Coalition Troops Meet Hospital Officials in Farah City, Afghanistan

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Abdul Ghani Mehrzad, director of malnutrition at Farah City hospital, right, discusses operations at the children's supplemental feeding center as U.S. Army Capt. Garrett McAdams, left, looks on in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. McAdams, a civil affairs officer, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan child receives a polio vaccine orally during a visit to the Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • Coalition members look on as an Afghan man marks a child's hand after administering the polio vaccine during a visit to the Farah children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan boy is measured before being weighed at the children's supplemental feeding center at the Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan woman holds her son during a visit to the children's supplemental feeding center at the Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan boy is weighed by Abdul Ghani Mehrzad, director of malnutrition at Farah City hospital, during a visit to the children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • Abdul Ghani Mehrzad, director of malnutrition at Farah City hospital, reviews a child's height and weight to verify eligibility for enrollment in the children's supplemental feeding program at Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan girl carries her little brother on her back outside the Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Army Spc. Matt Cullen, left, provides security at a key leader engagement at the Farah City hospital, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2012. Cullen is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup