Andrews Air Force Base, Md. ? Wounded ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt arrived Tuesday in the United States for treatment at a Navy hospital.

They were airlifted from the U.S. military base in Ramstein, Germany.

They were among 30 patients on a C-17 military evacuation plane that arrived at Andrews Air Force Base. Woodruff, Vogt and three other patients were put on a bus for National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

At Bethesda, Woodruff and Vogt are expected to receive treatment for the head wounds and other serious injuries they suffered Sunday in a roadside bombing in Iraq.

Jeffrey Schneider, vice president of ABC News, said outside the hospital that the network considered but rejected the idea of sending Woodruff and Vogt to a private hospital.

“We talked to all the military people and determined that this is the best place in the world to treat those kind of injuries,” he said. Schneider added that ABC is paying for its employees’ treatment.

Military Col. Pete Sorini said the prognosis for both journalists was “excellent.”