PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of the Afghan National Police demonstrate their mountain rescue skills, May 16. U.S Army Sgt. 1st class Stephen Jennings, an infantryman assigned to the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team overlooks a z-pulley system used to raise and lower a Scedco rescue stretcher. Jennings, a Vergennes, Vt., resident, is a mountain school instructor in Vermont and is teaching the police this skill because of the varied mountainous terrains in Panjshir. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. John Young, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of the Afghan National Police demonstrate their mountain rescue skills, May 16. The 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based out of Vermont, has an embedded tactical training team working with the police to help train them in mountain rescue skills. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. John Young, Task Force Wolverine Public Affairs)

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