PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Joel Swenson, a combat medic from Sedro Woolley, Wash., with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treats a local Afghan child, Dec. 19, at Combat Outpost Deysie in Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs) PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Joel Swenson, from Sedro Woolley, Wash., and Pfc. Pete Mehall, from Trumansburg, N.Y., both combat medics with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treat a local Afghan child Dec. 19 at Combat Outpost Deysie in Paktya province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)PAKTYA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pfc. Pete Mehall, a combat medic from Trumansburg, N.Y., with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, treats a local Afghan child, Dec. 19, at Combat Outpost Deysie in the Paktya Province of eastern Afghanistan. The boy was hit by shrapnel after an unexploded ordinance detonated near him. (Photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Andrya Hill, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

 

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Egyptian hospital provides medical care for locals

 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan— Someone once said Egypt was a place flowing with milk and honey, but for the local Afghan people the El Salam Egyptian Field Hospital gives so much more.

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CJTF-1 Soldier earns FORSCOM EOA of the Year

 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan—Soldiers join the Army from different parts of the world, trusting they will be treated fair and equal regardless of race, gender or religion.

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HHT mortar team brings the noise on Camp Clark

 

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Polish PRT, GIRoA find sewage solution

 

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Like all major cities, Ghazni City has to contend with waste removal from the city center, and dispose of it in a responsible, clean and ecologically safe manner. However, until recently, there was no safe and effective manner to dispose of sewage, as there was no sewage treatment plant in the area.

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