STAFF SGT. STACY PEARSALL

The 2003 Military Photographer of the Year, Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall, shot several images to accompany Della De Lafuente's article, "Women at War," in Pink's October issue. In a role reversal for the Charleston, S.C.-based aerial combat photojournalist, she also appeared on the edition's cover. Click here for complete article. (Images and text courtesy Pink Magazine)

AIR FORCE HONOR GUARD DRILL TEAM

Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team perform during the Air Force open house at the Pentagon Oct. 14, 2006. The open house is running in conjunction with the Air Force Memorial's official dedication ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marleah L. Miller) (Released)

DAMAGE CONTROL TRAINING

Sailors conduct damage control training in the hangar bay during a general quarters drill aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Nimitz-class, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is currently conducting carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda Williams, a DINFOS graduate. (RELEASED)

COAST GUARD

AT SEA (Mar 1, 2006)--Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerald Rowan takes a navigation bearing from the bridge of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane. This is one of the many methods Coast Guard crews use to safely transit in and out of ports. (USCG photo by PA3 Kip Wadlow)

BMIC STUDENT

Pvt. Bretton Varn, a BMIC student here at DINFOS, admires an illustration created by a previous BMIC student in class while enjoying a cup of coffee from the school coffee house. (Defense Department Photo by Marine LCpl. Jon Holmes)

IT TRIO

Vadim Chervinsky, Jennifer Howard and Dan Tanzyus work at their computer stations in the IT department for DINFOS. Chervinsky is the application development manager, Howard is the software development analyst and Tanzyus is the database administrator. (Defense Department photo by Pfc. Joshua Ballenger)  Read More...

MARINE PERSEVERANCE

Marine Pfc. Brett W. Stoner stands in front of the current student display of the Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course. Stoner recently graduated BMIC and is now stationed at Camp Lejune, N.C. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Joshua Ballenger)  Read More...

WINNING THE UFC RAFFLE

Staff Sgt. Steven Schafer, a Television and Intrusion Systems Maintenance Tech Instructor here at DINFOS, won a basket full of candy during the Halloween Basket Raffle when a DINFOS student pulled his raffle ticket. The raffle tickets were sold as part of the Unit Fund Council fundraiser hosted by DINFOS BPAS-W instructor Sgt. 1st class Rhonda Lawson. (Defense Department Photo by Marine LCpl. Jon Holmes)

NEWEST BSP GRADUATES

The students of BSP 040-06 pose for their last class photo after receiving their diplomas. The graduation was held Oct. 20, in room 2183. (Defense Photo by Marine Lance Cpl. Jon M. Holmes)

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

Librarian Charles Walton checks out a book to Glenda Brown on October 24, 2006. Walton is the librarian for Savanuck Library located inside DINFOS. Walton said he enjoys working at DINFOS because of the amount of talented people he shares the work environment with. He sees a lot of talent in the faculty and staff as well as in the students. He currently resides in Takoma Park, Md. His favorite book is Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and he primarily enjoys reading history, biographies, travel and religious works. Walton said his favorite movie is Fried Green Tomatoes. His favorite hobbies include but are not limited to hiking, writing, cooking, visiting old cemeteries for their historical value and last, but most definitely not least reading. His favorite motto derived from his ancestor, Izaak Walton, "Study to be quiet." (Department of Defense photo by Army Pfc. Joshua Ballenger)

NAVAL POLICE DOG TRAINING

Rocky, a military working dog, grabs onto a biting wrap worn by U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Adam Leeds during a canine demonstration on Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The demonstration is to show the armed forces community the capabilities of Naval police dogs. Leeds is a canine handler assigned to Naval Security Force Bahrain's K-9 unit. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kitt Amaritnant (RELEASED) http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=39985

THE ART OF WAR

Marine artist, Col. Peter Gish, depicted the dangerous and lonely work of a sniper in Mogadishu in the mid-1990s. As Daniel Grant's Wall Street Journal article demonstrates, combat art is still an important piece of communicating the hard work and sacrifices of the American military.... and the battlefields artists' unique skills are taught and honed right here at DINFOS. (Image courtesy USMC History Division)  Read More...

READY TO DRAW!

Staff Sgt. Daniel Ayala, a Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course Instructor here, congratulates new BMIC grad, Pfc. Alejandra Baeza and her mother, Alejandra Hinojosa, prior to DINFOS graduation ceremonies Oct. 18. (Defense Department photo by Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

ALL SMILES

Army Sgt 1st Class Rhonda Lawson, a BPAS-W instructor here, shares a light moment with her graduating students, Marine Cpl. Robert Smith and Airman 1st Class Robert Dennard, prior to ceremonies here last week. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

MORE STRIPES

Army drill sergeants, Sgt. 1st Class Angel Medina and Sgt. 1st Class William Patterson, shared a joint promotion ceremony here Oct. 2, 2006. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pvt. Bradley Clark)

COURSE WRAPS

Coast Guard Officer 3rd Class Thomas Blue, a student in the Basic Public Affairs Specialist- Writer Course, thanked Air Force Tech Sgt. Janice Cannon, a BPAS-W instructor, during the class' "graduation week" here. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

LITHO WARRIORS

Basic Lithographers Course 030-06 students gather for their class photo prior to graduation. First row from left: Marine Sgt. Ricardo Gomez, Navy Seaman Recruit Erin L. Oberholtzer, Marine Lance Cpl. Stephanie Sparti, Navy Seaman David Shen, Marine Pfc. Victor Cano and Marine Sgt. Stevie Hawkins. Second row: Navy Seaman Holly Whitfill, Marine Pvt. Stuart Wegenka, Navy Seaman Adrian White, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip James and Navy Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class James Copeland. Third row: Navy Seaman Apprentice Crystal Habbershon, Navy Seaman Michael Hitson, Marine Pfc. Dan Le, Navy Seaman Patrick Millage. Fourth row: Navy Seaman Recruit John Sampedro, Marine Pfc. Richard Damer, Navy Seaman Recruit Philip Schrickel, Marine Pfc. Artur Shvartsberg, Navy Seaman Eric Moorer. (Defense Department Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Meyers)

WATSON BIDS ADIEU

Air Force Lt. Col. Byron James, head of the Public Affairs Department here, presents Tech. Sgt. Paul D. Watson with a cased flag, which was flown over the capitol, during his retirement ceremony here. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

BUJAN PROMOTED

Tech. Sgt. Aaron Bujan, a photojournalism instructor here, stands proudly at the position of attention while Lt. Col. Byron James and Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Kinney render promotion honors. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

HOLIDAY PLANS

Lt. Col. Clifton Douglas, the deputy commandant here, purchases the first two tickets to the DINFOS holiday party from Sgt. 1st Class Rhonda Lawson, a BPAS-W instructor here. (Defense Department Photo by Army Pfc. Shejal Pulivarti)

HOLD 'EM AND SQUEEZE 'EM

"If you're not fighting, you're training; and if you're not training, you're fighting." That's what recent DINFOS grad, Spec. Billy Brothers, saw while photographing the 10th Mountain Division in Majmudiyah, Iraq last week. Pictured is lst Sgt. John Maniscalco, firing at plastic bottle targets at a field-expedient weapons training range. (U. S. Army photo)

IRAQI POLICE TRAINING

Warrior-photographer, Cpl. Sam Kilpatrick, documented Iraqi police training in Ramadi last month. (U.S. Army photo)

AL ANBAR PROVINCE

2005 DINFOS alum, Lance Cpl. Clifton D. Sams, is covering the famed 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines in the Al Anbar province. (Defense Department photo)

HOLD WHAT YOU GOT

MCSN Joshua T. Rodgriguez, who attended the Basic Photography Course here in 2003, grabbed flight deck action aboard USS Iwo Jima last month. Pictured signaling an AV-8B Marine Harrier pilot is U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Manuel A. Paulino. (U.S. Navy photo)

CHAIRMAN IN NEW MEXICO

1998 DINFOS alumnus, Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, covered Gen. Peter Pace's visit to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico Oct. 4. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs spoke to some 400 airman and also took time to greet several veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo)

AN AMERICAN WARSHIP

Navy DINFOS graduate, Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Davis J. Anderson, grabbed this familiar image of a Norfolk-based man o' war steaming out of Hampton Roads, Va. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) and the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is comprised of some 6,500 Sailors who will relieve forward-deployed forces on watch in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. (U.S. Navy photo)

HOLLYWOOD MARINES

Ponce, Puerto Rico native, Sgt. Wil Santiago (left) and Sacramento's Staff Sgt. B. J. Lowery have speaking roles in Sunday night's (Oct. 15) "History in Focus" segment on The History Channel at 6:30 p.m. The Marine leaders were part of a Defense Information School contingent which trained program host Dr. Geoff Wawro in the nuances of combat photography. The production was designed in coordination with the Clint Eastwood-Steven Spielberg production, "Flags of Our Fathers" (www.flagsofourfathers.com), the true story behind Joe Rosenthal's universally recognized photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. The program will re-broadcast on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 11 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 a.m.; and Saturday, October 21 at 11:20 a.m.(Defense Department photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda Williams)

READY FOR PRIME TIME

St. Louis native, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mark Kenyon (left) and Detroit's Army Sgt. Kyran Adams will appear on a History Channel production Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 pm. The program, "History in Focus: Flags of Our Fathers," deals with the upcoming Clint Eastwood-directed, Iwo Jima-themed motion picture (www.flagsofourfathers.com). History Channel producer Lee Brodie said the movie keys on "the powerful image shot by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal." Brodie wanted to "introduce viewers to today's combat photographers," so the History Channel traveled to Ft. Meade, Md. where Kenyon and Adams teach at Defense Information School's Combat Documentation Department.(Defense Department photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda Williams)

COMDOC ON HISTORY CHANNEL

Air Force Staff Sgt. Maureen Stewart of Oceanside, Calif. (left) and Army Staff Sgt. Giselle Allen, from Queens, N.Y., are two of the Defense Information School instructors appearing on The History Channel Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The program, "History in Focus," will examine combat photography training conducted at the Ft. Meade, Md. school, using the upcoming film, "Flags of Our Fathers" (www.flagsofourfathers) as a "jumping-off point," said producer Lee Brodie. Produced by Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, the WWII saga chronicles the lives of those involved in the famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima - and photographer Joe Rosenthal's combat image that quickly assumed epic proportions. (Defense Department photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda Williams)

TELEVISION DEBUT

Marine Staff Sgt. Nicholas Hizer of New Philadelphia, Ohio and San Antonio native, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Norma Martinez, are two of the Defense Information School's Combat Documentation faculty featured on the History Channel Sunday, Oct. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The half-hour documentary ties-in to the Clint Eastwood-directed "Flags of Our Fathers" (www.flagsofourfathers.com) and includes combat camera training footage shot at Ft. Meade, Md. The program will re-broadcast on Thursday, Oct. 19 at 11 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 20 at 3 a.m.; and Saturday, Oct 21 at 11:20 a.m. (Defense Department photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Amanda Williams)

HONORING WARRIOR FOREBEARS

Air Force Tech Sgt. Marcelo Joniaux was one of several DINFOS faculty and staff who helped clean up the historic Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis last month(Official Defense Department photo by Chief Mass Communications Specialist (SW) Misty Trent)  Read More...

ON POINT

Petty Officer 2nd Class Eli J. Medellin, who graduated from both the Basic and Intermediate Photography Classes here, snapped this shot of Staff Sgt. Cody Stowe patrolling in Ur, Iraq. Medelin was with the 172 Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Ur, the capital of the ancient civilization of Sumeria. (Defense Department photo)

CARRIER OPS

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Lynn signals the safe launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aboard USS John C. Stennis last week. (Defense Department photo by Petty Officer lst Class Johnnie Robbins)

HELPING THE LIVESTOCK

DINFOS alum, Tech. Sgt. Joseph McLean, caught the command veterinarian in action during civic operations in Guistir, Djibouti on Sept. 17. Army Capt. Dwayne Overby is shown giving a local camel an injection as part of CJTF-Horn of Africa's outreach to its neighbors. McLean is a graduate of both the Electronic Journalism Course and the Basic Journalism Course here. (Defense Department photo)

HOOKIN' AND JABBIN'

June DINFOS grad, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Etta Smith, captured her service's law enforcement training in Boston recently. Here, Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Gertsch fights off a simulated assailant after being sprayed in the face with Olean Capsicum pepper spray. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

SURVIVE AND EVADE

Airman lst Class Chad Strohmeyer, who graduated from DINFOS' Basic Still Photography Course in June, documented combat search and rescue training near Osan Air Base, South Korea last month. Pictured is Air Force Maj. Paul E. Neidhardt, setting off a day/night flare to alert his rescuers. (Defense Department photo)