From the 2012 Military Photographer of the Year Competition.
First awarded in 1960, the Military Photographer of the Year honours (issued under the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense [US] for Public Affairs) recognises excellence among military cameramen.
This photo (below) was placed second overall:
Dust lights up the rotors of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as paratroopers with 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment load for an air assault mission near Combat Outpost Ab Band May 23, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan (Photo: Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod, US Army)