U.S. Air Force mentor Capt. Ronald Stencel, left, talks maintenance issues with Lt. Col. Abdul Shafi of the Afghan national army (ANA) air corps on July 25 at Kabul International Airport (KIA), Afghanistan. Col. Shafi is the ANA air corps senior aircraft maintenance engineer operations group commander. Capt. Stencel is deployed from Dover Air Force Base, Del., and is Col. Stafi's senior aircraft maintenance advisor. He is assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) headquartered on Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan. CSTC-A partners with the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the international community to plan, program and implement structural, organizational, institutional and management reforms of the Afghanistan national security forces. The 500+ military members assigned to CSTC-A provide mentorship and training to the Afghan national army and to the Afghan national police in order to develop a stable Afghanistan, strengthen the rule of law, and deter and defeat terrorism within its borders.
Master Sgt. James Varhegyi
Taken on 26 July 2007
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