KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew R. Becker, of Sloatsburg, N.Y., the leader of 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, gives English counting lessons to young locals while receiving Pashtu lessons in return in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit was in the village to take part in a female shura, which was attended by a female engagement team. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. James M. Hensley, of Boston, Mass., a driver with 1st Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, navigates a Humvee through a challenging trail covered with boulders on the way to a rural village in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit went to the village to note the progress of projects that had been recently completely. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. David M. Poole, of Helena, Mont., a squad leader with 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, pulls security in a field in the Noorgal District in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit was there to prepare for a village medical outreach that was scheduled to begin the next day at the Fateme Comprehensive Health Clinic. His unit, civil affairs Soldiers, local healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute the VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army 1st Lt. Clay M. Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, a team leader with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, Task Force Rock, receives a tour of the Fateme Comprehensive Health Clinic in preparation for an upcoming village medical outreach in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit, members of the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, local medical representatives and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute the VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Carlos J. Newman, of Elizabeth Lake, Calf., a driver with 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, provides security at the Fateme Comprehensive Health Clinic in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit, civil affairs Soldiers, local healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute the VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Joseph G. Kennedy, of Dublin, Texas, a medic with 3rd Squad, 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, helps unload medical supplies at the Fateme Comprehensive Health Clinic in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 18. His unit was there to conduct a village medical outreach. His unit, civil affairs Soldiers, local healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute the VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick R. Eidemiller, of Paso Robles, Calif., the platoon leader with 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, discusses details for an upcoming village medical outreach with participating doctors in the Noorgal District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 17. His unit, civil affairs Soldiers, local medical healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute the VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Jacob D. Gates, a medic with the 405th Civil Affairs Battalion, Task Force Ute, and Master Sgt. Andrew Malkogainnis, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the public health functional specialty team, with the 405th Civil Affairs Bn., conduct an assessment of the Fateme Comprehensive Medical Clinic during a village medical outreach in the Noorang District of eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, April 19. Their units, members of 1st Platoon, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Rock, local healthcare providers and the Afghan provincial government worked together to organize and execute he VMO. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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