U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 prepare a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter for a casualty evacuation mission in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Darrell Hudspeth, a hospital corpsman assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268, prepares the inside of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter to transport the wounded during a casualty evacuation mission from Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 22, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones

U.S. Army medics assigned to Charlie Company, Medical 228 Forward Service Battalion, stand by to pick up the wounded Marines in Ramadi, Iraq, June 22, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Darrell Hudspeth talks to a medic about wounded Marines in Ramadi, Iraq, during a casualty evacuation mission from Al Taqaddum, Iraq, June 22, 2006. Hudspeth serves as a hospital corpsman with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones

A U.S. Marine Corps medic inspects the intravenous bag of a wounded Marine aboard a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter en route to Baghdad, Iraq, during a casualty evacuation mission, June 22, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones

U.S. Air Force medics rush to the CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 to pick up wounded Marines during a casualty evacuation mission in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jennifer L. Jones