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 |
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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 |
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