.Tamgerine wrote: --snip--
There are a few amazing commanders who really know how to use a Combat Cameraman but
--snip--
sleeper54 wrote: .
As others have already said . . .thank you for your service.
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.Tamgerine wrote: --snip--
There are a few amazing commanders who really know how to use a Combat Cameraman but
--snip--
This thought points at my question.
What is the main purpose of the photos you take and photo opportunities you get..?? Training, documentation, news (military or civilian), posterity., or...??
Also . . .I assume the guv'ment 'owns' the photos/video you shoot..?? Or maybe not..??
Stay safe . . .from friend and foe..!!
...tom...
Tamgerine wrote:
sleeper54 wrote: .
As others have already said . . .thank you for your service.
.
.Tamgerine wrote: --snip--
There are a few amazing commanders who really know how to use a Combat Cameraman but
--snip--
This thought points at my question.
What is the main purpose of the photos you take and photo opportunities you get..?? Training, documentation, news (military or civilian), posterity., or...??
Also . . .I assume the guv'ment 'owns' the photos/video you shoot..?? Or maybe not..??
Stay safe . . .from friend and foe..!!
...tom...
Our MOS deals with considerable more amounts of work and responsibilities than just photographs of combat. We also provide administrative photography such as promotion photos, command board portraits, passport photos, and document military ceremonies like change of commands or transfers of authority. In addition to that we do battle damage assessments, incident assessments, and handle sensitive imagery. We also have reproduction specialists (4612) who deal with printing. We print things like flight manuals, publications, posters, any graphic designs needed, ceremony programs, and pretty much anything that needs printed.
Combat Camera shops support entire bases in the rear and any sort of administrative work, training, or historical documentation they need.
When you consider the entire MOS, combat photography is actually just a very small portion of what we do. Nowadays a deployed unit may only have two or three Combat Camera personnel assigned to them, and when you factor that into a MOS of hundreds of Marines only those few who are deployed are even going to get a chance to see combat.
What the bulk of our word ends up being really depends on the kind of unit you're assigned to. An Air Wing will have very different needs than an infantry battalion or a headquarters unit.
The only thing we don't deal with as an MOS is news because that is Public Affairs and is a separate field. They do all the writing/media/broadcast stuff. That's not to say our stuff doesn't end up on the news but we don't shoot specifically for news or write stories.
And yes, the government owns every photo I have ever taken in the line of duty. They're all public domain and I hold no copyright over them unfortunately.
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