Gary Soiseth, United States Department of Agriculture advisor for 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, talks through an interpreter to a farmer in his apple orchard near Combat Outpost Garda in Afghanistan's Wardak province, April 22. Soiseth was in the orchard to give the farmer advice to help him maintain his orchard. "Really, the farmers are the way we're going to defeat the insurgency," said 1st Lt. Kevin Smith, civil affairs officer for 1st Bn., 503rd Inf. Regt. "Insurgencies are, more often than not, economically based, so if we improve their agricu
Gary Soiseth, United States Department of Agriculture advisor for 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, talks through an interpreter to a farmer in his apple orchard near Combat Outpost Garda in Afghanistan's Wardak province, April 22. Soiseth was in the orchard to give the farmer advice to help him maintain his orchard. "Really, the farmers are the way we're going to defeat the insurgency," said 1st Lt. Kevin Smith, civil affairs officer for 1st Bn., 503rd Inf. Regt. "Insurgencies are, more often than not, economically based, so if we improve their agriculture and tie them to the land, then they won't have the economic incentive to put bombs in the road." (Photo by Army Pfc. Michael Sword) Agriculture helps in wardak counter-insurgency fight 273846
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