Spc. Hector Salas, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with

Spc. Hector Salas, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Bravo Company, 501st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and a native of Juarez, Mexico, demonstrates how batteries are recharged at Forward Operating Base Walton, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 11. Salas has helped the brigade save nearly $50,000 in recycled batteries.