Coalition Troops Visit Children's Feeding Center in Farah City

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Sgt. William Russell conducts a mission brief before a visit to the children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Russell is a assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. The team sponsors the center at the Farah City hospital, and provides food, education and vaccinations to Afghan children. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Army Pfc. William Surles prepares for a morning mission to the children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Surles, a gunner, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Army Pfc. William Surles enters the gunner's turret before a mission to the Farah City children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Surles, a gunner, is a assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • Coalition forces assemble before walking to the Farah City children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan adult balances an infant while the child is weighed at the Farah City children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan woman, right, observes as Abdul Ghani Mehrzad, left, director of the children's supplemental feeding center at the Farah City hospital, measures her child during a weekly visit to the center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Kleve, right, chats with Afghan women through an interpreter about their experience at the children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Kleve, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • Abdul Ghani Mehrzad, right, director of the children's supplemental feeding center at the Farah City hospital, discusses developments at the center through an interpreter with U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Kleve, left, in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Kleve, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jennifer Kleve, right, listens to an Afghan woman's experience at the children's supplemental feeding center through an interpreter in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Kleve, a hospital corpsman, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • An Afghan man holds his child outside the Farah City children's supplemental feeding center in Farah City, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup
  • U.S. Army Pfc. William Surles scans the horizon during a mounted security patrol after a meeting at the children's supplemental feeding center at the Farah City hospital, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. Surles, a gunner, is a assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup