Compton, Calif., native, Spc. Donna Cortes and San Francisco native, Spc. Paul Zhang, both automated logistics specialists with the Vallejo, Calif.-based 349th Quartermaster Company, attached to the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element meticulously clean equipment to ensure it’s ready to be returned to the U.S. military inventory during operations at the Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, retrosort yard March 20. Soldiers with the 349th QM Co. play a vital role in achieving the 82nd SB-CMRE materiel reduction mission, ensuring reusable items make it back into the U.S. military inventory and saving tax payer money. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp, 82nd SB-CMRE Public Affairs)
Sgt. 1st Class Jon Cupp
Taken on 20 March 2014
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