Caption reads: Col. Kirby Gross, left, Joint Theater Trauma System director, presents the inaugural Ditch Medicine Award to Capt. Russell Burnham, battalion physician assistant with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI), during a ceremony Jan. 23 on AP Airborne in Afghanistan. The award represents excellence in the care of the wounded, rendered under the most austere conditions and most dangerous “ditches” on the globe. As a result of the recognition, Task Force Chosin Soldiers received Army Achievement Medals for completing advanced levels of training that demonstrated medical techniques far exceeding standard medic training.