Some powerful pictures today, the wounded soldier did survive. God bless the United States military men fighting on the front lines.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Bates, with Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, attempts to avoid flying debris kicked up by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, while on security at the landing zone in Pur Chaman district, Farah province, Afghanistan, Sept. 26. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady

(Left to right) Sgt. Michael Kimmel and Sgt. Jeremy Trop, who serves as snipers with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provide overwatch security during an operation to assist his Afghan National Army counterparts in the Zharay district of Kandahar province Oct. 10.

Sgt. Jeremy Trop, who serves as a company sniper section leader with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides overwatch security during an operation to assist his Afghan National Army counterparts in the Zharay district of Kandahar province Oct. 10.

US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) looks through his rifle as a Medevac helicopter takes off during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)

US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) carry a wounded colleague after he was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012. The soldier, 21 year-old Private Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)

US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) carry a wounded comrade injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012. The soldier, 21 year-old Private Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany. (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)

US Army soldiers attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) carry a wounded colleague after he was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012. The soldier, 21 year-old Private Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany. (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)

A US Army soldier attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st U.S Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) receives medical assistance after he was injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a patrol near Baraki Barak base in Logar Province on October 13, 2012.  The soldier, 21 year-old Private Ryan Thomas from Oklahoma suffered soft tissue damage and after surgery in Afghanistan was scheduled to be evacuated to Germany. (AFP PHOTO/ Munir uz ZAMAN)