Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team
PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan ? (Front, left) U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Curtis Velasquez, Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir commander and Abilene, Kan., native, says a few words at a May 26 ceremony on top of Blue Rowe Hill near Forward Operating Base Lion. The team gathered to pay tribute to four PRT members who were killed in action one year earlier. The group mounted a memorial marble plaque at the top of the hill and unveiled it following the reciting of a poem. (Photo by U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Jason Smith, Provincial Reconstruction Team Panjshir Public Affairs)