Providing Aid in Afghanistan
Source, Defend America Website
Soldiers with Task Force Victory, Task Force 168th, and Task Force 325th, operated three diagnostic and treatment sites to provide medical assistance to men, women, children and animals.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Akana, a medic with 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, reads a paper an Afghan man gave him with prescription medicine he needs during a Medical Civilian Assistance Program in Somulzay, Afghanistan, July 26, 2004. The unit's forward treatment team is in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Andre' Reynolds

U.S. Army Spc. Xavier J. Kantor, a trauma specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, sorts through medicine to be used by the forward treatment team during a Medical Civilian Assistance Program in Somulzay, Afghanistan, July 26, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Andre' Reynolds

Local Afghans wait to receive medical treatment during a Veterinary/Medical Cooperative Medical Assistance exercise in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan, July 22, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vernell Hall

A local Afghan man waits to receive medical treatment during a Veterinary/Medical Cooperative Medical Assistance exercise in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan, July 22, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vernell Hall

Afghan men wait outside the clinic in the town of Somulzay, Afghanistan, for a Medical Civilian Assistance Program exercise to start, July 26, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Andre' Reynolds

U.S. soldiers with to Task Force 168 provide veterinary care during a Veterinary/Medical Cooperative Medical Assistance exercise in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan, July 22, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vernell Hall

U.S. Army Maj. Richard Chadek with Task Force Victory examines a local Afghan child during a Veterinary/Medical Cooperative Medical Assistance exercise in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan, July 22, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Vernell Hall

U.S. Army Maj. Richard Chadek, with Task Force Victory, examines a local Afghan man during a Veterinary/Medical Cooperative Medical Assistance in the Laghman Province of Afghanistan, July 22, 2004. U.S. Army photo by Sgt Andre' Reynolds