121023-F-RH756-258

by SSgt Jonathan Snyder

121023-F-RH756-258

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Craig Oas, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, provides medical aid to a local Afghan boy who was burned several months ago by another Afghan villager Oct. 23, 2012, outside Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. 455th ESFS regularly have teams patrol "outside the wire" around the base perimeter looking for suspicious activity and visiting local villages to strengthen working relations with the locals. Oas' hometown is Munising, Mich. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)(Released)

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During my time in Afghanistan I was able to tell one Airman story about how he was building trust of the local populace and protecting the base. While on patrol of the villages outside the base perimeter a small boy approached Oas with significant burns with infections on his leg. Without proper medical care it was certain this child would lose his leg or even die. During the deployment he treated the young boy burns and by the end of his tour the wounds healed significantly.