Task Force Thunder MEDEVAC

U.S. Soldiers gather next to a destroyed vehicle as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a MEDEVAC helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3, on August 23, 2011. Three Soldiers were wounded while their vehicle was destroyed up by an Improvised Explosive Devise. Photo: Johannes Eisele, AFP/Getty Images.

U.S. Soldiers carry a wounded comrade to a MEDEVAC helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder, to be airlifted to Kandahar Hospital Role 3, on August 23, 2011. Three Soldiers were wounded while their vehicle was destroyed up by an Improvised Explosive Device. Photo: Johannes Eisele, AFP/Getty Images.

U.S. Soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a MEDEVAC helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3, on August 23, 2011. Three Soldiers were wounded while their vehicle was destroyed up by an Improvised Explosive Device. Photo: Johannes Eisele, AFP/Getty Images.