Syrian border in mid-November, the instances of smugglers circumventing Port of Entry stations have all but ceased, according to the Department...