Lt. Col. Doctor Mike Eppinger center, watches a patient get treated in the emergency room of the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq....US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Lance Corporal Kyle Blumenstock sits in the emergency room of the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq with his two eardrums blown out...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States Military surgeons treat a wounded Iraqi five-year old girl who was found in a soccer field alone in Iraq with shrapnel wounds to the...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States soldier Fisrt Sgt. Robert Stratton of 36-25 maintenence visits with an injured fellow soldier after his supply mission was mortared on...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States Military surgeon sleeps while watching football at the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq. Hundreds of wounded soldiers...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States military surgeon carries a bloody boot through the Emergency room of the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq. Hundreds...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States Military surgeons treat wounded soldiers in the Emergency room of the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq. Hundreds of...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Staff at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq, on November 15, 2004. Hundreds of wounded soldiers have come through the military hospital for emergency...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Blood gurney in Balad Air Force Base on November 15, 2004. Hundreds of wounded soldiers have come through the military hospital for emergency...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States private contractor Jake Guevara is photographed by an Austrailian doctor in the Balad Air Force base in Iraq. Guevara, along with his...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States marine who was shot in the face speaks to doctors shortly after arriving at the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq....US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States PFC Justin Hileman sits with shrapnel wounds to the face in the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq. Hundreds of wounded...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States soldiers watch soldiers wheel in a body bag arriving from the helipad into the Balad Hospital at the Balad Air Force base in Iraq....US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Percy, who was wounded in a mortar attack on the Balad Air base, waits to be loaded onto the plane to Germany in the...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
United States Military injured soldiers are loaded into a bus to be taken from the Balad Military Hospital to the airplane out to Germany for further...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Doctor with the CCAT team, which is responsible for Intensive Care patients during the flights out of Iraq, prepares a patient for the flight to...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Lance Corporal W.C. Ross lies wounded in a portable Intensive Care Unit in the airplane en route to bethesda hospital from the base in Germany as his...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
Marine Matt Piano lies wounded in the airplane en route to bethesda hospital from the base in Germany. Ross was injured along with hundreds of other...US Soldiers at Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
As surgery takes place in the background, a handcuffed, apprehensive Iraqi soldier awaits treatment by U.S. Army doctors and medics in a field...Iraqi Patient in U.S. Field Hospital
Doctor oversees operations in the the emergency room at Balad Air Force Theater Hospital March 18, 2006 in Balad, Iraq. The BAFT, a simple double row...Americans And Iraqis Treated At Balad Trauma Hospital
Surgical tools hang on a wooden wall in Balad Air Force Theater Hospital March 17, 2006 in Balad, Iraq. Balad is one of the primary hospitals for...Medical Personnel At Balad Trauma Hospital Treat U.S. And Iraqi Wounded
Wounded.64.RLBalad, IraqU.S. Military doctors and other medical personnel swarm around U.S. Army Ssgt. Vincent Worrell of the 82nd Airborne as...106047.MN.1228.wounded.64.RLBalad, IraqU.S. military doctors and other medical personnel swarm a
Balad, Iraq U.S. Army Specialist Corbin Foster, holds his head while recovering from a surgery at the Air Force Combat Support Hospital in Balad,...Balad, Iraq U.S. Army Specialist Corbin Foster, holds his head while recovering from a surgery at
Balad, Iraq Lt. Col. Jim Keeney, an orthopedic surgeon, works on a wounded U.S. Soldier in the Air Force Combat Surgical Hospital in Balad, Iraq...Balad, Iraq Lt. Col. Jim Keeney, an orthopedic surgeon, works on a wounded U.S. soldier in the Ai
Balad, Iraq U.S. Army Sgt. Colin Johnson, lays on an operating table awaiting surgery for a broken kneecap and shrapnel damage to his leg that was...Balad, Iraq U.S. Army Sgt. Colin Johnson, lays on an operating table awaiting surgery for a broke
Balad, Iraq Senior airman Kris Vensel comforts critical care patient Joshua Griffin just before he was loaded onto a C17 transport plane bound for...Balad, Iraq Senior airman Kris Vensel comforts critical care patient Joshua Griffin, 19, just bef
Balad, Iraq Col. Ty Putnam, an Air Force trauma surgeon, runs through the series of tents that make up the Balad, Iraq Combat Surgical Hospital...Balad, Iraq Col. Ty Putnam, an Air Force trauma surgeon, runs through the series of tents that ma
Balad, Iraq U.S. Air Force Major Jerry Sparling, an operating room nurse, peers into the operating room to view an ongoing surgery taking place at...Balad, Iraq U.S. Air Force Major Jerry Sparling, an operating room nurse, peers into the operatin
Baghdad, Iraq The personal effects of a wounded U.S. Soldier are collected into a bag while he was being treated in Baghdad's Combat Surgical...Baghdad, Iraq The personal effects of a wounded U.S. soldier are collected into a bag while he wa
Balad, Iraq Several Iraqis injured in an accident are prepared for transport to the Combat Surgical Hospital in Balad, Iraq on board a Blackhawk...Balad, Iraq Several Iraqis injured in an accident are prepared for transport to the Combat Surgic
Balad, Iraq Joshua Griffin a critical care patient at Balad's Combat Surgical Hospital, uses a pad and paper to relay messages to medical personnel...Balad, Iraq Joshua Griffin, 19, a critical care patient at Balad's Combat Surgical Hospital, uses
An orderly cleans the floor of the surgery ward in the Sadr City hospital. 10 years after the US led invasion, Iraq continues to suffer from violence...Iraq - 10 Years After the Invasion
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld meets with soldiers from the 67th...Rumsfeld Visits Troops In Iraq
An elderly Iraqi woman cradles her newborn grandson, born by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Iraq, Baghdad. With...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
An Iraqi nurse carries a newborn child who was born by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
Iraqi nurses prepare a patient for birth by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a deteriorating...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
Iraqi nurses deliver a newborn child by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a deteriorating...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
Iraqi doctors deliver a newborn child by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a deteriorating...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
An Iraqi nurse attends to a premature baby at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a deteriorating health care system,...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
Iraqi nurses deliver a newborn child by caesarean section at Alilwiya children's hospital on June 9, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. With a deteriorating...Iraqi Infant Mortality Rate More Than Doubles
Staff photo by Gregory Rec -- Tuesday, December 21, 2004 -- On his way to surgery, Sgt. Christopher Rushlau moves onto a guerney under his own power...On his way to surgery, Sgt. Christopher Rushlau moves onto a guerney under his own power at the 67th
Doctors operate a wounded man at a hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Basra 02 September 2005. One man was killed and four wounded when a gunman...IRAQ
Surgical robes mixed in with garbage lay at the side of four-year-old Ajran Asaad's bed in a hospital in the restive city of Fallujah 24 April 2004....Surgical robes mixed in with garbage lay
An Iraqi with gunshot wounds suffered in Fallujah lies in the surgical ward at the Al Jarmouk hospital April 10, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. The man was...Iraqis Treated At Baghdad Hospital
Iraqi women doctors perform a caesarian childbirth at the Samawa Maternity and Children's Hospital, 170 miles south of Baghdad February 12, 2004 in...Samawa Maternity And Children's Hospital In Iraq
Polish soldier puts a sticker on the uniform of Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez , the US commander for military operations in Iraq, while Polish...A Polish soldier puts a sticker on the u
Kurdish landmine victim Hasam rests in the Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims June 17, 2003 in Erbil, Iraq. Hasam was a refugee in...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Nurse treats Kurdish man Khalil Jemil, who was seriously wounded after a discarded missile he brought into his house exploded, killing three of his...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish boy Kerzan Abdula who was wounded after handling a piece of discarded ordnance, rests in the Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Nurses treat Kurdish man Khalil Jemil, who was seriously wounded after a discarded missile he brought into his house exploded, killing three of his...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish burn victim must hold his hands in the air while walking in a courtyard at Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims June 17, 2003...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish man Aaudir Amin who was seriously wounded after a discarded bomb he was handling exploded, rests in the Emergency Surgical Center for...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish landmine victim Hasam has his wounded leg cleaned in the Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims June 17, 2003 in Erbil, Iraq....Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish de-miner Karkhy, who lost part of his leg while attempting to defuse a mine, rests in the Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
Kurdish landmine victims Samir and Hasam rest in the Emergency Surgical Center for Civilian War Victims June 17, 2003 in Erbil, Iraq. Samir is a...Landmine Victims Treated At Kurdish Hospital
In this photo provided by the U.S Navy, Central Command Area of Responsibility Fleet Hospital Three staff members grab a quick break just outside the...Three Staff Members Grab A Quick Break
An American soldier injured during military operations in Iraq is carried by military medical staff as they leave the U.S. Airbase April 12, 2003 in...Wounded Soldiers Fly Home
An American soldier injured during military operations in Iraq is carried by military medical staff as they leave the U.S. Airbase April 12, 2003 in...Wounded Soldiers Fly Home
An American soldier injured during military operations in Iraq is carried by military medical staff as they leave the U.S. Airbase April 12, 2003 in...Wounded Soldiers Fly Home
An American soldier injured during military operations in Iraq is carried by military medical staff as they leave the U.S. Airbase April 12, 2003 in...Wounded Soldiers Fly Home