Pictures from Afghanistan

Shane is showing two of the five medals that he received while deployed.




Shane is with a little Afghani girl named Nazia who was receiving medical care at the American military hospital because the kind of treatment she required wasn't available in her country. Her story was so compelling that the hospital staff at Shane's hospital decided to try to raise money for her so that she could go to the States to be treated by the specialists she needed to see. They raised money by having a "moustache-growing contest." While the cause is worthy, I am sorry to have to show this next photo, which shows Shane sporting a fine 'stache. Thank heavens he had shaved it off by the time he came home!

Sweet!

While Shane and his friends were waiting for trauma patients to arrive they would take turns learning how to do tricks in the wheelchairs.



This is Shane inside an MRAP (which stands for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle). An MRAP is like a tank, only better and stronger. They are designed to withstand IED attacks and ambushes. The photo below is Shane standing on top of an MRAP.