Face of Defense: Soldier Keeps Eye on Mission, Ear to Haiti

By • on January 21, 2010

Face of Defense: Soldier Keeps Eye on Mission, Ear to Haiti

By Air Force Capt. Tony Wickman
Special to American Forces Press Service
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010 – Haitian-born Army Spc. Franck Joseph is maintaining his focus on the mission here even as he awaits news about the status of his family back in Haiti.

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Army Spc. Franck Joseph rearms an AH-64 Apache helicopter assigned to Task Force Lighthorse at the Camp Wright forward armament and refueling point, Jan. 18, 2010. Joseph is a Haiti-born, Jamaican-raised soldier whose mother, brother, two sisters and extended family were in Haiti when a magnitude 7 earthquake struck the country Jan. 12. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Boisvert