THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Medical Assistance in Afghanistan

Local villagers wait in line to be seen by medical personnel during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan, hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

An Afghan national policeman searches a young boy before he can enter the clinic area for treatment from military doctors during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan, hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Army Spc. Nesbia Dominquez administers de-worming medicine into the mouth of a local child during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan. The program was hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Reynaldo Espino looks through the trunks of medical supplies during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan. The program was hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Ramirez, assigned to the Provisional Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ghazni, examines a young man's face in Nawa, Afghanistan. The program was hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Reynaldo Espino looks at the leg of local an Afghan man during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanista. The program was hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Sandra Hearn, a cooperative medical assistance medical provider, helps an Afghan baby boy use an inhaler after determining he has asthma during a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan, hosted by Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni and the Cooperative Medical Assistance team from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Guinta, with 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, scans his perimeter during a convoy returning to Forward Operating Base Warrior, Afghanistan, from a medical civic action project (MEDCAP) conducted in Nawa, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. The Cooperative Medical Assistance Team of Bagram and the Ghazni Provisional Reconstruction Team hosted the MEDCAP. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores

U.S. Army soldiers from Provisional Reconstruction Team Ghazni assess a bridge to verify it is clear to cross during a convoy returning to Forward Operating Base Warrior from a medical civic action program in Nawa, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Bertha A. Flores