27 June 2010

Kandahar MEDEVAC


U.S. Army soldiers carry a critically wounded American soldier on a stretcher to an awaiting MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow June 24, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.


U.S. Army Sgt. Grayson Colby holds the hand of a critically wounded U.S. Army soldier while aboard a MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow June 24, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.


Blood and medical supplies litter the floor of a U.S. Army MEDEVAC helicopter from Charlie Co. Sixth Battalion, 101st Airborne Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Shadow June 24, 2010 near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images.



Justin Sullivan continues to provide excellent photography during his long embed with TF Shadow MEDEVAC. The series above is from the medical evacuation of the same badly wounded Soldier. Much more of Sullivan's work can be found on Getty's site.

2 comments:

Steffani said...

The top picture... where the men are carrying the wounded solider .... the man on the right in the tan shirt is my husband. I was wondering if youc ould email me the picture  ... I tried to save that one to my computer and zoom in , but it was very pixelated ... was wondering if you had a larger photo.

My email is:   steffanielise@gmail.com

Thanks

Morsedlaz said...

The top picture... where the men are carrying the wounded solider .... the man on the right in the tan shirt is my husband. I was wondering if youc ould email me the picture  ... I tried to save that one to my computer and zoom in , but it was very pixelated ... was wondering if you had a larger photo. My email is:   steffanielise@gmail.com Thanks