Tag: Afghanistan

Attack of the Warzone Water Bottles

by | 5.16.2011 at 9:00am | 4 Comments
A U.S. Soldier hands an Afghan girl a bottle of water during an air assault mission, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire

Using bottled water in war zones uses oil and pollutes the environment. But Defense officials are looking to move toward sustainability.

Post bin Laden, Working Toward Afghanistan’s Water Security

by | 5.11.2011 at 2:50pm
Darunta Dam, Nangarhar Province, Eastern Afghanistan. U.S. Army 10th Aviation Brigade image

Osama bin Laden is history, but decades of war and civil strife pose challenges to Afghanistan’s water infrastructure.