A March 13 photo of the Bar Chage Demonstration Farm north of Asadabad shows its transformation from a rocky field, into this verdant tangerine orchard through a partnership between the Iowa National Guard's 73 More
From left, Pfc. Brady Pugh, Monica Pugh, Staff Sgt. Eric Pugh, and the Pughs' youngest son, Ayden.
Col. Michael Fortune, commander of the Missouri National Guard's ADT IV, left, and Col Craig Bargfrede, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, conduct a meeting of key lead More
Col. Brian Miller, commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, left, shares a smile with Brig. General Timothy Orr, the adjutant general for the state of Iowa, right foreground, as the senior Iowa National Guard More
Sgt. John Larsen, a Missouri hydrologist, is deploying as part of Missouri Agri-Business Development Team IV. Larsen also deployed with Missouri ADT II.
From left, Spec. Nathaniel Wunsch, Spec. Martin Rustvoldt, Spec. Daniel Kersbergen, Sgt. Forrest Shady and Staff Sgt. Eric Pugh prepare to receive Indiana Commendation Medals during a ceremony at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Col. Craig Bargfrede, commander of Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, meets with Gov. Syed Fazlullah Wahidi at the governor's compound in the Asadabad district, Kunar province, Aug. 10. More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brumley of Stewart, Iowa, Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, speaks through an interpreter to staff members of the Kunar province director of Women's Aff More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, right, the veterinary officer for the 734th Agri-Business Development Team, delivers 300 doses of rabies vaccine to U.S. Navy Lt. Kyle N. Burditt of Dodge City, More
Task Force Bastogne commander U.S. Army Col. Andrew P. Poppas of Janesville, Wis., addresses civilian and military leaders at a conference on efforts to build the region's agri-business sector at Forward Operat More
As U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Capt.) James Anderson of Eagle River, Alaska, the chaplain for Forward Operating Base Wright, looks on, U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. Sean Gillespie of Norfolk, Va., the senior engineer for the More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Chase, hospital corpsman, of Dayton, Ohio, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to ta More
U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, meets with Haji Mohasal Kahn, Kunar Province Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and More
U.S. Army Sgt. Tanner Ruble of Winterset, Iowa, a military policeman with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, provides security as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth of Moville, More
Zargul, land reform director for the Sarkani District of Kunar province, listens during a meeting with members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team at the Sarkani District Center, S More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Pugh of Winterset, Iowa, Forestry Specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, shares a smile with the agricultural extension agents who serve the Mar More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, right, the veterinary officer for the 734th Agribusiness Development Team, reviews a document while Dr. Jim McCord of Ankeny, Iowa, the U.S. Department of Agricu More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, right, the veterinary officer for the 734th Agri-Business Development Team, reviews a document while Dr. Jim McCord of Ankeny, Iowa, the U.S. Department of Agric More
U.S. Army Capt. Pat Birgy of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., the contracting officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, checks his watch after getting fruit prices from a vendor at the Asad More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, veterinary officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, teaches knot tying for improvised animal halters, Oct. 21, to Dr. Abdullah More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, veterinary officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, teaches knot-tying for improvised animal halters to Dr. Abdullah of Marawar More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Steven Holding of Janesville, Iowa, (left) and U.S. Army Warrant Officer Marty Osmundson, of Des Moines, Iowa, both members of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team More
A local veterinarian prepares before a Veterinary Outreach Sustainment Program in Marawara District, Kunar province, Oct. 24. The provincial Afghan government conducted the program, in which local veterinarians More
Dr. Ghalib, provincial veterinarian for Kunar Province, reviews employment paperwork with workers at a Veterinary Outreach Sustainment Program in Marawara District, Oct. 24. The VOSP was the last directly suppo More
Narang District Sub-Gov. Haji Gulam Nabi addresses village elders at the Narang District Center here Nov. 2 during the Security and Development Shura. More than 100 village elders from across the district atten More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Stockfleth of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, agriculture section’s officer in charge for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, meets Dr. Jamaluddin, head of the Kuna More
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl of Jackson, Minn., meets with Shah Mahmood, subgovernor of the Sarkani District in Kunar province, Nov. 10, at the Sarkani District Center. During the meeting, Kuehl a More
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Richard McLain of Stockport, Iowa, raps on the advanced combat helmet of U.S. Army Capt. Pat Birgy of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., as Birgy demonstrates the ACH and the improved outer More
U.S. Army Maj. Mary Parmenter of Perry, Iowa, left, speaks with U.S. Army Spc. Shannon Drinken of Rice Lake, Wis., outside veterinary training conducted by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Developme More
U.S. Army Spc. Troy Kleppe of Eagle Grove, Iowa, security forces team member for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, shakes hands with an Afghan girl near Asadabad in Afghanistan's Ku More
U.S. Army Maj. Dwayne Eden of Wesley, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, shakes hands with Rahmatullah Himat, subgovernor of the Noor Gal More
U.S. Army Maj. Dwayne Eden of Wesley, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, shares a laugh with children in Asadabad, the provincial capital More
Mashuqallah, agriculture extension director for the Chowkay District of Afghanistan's Kunar Province, tills ground outside the greenhouse at the Chowkay Demonstration Farm, Dec. 5. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Shirk More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth of Moville, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, and U.S. Army Master Sgt. Steve Holding of Janesvil More
U.S. Army Maj. Robert Paul of Sioux Falls, S.D., veterinarian, teaches a group of 35 veterinary professionals from across Afghanistan's Kunar province about livestock nutrition at a continuing education confere More
As some of his subordinates look on, Afghan National Army Capt. Rohullah, company commander of 4th Coy, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps, prepares for a media interview on the transfer of authority from the More
Soldiers from the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team establish a security perimeter around the edge of a proposed demonstration farm near the Sarkani District Center in Afghanistan's Kuna More
An Afghan girl looks on as members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team repair the irrigation system at the Chowkay Demonstration Farm in Afghanistan's Kunar province Jan. 2. Members More
Abdul Wali and Said Obaidullah, Afghan agricultural professionals, tour Forward Operating Base Wright Jan. 2 on their first day as agricultural interns for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Developme More
U.S. Army Spc. Cristine Gallagher of Victorville, Calif., machine-launched grenade gunner for the 64th Military Police Company based at Combat Outpost Fortress, prepares her weapon for a foot patrol through the More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team veterinary officer, encourages Dr. Roshan, a licensed veterinarian who is part of a team directed by th More
Hosai Sediqi of San Diego, linguist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, is greeted by Afghan girls outside their home in Karula, a small town outside of Asadabad, the capital of A More
Afghan women take a break for tea and snacks during veterinary training conducted by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team at the Noor Gal District Center in Afghanistan's Kunar province More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Director of the Army National Guard (Acting), greets U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 73 More
Spc. Dennis C. Poulin of Pawtucket, R.I., was a gunner with the Massachusetts National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Division assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team. Poulin died Marc More
Haji Hazrat Ali Gull, a prosperous fruit producer, explains the improvements he has already made to a proposed orchard training farm site he owns to U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bill Dunbar of Plymouth, Iowa, value-ad More
U.S. Army Col. Fred Allen of Delavan, Ill., commander of the Illinois National Guard's 1-14th Agribusiness Development Team and U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa, commander of the Iowa National Gua More
U.S. linguist Shafiqa Ansary (right) of Union City, Calif., and U.S. Army Master Sgt. Darla Sheasley of Everly, Iowa, veterinary technician for the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team, ans More
Gul Rang (left), agriculture extension manager for the Khas Konar District, and Zabihulla, a Khas Konar farmer and village elder, share a laugh with members of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Devel More
Dr. Mohammed Ghalib, Kunar provincial veterinarian, sits with health professionals at Asadabad Hospital during a rabies prevention and control education session March 9. Members of the Iowa National Guard’s 734 More
U.S. Army Capt. Pat Birgy of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., finance officer for the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talks through an interpreter to a local resident along the canal that runs th More
Rahmad Gul prepares to take his 5-year-old son Basid home to Nawabad, Afghanistan, following Basid's treatment by the 102nd Forward Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, March 31.
Farmers pack a room at the Agricultural Compound in Asadabad, the provincial capital, March 31 to celebrate Farmer's Day, an event underwritten by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team.
U.S. Army Maj. Mike Kilbourne of Richmond Hill, Ga., surgeon for the 102nd Forward Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, enters medical information, April 2, about U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Hayes of More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, the ADT's veterinary officer, educates nearly a hundred students of Asadabad University on rabies prevention and control April 14.
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Shirk of Emmetsburg, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, walks with other ADT members alongside a ripening field of More
Workers pause south of Asadabad April 16 during one of 18 simultaneous canal cleaning cash-for-work projects for individual villages underwritten by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Stockfleth of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, officer in charge of the Agriculture Section for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, listens as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. E More
Said Obaidullah, a young Afghan agricultural professional who works for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, instructs high school students from the Shegal District at the beginning of More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Martinez of Des Moines, Iowa, senior combat medic for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, treats injured road worker Roz Amin at the Sarkani District Cent More
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Stockfleth of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, officer-in-charge of the agriculture section for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, briefs U.S. Ambassador to Afghani More
Members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team and Missouri ADT IV learn about proper care and handling of sheep and goats at the Purdue University livestock farm near West Lafayette, Indiana.
From left, Sgt. Maj. Robert Reedy, senior enlisted member of the 734th Agri-Business Development Team, Col. Mark Foreman, vice-wing commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Col. Craig Bargfrede, commander of More
From left, Staff Sgt. Eric Pugh, Sgt. Forrest Shady, Spec. Daniel Kersbergen, Spec. Martin Rustvoldt, and Spec. Nathaniel Wunsch stand at attention after receiving their Indiana Commendation Medals at Camp Atte More
Kate Byrnes, senior civilian representative to Task Force Bastogne, visits the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team at Forward Operating Base Wright in Kunar province Aug. 12.
U.S. Army 1st. Lt. Scott Shirk of Emmetsburg, Iowa, agronomist with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, listens as Haji Abdul Karim, general manger of the Kunar Farmers' Cooperative, More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Chase, hospital corpsman of Dayton, Ohio, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to tak More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth of Moville, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, assists U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Eric Pugh of Winterse More
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl of Jackson, Minn., a soils specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, meets with agricultural officials and farmers from the Sarkan More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, veterinary officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, reviews veterinary educational handouts with Afghan veterinarians who serve More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Darla Sheasley of Everly, Iowa, veterinary technician for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, provides training on internal parasites, Oct. 21, to Afghan veterin More
U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Sly Jr., of Chariton, Iowa, a military policeman with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, participates in the Army Ten-Miler shadow run, an annual 10-mile run o More
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Fehr of Des Moines, Iowa, security forces squad leader for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talks with Afghan children and their grandfather at a Veteri More
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joel Vowell of Birmingham, Ala., commander of the 101st Airborne Division's Task Force No Slack, looks on as Haji Gulam Nabi, sub-governor of the Narang District here, addresses village elder More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bill Dunbar of Mason City, Iowa, construction specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, takes notes during a meeting at the governor's compound with Afg More
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl of Jackson, Minn., and Shah Mahmood, subgovernor of the Sarkani District in Afghanistan's Kunar Province, listens to the land reform director during a meeting, Nov. 10 More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Rottinghaus of Waterloo, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, answers a question from a fifth grader at the Sigourne More
Hosai Sediqi, a U.S. linguist, talks with Sohila, a member of the Kunar Province Women's Shura, outside veterinary training conducted by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team at a girls' More
Afghan workers of the Sarkani District recently cleaned out a portion of a canal, several kilometers long in Afghanistan's Kunar province, as part of a cash-for-work project, which was completed over a two-wee More
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl (left) of Jackson, Minn., U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth of Moville, Iowa, and an interpreter talk with three farmers planting alfalfa at the proposed site of More
U.S. Army Capt. Pat Birgy of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., left, contracting officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Scott Rottinghaus of Waterloo, Iowa, producti More
Rahmatullah Himat Noor Gal District, subgovernor, points toward the starting point of a proposed irrigation canal project in his district as U.S. Army Col. Craig Bargfrede of Ankeny, Iowa (left), Iowa National More
U.S. Army Capt. Pat Birgy of Mt. Pleasant, Mich., finance officer for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talks with Nuuora, a shopkeeper in Asadabad, the provincial capital of Afghan More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth of Moville, Iowa, production agriculture specialist for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, tills the ground inside the greenhouse at the Chowk More
U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, veterinarian, teaches a group of 35 veterinary professionals from Kunar province about rabies prevention at a continuing education conference organized by Kunar More
Afghan National Army Capt. Rohullah, company commander of 4th Coy, 1st Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps, and U.S. Army Capt. Michael Gansler, Troop C commander, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade More
Several members of the 734th Agribusiness Development Team repair the irrigation system at the Chowkay Demonstration Farm in Afghanistan's Kunar province Jan 2. The ADT members also prepared the farm's greenhou More
U.S. Army Spc. Lauren Hyman of Texarkana, Texas, an armored vehicle driver for the 64th Military Police Company based at Combat Oupost Fortress, greets an Afghan child during a foot patrol in Noor Gal District More
A girl from the nomadic Kuchi tribe herds sheep to be de-wormed and vaccinated at a Veterinary Outreach Sustainment Program in the Noor Gal District of Afghanistan's Kunar Province Jan. 8. An Afghan team, direc More
Kuchi tribesman and Afghan veterinary workers herd sheep toward the chutes where the animals were de-wormed and vaccinated as part of a veterinary outreach sustainment program for the nomadic Kuchi tribesman ca More
U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica St. John of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Security Forces team member with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, makes friends with Afghan girls inside their home compound in More
An Afghan national policeman directs Naseema Sadat, Director of Women's Affairs for Kunar Province, to the room at the Noor Gal District Center in which the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development More
U.S. Army Col. Michael Fortune of St. Louis, Mo., commander of Missouri Agribusiness Development Team IV (right), U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Director of the Army Nationa More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Bill Dunbar of Plymouth, Iowa, value-added processing specialist for the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team, and Haji Hazrat Ali Gull, a prosperous fruit producer, s More
Dr. Hamdy Oushy, forage and rangeland specialist for the Afghanistan Water, Agriculture and Technology Transfer Project, gives a presentation to members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Developme More
Rocks litter a field at the Bar Chage Demonstration Farm north of Asadabad, Feb. 1. Six weeks later, through a partnership between the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development team and a successful More
As members of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team look on, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Rick McLain, of Stockport, Iowa, the ADT’s project manager for the Khas Konar district, mak More
Abdul Wali and Said Obaidullah, Afghan agricultural professionals who are part of the internship program initiated by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talk about an upcoming field More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Steve Holding of Jaynesville, Iowa, hydrologist for the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talks with Hayatullah, a local resident and member of the Asadabad Commun More