Bridge clearing in Afghanistan

U.S. Army Sgt. Brandon Bregel, team leader, prepares to clear a bridge during a bridge quality assurance inspection along Highway 1 in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011. Sergeant Bregel is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)(Released)