Lieutenant Beaulieu and Sergeant Huy Nguyen begin to assemble resuscitation gear for the recovery section of the surgical tent. The team could erect the tent, unpack the equipment and be able to take casualties within one hour of arrival at a new site. Camp Spartan, near An Najef, Iraq. March 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
Lieutenant Beaulieu and Sergeant Huy Nguyen begin to assemble resuscitation gear for the recovery section of the surgical tent. The team could erect the tent, unpack the equipment and be able to take casualties within one hour of arrival at a new site. Camp Spartan, near An Najef, Iraq. March 2003.
Captain Charlotte Lee, a pediatrician, resuscitates an injured Republican Guard soldier, preparing him for surgery.
Surgery on a wounded Iraqi Republican Guard soldier inside the general purpose surgical tent of the 934th Forward Surgical Team, in the western desert of Iraq.
A U.S. Army Special Forces medic assists Major Robert Bass during an abdominal operation on an injured Iraqi soldier.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Borrego operates on a U.S. soldier.
Captain Bryan Moore attends a wounded civilian after abdominal surgery, encouraging her to breathe deeply. She had been shot through the belly with an AK-47 round that did not injure the fetus growing in her gravid uterus. After her recovery she was evacuated to a higher echelon of care. The fates of her and the baby were unknown to the surgical team.
Army Specialist Travis Ahrens between cases in the surgical tent, western Iraq desert.
Major Robert Bass, a general surgeon with the 934th Forward Surgical Team, relaxes between surgeries.
Sergeant Huy Nguyen, a recovery nurse, takes a break outside the surgical tent, western desert of Iraq.
Specialist James Bonneson relaxes by lifting weights thrown together from flywheels and rods found in an abandoned factory near Karbala, Iraq.
This itinerant Army chaplain and his driver drove around the western desert looking for camps where he would provide multidenominational worship services. The 934th FST surgical tent is far back on the left, behind the tent with the red cross. The large general purpose tent on the right is a large recovery tent where wounded enemy prisoners of war (EPW) were kept. Beyond that is the landing zone for medevac helicopters.
A medevac helicopter circles the 934th Forward Surgical Team camp in the western desert of Iraq, searching for the landing zone.
Landing zone is east of the surgical tent.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Borrego supervises Lieutenant Kelly Giraud as she places a chest tube into a wounded Iraqi soldier.
Majors Robert Bass and Richard Florio use a giggle saw to amputate a leg in a makeshift operating theatre near Karbala, Iraq, with Sergeant Christopher Brockert assisting.
This Iraqi soldier was brought to the 934th FST in extreme shock with less than one fifth of his normal blood volume remaining. A rapid amputation and simultaneous abdominal exploration was performed by two teams of surgeons while soldiers of the unit, including the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monson, laid down to do direct transfusions into the wounded soldier. As a result he stabilized and survived.
A young boy, wounded when his brother pulled the pin on a grenade, waits for surgical debridement of minor injuries. Camp Dogwood near Karbala, Iraq. April 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
Three brothers watch an animated feature on a U.S. Army soldier's laptop while recovering from injuries. Camp Dogwood near Karbala, Iraq. April 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
Sergeant Christopher Jensen resuscitates a young boy who detonated a grenade near Baghdad, Iraq, May 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
A father comforts his son after surgery for wounds sustained by a grenade detonated by his brother near Baghdad, Iraq, May 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
This Special Republican Guard soldier demonstrated a "raccoon sign," which is indicative of a fracture of the base of the skull, which has a low survivability. Camp Dogwood near Karbala, Iraq, April 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
A wounded Iraqi Republican Guard soldier is prepped for surgery south of Baghdad. His body bears the scars of prior injury, reminiscent of flagellation. April 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd
Like the Shroud of Turin, this blood-soaked stretcher betrays the fate of the last person to lay upon it.
One of several truck loads of wounded personnel, mostly Iraq soldiers, arrives at Camp Dogwood neark Karbala, Iraq. April 2003. US Army 934th Forward Surgical Team. ©2022 Timothy Floyd