Afghan Border Patrol soldiers practice treating a puncture

Afghan Border Patrol soldiers practice treating a puncture wound on a mock patient during a medical practical application at a patrol base near combat Outpost Payne, Aug. 26. “I try my best to learn as much as I can here, to be able to help a wounded friend,” said Abdul Nabil, a soldier with the Afghan Border Patrol, from Kandahar, Afghanistan. “Whatever I learn here will be for my benefit and for my country’s benefit.”