Army Sgt. Henry Harrell stands
next to the artwork he painted on his brigade
commander's office door at Bagram Airfield,
Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2009. U.S. Army photo by
Pfc. Garett Hernandez |
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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2009
--
A Task Force Protector soldier here is building
unit pride and esprit de corps by using his
artistic skills to decorate an office inside a
refurbished shipping container.
The many talents of Army Sgt. Henry Harrell, a
counterinsurgency noncommissioned officer with
Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 16th
Military Police Brigade, are evident on the
office door of Army Col. John F. Garrity, Task
Force Protector commander.
“I have been working with art in general since I
was 5. I just started drawing one day and never
stopped,” Harrell said. “I took 10 art classes
in high school, and turned down a full art
scholarship to come into the Army.”
Adjacent shipping containers house the offices
of the Task Force Protector commander, deputy
commander, command sergeant major and the
counterinsurgency section. Wooden walls and
doors inside the containers were painted white
years ago and remained plain until Garrity
noticed Harrell's talents and eye for color.
Harrell was sketching on a pad one day when Garrity saw his
work and asked Harrell if he would be willing to
paint a design on his door. Harrell agreed, and
after receiving the necessary tools and paints
from Garrity, went to work during his off-duty
time to complete the door, arriving |
