U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramon Wade, a native of Newllano, La., who is serving as a convoy commander for the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, gives a pre-mission brief to his soldiers on Bagram Air Field May 20. The unit was about to embark on a 400-mile round-trip convoy from Bagram Air Field to Forward Operating Base Warrior on one of Afghanistan's most dangerous roads, Highway 1.
<dl><dd>Unit: 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment</dd>
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Sgt. Ken Scar
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