Getting back to basics
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Simulated casualties, suffering from various wounds, lay scattered across the floor as a squad of Soldiers quickly moved in.
As the squad set out to evaluate and treat each casualty, a Soldier wandered into the middle of the room and collapsed, screaming and writhing in pain with massive amounts of blood spurting from his right forearm.
It took a brief moment, but two non-commissioned officers rushed to his aid to control the bleeding.
National Airborne Day
Saturday, August 13 was celebrated as National Airborne Day. National Airborne Day was held at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville, N.C. I photographed the event for my freelance agency ZUMA Press.
This year’s annual event commemorates the 71st anniversary of the Army Parachute Test Platoon’s first official jump and the tenth anniversary of the museum.
In 2002, President George W. Bush signed a proclamation slating August 16th as National Airborne Day in honor of “the first official Army parachute jump on August 16, 1940.”
Building relationships one patient at a time
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – For hundreds of years, life along the Mississippi River has always been hard. Just ask anyone who has spent most of their life here and they will tell you.
Recurring floods, tornadoes and periods of drought coupled with major losses of industries over the last four decades have not helped.
Caring for all creatures, great and small
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. – A tiny chestnut brown Chihuahua mix slowly opened its eyes and let out a pitiful groan as if to say, “What just happened?”
With a gentle touch and a sweet caress, Army Reserve Spc. Michelle Millien, a veterinarian technician from Manhattan, N.Y., reached down and wrapped the shaking dog in a soft white towel and whispered in its ear, “It will be alright.”
Soon, the dog was fully alert and ready to go home – albeit, a little sore, but ready to go.
U.S. Army Reserve Command Cases Its Colors
In what was personally a sad day for this photojournalist, I was on hand to witness and record history as the U.S. Army Reserve Command cased its colors, symbolically signifying the move of the headquarters from Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Ga. to Fort Bragg, N.C.
Army Reserve honors Cpl. Young
Army Reserve Soldiers and Dept. of the Army Civilians honored one of their own at a Fallen Soldier Ceremony at their headquarters on Fort McPherson in Atlanta on Feb. 17, 2011.
Cpl. James C. Young, 25, was assigned to the 323rd Engineer Company from Spartanburg, S.C. when he was fatally wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Nov. 3, 2010. He was a native of Rochester, Ill.
Atlanta honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Atlanta honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church on the 25th anniversary of the federal holiday on Monday, Jan. 17, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.
Train derails in downtown Douglasville, Ga.
Douglasville, Georgia, U.S. – A Norfolk-Southern train derailed around 1 a.m. on Tuesday in downtown, Douglasville, Ga. According to Douglas County PIO Wes Tallon, the train, heading west from Atlanta, encountered an unknown problem causing approximately 11 cars to derail, spilling container cars along the track. No injuries were reported nor were any hazardous chemicals reported as spilled. He said clean-up is expected to take 12-14 hours today. The rail line is a main east-west line from Atlanta to Alabama and services up to 44 trains each day to include AMTRAK. Tallon said the wreckage is contained in a small gulch along Ga. Hwy. 78. No rail cars entered the roadway or the property nearby which included private homes and downtown businesses.
Army Reserve competes in 2010 Army Best Warrior Competition
I photographed two Army Reserve Soldiers competing in the 2010 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition at Fort Lee, Va.
The Best Warrior competition pits 24 of the Army’s finest (12 NCOs and 12 junior enlisted Soldiers) from the major commands to determine the top NCO and Soldier of the Year for the entire U.S. Army.
Army Reserve Best Warrior
I was the lead photojournalist for the 2010 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition. Being the lead meant that I had four excellent military photojournalists to work with. They made being the ‘lead’ easy as they just went out and captured fantastic images.
A hot time in the “The Box”
Affectionately know as “The Box”, NTC is the Army’s premier desert training area replicating both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Army Reserve support to Haiti earthquake relief
The 196th Transportation Company responded to support Haiti earthquake relief efforts as part of Operation Unified Response, Jan. 24-25, 2010. The unit moved 300,000 lbs. of food, water and comfort items from Fort Pierce, Fla. to Opa-locka, Fla.
Atlanta Tea Party Rally 15 April 2009
Thousands upon thousands filled the streets around the Gold Dome state capitol building on April 15, 2009 for the Atlanta Tax Day Tea Party Rally.
FOX News’ Sean Hannity was the keynote speaker.
Atlanta watches Obama Inauguration
Thousands braved the cold temperatures at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta to watch Barak Obama be sworn in as President of the United States.
Here’s my take on the inauguration watch sent in to ZUMA Press.
Georgians Protest Gun Bill
A group called ProtestEasyGuns.com gathered at Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2008 to protest proposed gun legislation currently moving through the state’s General Assembly. The Mike and Jeri Bishop’s son, Jamie Bishop, a German professor at Virginia Tech, was killed in the shooting rampage at the university on April 16, 2007. The rally seeks to have sensible laws passed to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t own them.
