Lee dePersia Returns from Afghanistan |
Lee dePersia returned to work at BrightFields after spending eight months on Reserve duty in Afghanistan. BrightFields is thrilled to have Lee back!
A message from Lee:
I finished my Afghanistan tour on 6 December 2008 and departed for a week in Kyrgyzstan waiting for a flight back to the US. I arrived in the US (BWI) on 13 December and was met at the airport by my family. Overall the deployment was a great experience, but it is always even better to get home. While in Afghanistan I managed approximately 60 construction delivery orders with a total value of about $164 million in vital medical construction projects that directly advanced the healthcare of 70,000 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and 82,000 Afghan National Police (ANP) and their families. Projects included a $10 million overhaul of the 400-bed National Military Hospital (NMH), the largest hospital in Afghanistan, enhancing the Afghan’s ability to provide advanced trauma care. Projects also included several renovation projects at civilian hospitals for the Ministry of Public Health including a new emergency room at Malalai Hospital, the largest maternity hospital in Kabul with over 100 births daily.
I appreciate the e-mails and good wishes I received from so many people, and especially the support from other BrightFields staff who stepped up and filled in so admirably while I was away. It is never easy to lose an employee for 8 months, especially in a company the size of BrightFields, but the BrightFields staff stepped right in and picked up the slack and I appreciate that very much.
Hospital addition under construction at Gardez:
Malalai Emergency Room grand opening:
Hospital before and after:
