Fields of poppy

A medical evacuation helicopter lands in a poppy field and awaits soldiers wounded in a bomb blast April 25 in the village of Salim Aka in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed in the blast. Jamie Rolfing of Kalispell, currently an infantry officer with the 2nd Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment, is pictured on the right end of the group of soldiers closest to the helicopter. (Heath Druzin photo/Stars and Stripes)