[Sharon]

These images were taken between 2003 - 2005


Army Nurse supervisor tries to save the life of an American soldier by giving him CPR upon arrival at the Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, but the soldier died


Army operating room nurses walk to the hospital morgue with the body of a U.S. Marine who died from wounds suffered in Fallujah. He was flown back to the United States


U.S. Army critical care nurse checks on a 9-year-old Fallujah boy who was wounded in the face and stomach. The boy was in a critical condition. The hospital treated both American wounded as well as civilians from the Fallujah fighting


American Army doctors treat the broken leg of an Iraqi prisoner of war captured in Fallujah


U.S. Army nurse Jennifer Campbell prepares an injured American soldier for transport


U.S. Army personnel receive an American soldier with shrapnel wounds to the head


U.S. Army surgeons discuss patient x-rays in the emergency room. The hospital was considered the busiest American combat trauma hospital in the world


U.S. Army surgeons work to save the life of an Iraqi special forces soldier with shrapnel wounds to his chest


Army operating room nurses pause in the hospital morgue with the body of an American Marine who died from wounds suffered in Fallujah. After arriving to the morgue, they found the holding container (left) full of bodies, and had to find another spot for storage until the Marine could be transferred back to the United States


Hospital orderlies remove bloody sheets after an American Marine wounded in Fallujah fighting was transported to the operating room. The Marine later died of his wounds, hospital officials said


Hospital personnel receive an American soldier suffering from shrapnel wounds to the face


A U.S Marine suffering from burns to the face and hands


A U.S. Army medevac helicopter crew delivers a Marine seriously wounded in Fallujah. He later died of his wounds


U.S. Army doctors try to stabilize a four-year-old child with shrapnel wounds to the head


A purple heart medal is taped to the chest of an unidentified American soldier while in the intensive care unit. The soldier was wounded in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad and the medal, awarded for being wounded in combat, was taped to his chest so that it would not be lost during his Medevac to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany


U.S. Army Sergeant cleans blood from the breast plate of a flack jacket after a U.S. Marine with shrapnel wounds to the head was brought in


A wounded Iraqi civilian is transferred to a local Iraqi hospital after being treated for shrapnel wounds


Aerial view of the Combat Support Hospital near Baghdad


Major, right, checks on a casualty of a bomb attack as she is carried into the Combat Support Hospital unit in downtown Baghdad


Medics and nurses unload an injured American soldier from a Marine Medevac helicopter. The soldier received a gunshot wound to the head and later went into surgery


A U.S. Army nurse checks on a severely wounded American survivor from a "hand carried" bomb attack


Major, left, assists a casualty of a bomb attack as he walks into the Combat Support Hospital unit in downtown Baghdad


An American soldier wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade is wheeled into the U.S. military's Ibn Sina Hospital


Medics from the 31st Combat Support Hospital pray with Army Chaplain, second from right, during last rites for a soldier who died under fire near Baghdad, Iraq. The chaplain prayed for the soldier, his unit, his commanders, his family, the doctors who treated him and the medics who saw so much tragedy every day


U.S Army medical technicians transport a wounded soldier to a waiting helicopter


US Army personnel carry a patient from an HH60 Black Hawk Air Ambulance to a waiting ambulance for ground transportation to hospital


US Army medical technicians render aid to soldiers injured during a high-speed car accident. The injured soldiers will be airlifted to the nearby Combat Support Hospital for advanced medical treatment


An injured insurgent is treated for gunshot wounds


US Army specialists help an unidentified American soldier in his hospital bed


An injured insurgent is treated for gunshot wounds

[Wildrice]

Our boys and girls!

[anim0sitee]

Powerful images!

[wujuan]

my dog's doctor (a vet for the army) is in afghanistan for a year.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by wujuan ↗

my dog's doctor (a vet for the army) is in afghanistan for a year.

Aw that's fascinating, I didn't realise there were military vets but when you consider all the animals used in service, it makes sense.

Must look into it, thanks

[Kelseecat65]

A+ post! So sad, yet so very interesting! Awesome job!

[marinanicholls]

war is the most inhuman and cruel thing on this planet. i think all soldiers are incredible and brave people but war is simply organized murder.

[Shakey]

Hope G.W. and Cheney burn in hell.

[deadcat1]

So very sad....

[jinks]

bunch of assholes fightin for wht