U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brylan Riggins of

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brylan Riggins of Chesapeake, Va., corpsman with the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, crosses a temporary bridge on the Alingar River as U.S. Army 1st Lt. Michael Lutkevich of Medford, Mass., Nuristan PRT security force platoon leader, stands guard in the Nurgaram District Jan. 23. The PRT and the United States Agency for International Development checked on the status of a USAID watershed project designed to mitigate the harmful effect of unchecked soil erosion. The PRT works with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and agencies like USAID to improve the lives of Afghan citizens. (Photo by: U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Simonsen)