Plotting the course ahead
1st Lt. Travis Vazansky, right, deployed from the 341st Civil Engineer Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., marks waypoints on a GPS during a road assessment with Master Sgt. Paul McIndoe, left, Aug. 18. Both Airmen are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Qalat, Afghanistan. PRT Qalat is a joint U.S. Air Force and Army team assigned to the country’s volatile southeast province of Zabul. As part of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, PRT Qalat conducts civil-military operations designed to extend the reach and legitimacy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan by promoting good governance and justice; enabling an active and effective Afghan security force; and facilitating reconstruction, development and economic growth. Sergeant McIndoe is deployed from the 690th Alterations and Installation Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Bob Everdeen).