Afghan National Army medics inject a soldier with penicillin at the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps Brigade Aid Station March 23, at Forward Operating Base Nolay, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The ANA medics, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Federico Sanchez, a Reno, Nev., native, are fully operational in terms of everyday medical operations. Sanchez is the medical chief advisor with the brigade's Security Force Assistance Advisor Team. He said the ANA medics are doing well and are learning fast. The SFAAT arrived in November to guide, advise and assist the ANA. The brigade SFA
Afghan National Army medics inject a soldier with penicillin at the 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps Brigade Aid Station March 23, at Forward Operating Base Nolay, Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The ANA medics, according to Petty Officer 1st Class Federico Sanchez, a Reno, Nev., native, are fully operational in terms of everyday medical operations. Sanchez is the medical chief advisor with the brigade's Security Force Assistance Advisor Team. He said the ANA medics are doing well and are learning fast. The SFAAT arrived in November to guide, advise and assist the ANA. The brigade SFAAT arrived in November with the mission to guide, assist and advise. The SFAAT was created to get the ANA and other Afghan National Security Forces to think on their own as Coalition Forces take a step back and go from the "shoulder-to-shoulder" approach to "over-the-shoulder." 'Over the shoulder' advising, SFAAT takes the next approach 130323-M-TM093-068
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