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Breaking down language barriers during Operation Silver Creek
090807-A-1211M-008: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan ? U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Torres-Cortes attempts to use his language translation card to speak with an Afghan villager while on patrol in the Wadawu Valley, in Afghanistan?s Nuristan province, Aug. 7, during Operation Silver Creek. U.S. service members are issued the cards before deploying to Afghanistan, which offer basic phrases in the countries native languages, as well as pictures.
Torres-Cortes is a member of Headquarters Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo.
Operation Silver Creek is a combined Afghan National Security Forces and coalition military event, aimed at disrupting anti-Afghan forces before the nation?s second national elections, scheduled for late August. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Breaking down language barriers during Operation Silver Creek
090807-A-1211M-008: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan ? U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Torres-Cortes attempts to use his language translation card to speak with an Afghan villager while on patrol in the Wadawu Valley, in Afghanistan?s Nuristan province, Aug. 7, during Operation Silver Creek. U.S. service members are issued the cards before deploying to Afghanistan, which offer basic phrases in the countries native languages, as well as pictures.
Torres-Cortes is a member of Headquarters Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo.
Operation Silver Creek is a combined Afghan National Security Forces and coalition military event, aimed at disrupting anti-Afghan forces before the nation?s second national elections, scheduled for late August. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)