3rd Squad Completes Stress Shoot

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Spc. Roger Pilat, infantry member from Dedham, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, pulls himself up for a pull-up while wearing full body armor during the combat stress firing course Aug. 3, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. This course consists of six mission oriented events that gives the member the feel of operating under stress. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Sgt. Jay McCarthy, team leader from Nantucket, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, and U.S. Army Spc. Robert Eisenhauer, infantry member from Franklin, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, pull a sled filled with sandbags during the combat stress firing course Aug. 3, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. The sandbags weight was similar to the average weight of a soldier and gave the members the feeling of pulling an injured member out of the battlefield. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Beerntsen, civil affairs member from Green Bay, Wis., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lewis, logistics support from Atlantic City, N.J., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, rolls a tire during the combat stress firing course July 13, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. This course consists of six mission oriented events that gives the members the feel of operating under stress. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Army Pvt.  Zachary Darosa, infantry member from Acushnet, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, and U.S. Army Spc. Randy Demand, infantry member from Salisbury, Mass., assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Ghazni, Task Force White Eagle, carry 50 cal ammunition boxes during the combat stress firing course Aug. 3, at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. This course consists of six mission oriented events that gives the members the feel of operating under stress. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)