Air Force Staff Sgt. Martin Ratkowski, Combined Team Zabul K-9 handler, and his K-9, Tosca, search a home for home-made explosives in a local village in the district of Mizan, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Ratkowski is attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul to provide a home-made explosives search with his K-9. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil military operations in the Zabul province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the government of Afghanistan. Ratkowski, a Buffalo, New York native is deployed from the 9th Security Forces Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. S


Air Force Staff Sgt. Martin Ratkowski, Combined Team Zabul K-9 handler, and his K-9, Tosca, search a home for home-made explosives in a local village in the district of Mizan, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Ratkowski is attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul to provide a home-made explosives search with his K-9. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil military operations in the Zabul province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the government of Afghanistan. Ratkowski, a Buffalo, New York native is deployed from the 9th Security Forces Squadron at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras


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