Army Capt. Michael Korczykowski

Army Capt. Michael Korczykowski has returned to Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska after being deployed to Afghanistan for one year. The soldier is one of 3,500 members of the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division stationed at Fort Richardson. Airborne combat team members included soldiers assigned to one of six battalions and regiments of the 25th Infantry Division.The airborne brigade served in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan, which included the Paktya, Paktika and Khost. Some of the challenges the brigade soldiers faced included poverty, unemployment, security, and management of natural resources and government institutions. Soldiers improved roads, provided vocational training in construction and civics, improved and re-opened 29 schools, remodeled six medical clinics and improved three district courthouses.Korczykowski, a physician assistant, is assigned to the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment. He has served in the military for 10 years.He is the son of Raymond Korczykowski of Newkirk Ave., and Lucille Tschop of Dorchester Drive, both of Reading, Pa.His wife, Anna, is the daughter of Erik and Nancy Jo Rambusch of Highland Ave., Rowayton, Conn.The captain graduated in 1995 from Wyomissing High School, Pa., and received a bachelor's degree in the year 2000 from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. He earned a master's degree in 2005 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln.Source: Armed Forces News Services