U.S. Marines from Company L, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment carry a wounded Lance Cpl. Matthew W. McElhinney through a blinding swirl of white smoke and dust to a waiting medevac helicopter near Marjah, Afghanistan. McElhinney was shot in the back during a gun battle with Taliban fighters about a half-hour earlier. March 10, 2010. DREW BROWN/STARS AND STRIPES