1st Lt. Bruce F. Lester, deployed with the 118th Combined

1st Lt. Bruce F. Lester, deployed with the 118th Combined Arms Battalion Liaison Monitoring Team, hands out winter clothing to children at a school in Kosovo. The LMTs purpose in Kosovo is be the link between the local population and the military command. They work to get to know the people in the towns and communities and in doing so gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the deeper issues and sentiment of the local population. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Angela Parady.)