Topic: Combat Photography

During a mission to hunt down an Al-Qaeda sniper, then-Colonel Michael Kurilla was severely wounded, suffering a shattered femur and multiple gunshot wounds. Michael Yon captured the entire sequence on camera as Kurilla continued to give orders while on the ground. Sergeant Major Rob Prosser eventually subdued the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat after a point-blank firefight, a moment Yon describes as a testament to the unit's extraordinary resilience.