Afghan government and International Security Assistance Force officials take part in a shura or meeting, with elders in Safidar village, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2011. The Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, Shinkai Detachment visited the village to talk with elders and help Afghan National Security Forces distribute winter supplies. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Manuel Delarosa finds a pair of shoes for a young girl while helping Afghan National Security Forces distribute winter supplies in Safidar village, Afghanistan, on Feb. 1, 2011. Delarosa is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Shinkai Detachment. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
U.S. Army Spcs. Christopher Partin, left, and William Spencer, both with the 1175th Military Police Company, respond to a house fire with a county police officer in St. Louis County, Mo., Feb. 1, 2011. National Guardsmen were providing transportation for police emergencies when police vehicles could not respond following a severe winter storm that caused several Midwestern governors to declare states of emergency. (DoD photo by Spc. Jacqueline Courtney, U.S. Army/Released)
