Photo for the Day - February 04, 2009

* Photo for the Day *

An Afghan villager brought this munitions cache to Coalition forces for destruction: the total cache turned-in on Jan. 28, included, 50 rounds of 40-mm Russian projectile grenades, 187 hand grenades, 4 rocket propelled grenades and two 105 mm artillery shells. All munitions were brought in under the Small Rewards Program where Afghans are rewarded for leading Afghan and Coalition forces to weapons caches or for bringing the weapons in. The munitions were turned into the forces in Shindand district, Herat Province, Jan. 28.
Read the story behind the photo at link below...
Afghans participate in SRP netting more than 300 munitions
Info/Photo from CENTCOM/ U.S. Forces Afghanistan Press Release #20090302-01