PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team member, Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Gamache, (right) performs a concrete slump test which measures moisture in cement with a Afghan contractor. Gamache, a native of Higganum, Conn., is an engineer for the PRT which oversees the quality of production and works with Afghan locals at a library being built in the Sharana district.  The PRT is a joint team whose mission is to help legitimize the government of Afghanistan through development, governance, and agriculture initiatives. Gamache is deployed from Naval Operations Service Center, London, Conn. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester, Paktika Reconstruction Team Public Affairs) PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team member Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Lang performs a soil samples field gradation particulate test which explains if there are excessive organics for concrete. Lang, a native of Walcott, Iowa, is the quality assurance representative for the PRT . He is a vital member of a team of roughly 100 military personnel and interagency partners throughout Paktika province whose mission is to help legitimize the government of Afghanistan through development, governance and agricultural initiatives. Lang is deployed from Amphibious Construction Battalion One, Coronado, Calif., where he is the communications chief. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester, Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

 

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Newly built bridge connects entire Nangarhar province

 

NANGARHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – After more than three years, workers completed construction of Afghanistan’s second largest bridge, Jan. 31, linking northeastern Nangarhar with the rest of the province.

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Night operation releases Afghans from Taliban control

 

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Georgian Mobile Training Team trains Afghan artillerymen

 

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – An Afghan National Army officer shouts commands in Dari as the artillerymen under his command take action.

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Afghan, Coalition forces conduct Operation Valley Flood

 

KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan— Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, Afghan National Army, completed Operation Valley Flood Jan. 25.

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