1st CTCS photographer captures a first place spot during the Annual MILPHOG competition

Staff Sgt. Ashley Hyatt shows her award winning photo, March 30, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Hyatt took the photograph while at the National Training Center, Fort Irvine, Calif., in September 2011. The photograph is of a simulated wounded U.S. Army soldier being transferred onto a litter during a training scenario in a simulated Afghan village. Hyatt's photo took first place after going up against 434 other entries in the combat documentation category during the Department of Defense's Annual Military Photographer of the Year competition. Hyatt is from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron.