DINFOS COMDOC WARRIORS ON TV

HISTORY CHANNEL host, Dr. Geoff Wawro, was aboard Ft. Meade last week taping a documentary on combat camera training. The program, set to air on Oct. 16, is designed to tie-to to Paramount's release of "Flag of Our Fathers," the story behind the most famous war photograph ever shot. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Lauren Bonser)

"LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT SCENE"

HOLLYWOOD WARRIORS -- Faculty from DINFOS' Combat Documentation Department will be featured in a History Channel documentary slated to air Oct. 16. The program, which will use clips from the Clint Eastwood-directed motion picture, "Flags of Our Fathers," will offer viewers a look at combat camera training in the U.S. military. Although some in the group are hidden, the DINFOS "cast members" are (clockwise, from top center) Staff Sgt. B.J. Lowery of Sacramento; Staff Sgt. Maureen Stewart of Oceanside, Calif.; Sgt. Kyran Adams of Detroit; Sgt. Wil Santiago of Ponce, P.R.; Staff Sgt. Giselle Allen of Queens, N.Y.; Tech. Sgt. Mark Kenyon of St. Louis; Staff Sgt. Nick Hizer of New Philadelpia, Ohio; and Tech. Sgt. Norma Martinez of San Antonio. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Lauren Bonser)

HISTORY CHANNEL VISITS FORT MEADE

CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS -- Combat Camera training at the Defense Information School will be featured in a History Channel documentary set to air on Oct. 16. Here, program host Geoff Wawro explains the dual role of America's warrior-photographers during a shooting session near Ft. Meade's marksmanship ranges. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Lauren Bonser)

CAPTURING IMAGES IN IRAQ

FROM DAWN 'TIL SETTING SUN -- Marine Cpl. Jonathan K. Teslevich, a DINFOS alumnus, captured this image of Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 Leathernecks in Iraq's Al Anbar Province on Sept. 20. To see more of Teslevich's photography (and writing), log on to www.usmc.mil.

JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE

AIR FORCE Sr. Airman Sean Sides, a DINFOS-trained combat photographer, looks out over the wing of an F-16D Fighting Falcon aircraft during a recent training flight over Kunsan Air Base in South Korea. For Sides and his fellow Air Force picture-takers, working in exotic locations with aviation professionals is just part of the job. (Official U.S. Air Force photograph)

FUTURE SAILORS GET VISIT FROM CNO

SCHOOL CIRCLE -- Adm. Mike Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations, took time to speak with local Navy Sea Cadets in Marinette, Wis. last week during the christening of America's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). DINFOS graduate, Mass Communications Specialist lst Class Chad J. McNeely, documented the event.

DINFOS GRAD IN DEMAND AS TERRORISM SPEAKER

Frequent DINFOS lecturer and graduation speaker Bob Jordan has been in demand lately with the release of his book, Is America Safe, co-authored with business partner Don Philpott. Jordan, whose 30 years in Marine Corps public affairs-related work took him to combat in both Vietnam and Lebanon, has been a writer, photographer, broadcaster and graphics artist, both in and out of uniform.
The retired mustang major was the first officer on-scene when a Hezbollah suicide bomber demolished the Marine Barracks in Beirut on Oct. 23, 1983. He is editor-at-large for Homeland Defense Journal. (Department of Defense Photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Zack Wolff)

PASSIONATE ABOUT VIDEO PRODUCTION

FORT MEADE, Md. -- Air Force Master Sgt. Philip T. Sandiford was the guest speaker at the Video Production Documentation Course 060-06 graduation ceremony, Sept. 27th. Sandiford spoke to the newest DINFOS graduates about how current and future conflicts will not be fought with just guns and bombs, but with information, "something our adversaries have mastered so well," he said. (Department of Defense photo by Navy Seaman Apprentice James Verton)  More Photos...

FACULTY, STUDENTS LAUDED FOR EMERGENCY HELP

(From left to right) Air Force Lt. Col. Byron James, the Public Affairs Department head, awards the JSAM to Air Force Tech. Sgt. Janice Cannon, Army Staff Sgt. Robyn Baer, Army Staff Sgt. Stephanie L. Carl, and Air force Staff Sgt. Renni D. Thornton Sept. 8 for their actions and leadership during the early moments of a serious accident on Mapes Road in front of DINFOS Aug. 25. All four are assigned to PAD and were instructors for Basic Public Affairs Specialist-Writer course 080-06. Sr. Chief Gary Ross, master of ceremonies for the event, looks on. (Department of Defense photo taken by Navy Seaman Apprentice James Verton.)

SOMEWHERE IN THE PERSIAN GULF

Recent DINFOS grad, Mass Communications Specialist Seaman Patrick W. Mullen III, grabbed this shot of sterngate maneuvering exercises in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility earlier this week. Landing Craft Utility One Six Five Eight (LCU 1658), framed by Old Glory, is currently embarked upon the amphibious assault ship USS Saipan.

INSPIRED

Ft. Meade -- Author/screenwriter Antwone Fisher was guest speaker at the Air Force's 59th birthday celebration held at Club Meade last week. Several DINFOS students had the opportunity to talk with the former sailor at the event, which was sponsored by the 70th Intelligence Wing. (OFFICIAL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PHOTO BY CAPT. ANDREA BACLE).

THE ART OF WAR

Distinguished honor graduate Air Force Staff Sgt. Shelley Gill and honor graduate Army Pfc. James Raddish, both of Basic Multimedia Illustrator Course Class 060-06, graduated with their classmates here Sept. 8th. The BMIC course uses state-of-the-art equipment to train students in computer graphics, electronic imaging and traditional art. Department of Defense photo by Navy Seaman Apprentice James Verton.

"THIS IS WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE"

Ft. Meade, Md. -- Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Gary Beylickjian speaks to the newest Basic Public Affairs Specialist-Writer Course graduates here, Sept 8. The BPAS-W 080-06 grads, many of whom are deploying soon to Iraq or Afghanistan, were treated to an insider's look at the life of a combat correspondent was like in the Korean and Vietnam wars. (Department of Defense photo taken by Navy Seaman Apprentice James Verton.)

MORRISEY REMEMBERED

Ft. Meade, Sept. 11 -- The late Maj. Robert B. "Mo" Morrisey (right, advising Marine Commandant, Gen. Wallace M. Greene, Jr.) was remembered in ceremonies held here last month in conjunction with the USMC Combat Correspondents Annual Conference. Morrisey, who had guest lectured at DINFOS, was a three-war Leatherneck whose enlisted and officer career included stints at writing, editing, photography and public affairs. Click here for the full story on the Maj. Robert B. "Mo" Morrisey Combat Correspondents Reading Room, as published in the Ft. Meade Soundoff!. (OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTOGRAPH)

DO YOU REMEMBER?

Five years ago, DINFOS faculty member MCI Michael Pendergrass was shooting photography at the Pentagon as America reacted to the horrific day which became known simply as "9-11." Pendergrass, who teaches in the Combat Documentation Department here, will be joined by fellow instructor Sgt. 1st Class Eric Hendrix and others in relating their 9-11 observations to a bevy of civilian and DoD journalists next week. (OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO BY MC1 MICHAEL PENDERGRASS)

COAST GUARD ON BIG SCREEN

Alameda, Calif. -- DINFOS grad, PA1 Alan Haraf, snapped this shot of Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher during the actors' visit to Coast Guard Island last week. Costner and Kutcher play USCG rescue swimmers in "The Guardian," one of a new crop of military-oriented motion pictures involving behind-scenes assistance of Defense Information School alumni. Later this fall, a History Channel documentary, designed to coincide with Paramount's release of "Flags of our Fathers," will examine DINFOS combat camera training.

THE TRIBAL ELDERS

FT. MEADE, Md. (Sept. 5) -- WWII Marine warrior-scribes Norm Hatch (left) and Sam Stavisky (center) were chosen to cut the ribbon for the Major Robert B. "Mo" Morrisey Combat Correspondents Reading Room at the Marine Detachment Barracks here last week. Joining the "gold scissors" fire team was Don Gee, national president of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association, which was meeting in the Washington area for its 65th Annual Conference. (Department of Defense Photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Recruit Amanda Williams).