Spc. Alfred Kollie is a petroleum supply specialist serving with E Company, Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Kollie emigrated to the United States from west Africa, where he spent much of his life in a refugee camp escaping civil war in his home country of Liberia. "I've always had a positive mindset about whatever I do, and I always made sure to be with the right crowd and do the right thing. Where we stayed, a lot of people were doing the wrong things to leave the refugee camp, but I took it upon myself with my parents' guidance to follow the right path."
| Date Taken: | 06.14.2012 | 
| Date Posted: | 06.21.2012 07:22 | 
| Photo ID: | 608682 | 
| VIRIN: | 120614-A-4291P-725 | 
| Resolution: | 2100x1395 | 
| Size: | 936.83 KB | 
| Location: | FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, AF | 
| Hometown: | ACCRA, GH | 
| Hometown: | MONROVIA, LR | 
| Hometown: | FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, US | 
| Hometown: | FORT LIBERTY, NORTH CAROLINA, US | 
| Hometown: | HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND, US | 
| Hometown: | NEW YORK, NEW YORK, US | 
| Hometown: | RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, US | 
| Web Views: | 82 | 
| Downloads: | 9 | 
                        This work, Why we serve: From African refugee to US soldier [Image 8 of 8], by SFC Eric Pahon, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.