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I think sometimes that Combat Camera is underrated today

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you know we're not involved with as much active combat as we have been in the last 10 years, but for me Combat Camera in not just about combat camera

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we're operational photographers we're worldwide deployable on short notice.

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We're an asset to be called on anytime, anywhere, it doesn't have to be combat.

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We can go and do production work, we can do public affairs work if we have to, we can do anything.

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The other Combat Cameras I have noticed some differences, obviously we're all Combat Camera, we all have to do the very mission oriented shoots

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With the Army, they're a ground force with a lot more of the rucking, the hard, strenuous, straight on board kind of mindset.

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With the Navy, they have divers, they also have fliers, we all see things differently.

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Just based on our own individual missions, but overall, together we have the same mindset that we have to be part of the team, get the imagery we need and not be a liability

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so I think it's really important that we all train up to that standard.

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I think what makes Combat Camera relevant today, even though we are not involved in active conflict as we usually are

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is that our primary purpose is operational documentation, you know public affairs is a phenomenal tool and it's an important role

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that a lot of people in our community play, but it's not our primary job, our primary job is to inform the chain of command, not the public

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to inform our bosses and their bosses and their bosses all the way up to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of Defense.

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The way you go about doing that is different then the way you go about looking to provide public affairs imagery.

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What we're really looking to provide is how things are going on the ground, how things are happening across the services.