6/23/2010 - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Pete Kowall, a native of Enterprise, Miss., provides security during a mission in Sharana District, Paktika province, Afghanistan June 4. Although Kowall is a culinary specialist, he works for the Paktika Reconstruction Team as a supply technician and also works as a gunner for the PRT while on missions outside the wire. He is a vital member of a team of roughly 100 military personnel and agency partners throughout the Paktika province whose mission is to help legitimize the government of Afghanistan through development, governance and agricultural initiatives. Kowall is deployed from Navy Consolidated Brig, Charleston S.C., where he fulfills a special duty assignment as a corrections specialist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Demetrius Lester)