Paratroopers conduct village assessment

Written by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs Monday, 21 September 2009 14:47

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Michael Ronk, an infantryman with 1st Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, plots the coordinates of a dam in need of repair, while a local woman is seen in the distance hauling water from a more plentiful source in eastern Afghanistan, Sept. 17. Paratroopers were working with the Afghan Border policemen to conduct a village assessment in the Gomal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

090917-A-7540H-007: KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Spc. Michael Ronk, an infantryman with 1st Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battlion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discusses concerns with a village elder in the Gomal District of Paktika Province in eastern Afghanistan, Sept. 17. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - 1st Lt. Robert Heidt, the platoon leader for 1st Platoon, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, greets a local child during a village assessment in the Gomal district of Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, Sept. 17. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

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