Goodfellow NCO speaks at International Women’s Day event
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan--Representing the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, Tech. Sgt. Dawn Allison-Hess, accompanied by interpreter Jamila, speaks with nearly 125 women and girls from Panjshir Valley who attended the March 8 International Women’s Day celebration in Bazarak District. The audience heard from the province’s deputy governor and a former female Afghan judge. A majority of the women wore burkas to the event, and once inside the Astana Guesthouse wore traditional head scarves. Following the speeches, the audience feasted on a traditional Afghan lunch of pilau, a rice dish made with raisons and carrots, and conversed with one another. Sergeant Allison-Hess is deployed from Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, and is the PRT's intelligence officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Stacie N. Shafran)