FOB PASAB, AFGHANISTAN: Members of the 3rd Brigade CT s 710th Brigade Support Battalion have been working along the Argandhab River to improve a local road that runs along the shore in the dry season and to build a 1500meter long concrete wall seven feet high along that road to keep local insurgents from coming back home to continue the fight against the 3rd Brigade CT. The main crop here is opium. It’s after the harvest season but there are piles of dried poppy plants ready to burn.
Stacks of dried poppy plants ready for burning, the opium having been harvested much earlier in the season.
L to R: 2nd Lt. Eric Berg, Capt. Dour Morrison and SSgt John Rock of the 3rd Brigade DT checking the progress of the wall and road along the Argandhab River.
Sick Call here on FOB Pasab is handled by B Company of the 3rd Brigade CT . Their full service health center, using the Medical Campus Concept, can take care of most any health problem that does not require hospitalization. This includes full dental, mental health, physical therapy, combat stress control and recently a concussion recovery center. Their return to duty rate is in the high 90 percentile.
The dental team in action.
L to R: Capt Peter Kirkendall, B Company commanding officer, with 1st Lt. Heather Woodruff, the company executive officer.
L to R: Capt. Kirkendall and Capt. Amanda Chamberlin, Veterinarian from Iowa State who handles the lab and provides vet services for the nearly 50 dogs from the K-9 Corps under the command of the 3rd Brigade CT.
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