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Soldiers Help in Afghan Recruiting
Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, speaks at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. More than 200 tribal elders, mullahs and members of Parliament from Kapisa Province in eastern Afghanistan attended the conference, conducted by the Afghan National Army Recruiting Command. The goal is to reach an end-strength for the ANA of 80,000 soldiers by December, 2008.Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, speaks at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, speaks with an elder from Kapisa Province at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16, 2008. Haji Ahmad Farid, a member of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, encourages local leaders from Kapisa Province to endorse service in the Afghan National Army at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. Khuja Ahulam Ghaws Abobaker, the governor of Kapisa Province in eastern Afghanistan, speaks to local leaders at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, listens to Lt. Gen Azziz Rahman at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. Rahaman heads the Afghan National Army Recruiting Command, which conducted the conference.Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, greets an elder from Kapisa Province at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. Local leaders listen to the governor of Kapisa Province in eastern Afghanistan at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16.
Army Maj. Bryant Schumacher, the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Recruiting Assistance team chief, speaks at a recruiting conference, Feb. 16. More than 200 tribal elders, mullahs and members of Parliament from Kapisa Province in eastern Afghanistan attended the conference, conducted by the Afghan National Army Recruiting Command. The goal is to reach an end-strength for the ANA of 80,000 soldiers by December, 2008.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David M. Votroubek