WEBVTT 00:25.660 --> 00:27.800 One of the Air force's most effective 00:27.800 --> 00:30.130 weapons often goes unnoticed . 00:32.570 --> 00:34.292 It can shoot without bullets . 00:36.810 --> 00:39.330 It's as powerful as a bomb or rocket . 00:41.160 --> 00:43.382 It can be sent anywhere in the blink of 00:43.382 --> 00:46.180 an eye or the snap of the shutter . 00:51.230 --> 00:53.452 Combat camera provides directed imagery 00:53.452 --> 00:55.619 capabilities in support of shaping the 00:55.619 --> 00:57.730 information environment in the air or 00:57.730 --> 00:59.790 on the ground . During world wide 00:59.790 --> 01:02.870 contingencies , wartime operations , 01:04.820 --> 01:08.390 exercises and 01:08.390 --> 01:10.560 humanitarian crises were able to 01:10.560 --> 01:13.740 provide intelligence , combat 01:13.740 --> 01:15.810 documentation stuff for historic 01:15.810 --> 01:18.750 records and just overall big picture 01:18.750 --> 01:19.530 imagery . 01:31.570 --> 01:33.681 Yeah , the vision of combat camera is 01:33.681 --> 01:35.850 to provide directed imagery , aerial 01:35.850 --> 01:38.200 and ground anyplace anytime anywhere 01:38.200 --> 01:40.370 it's needed in a moment's notice . Um 01:40.370 --> 01:42.370 As part of that , the mission is to 01:42.370 --> 01:46.280 train equip and deploy ready men 01:46.280 --> 01:49.240 and women who can provide video 01:49.250 --> 01:51.600 photography as well as force 01:51.600 --> 01:53.767 multipliers . The fourth combat camera 01:53.767 --> 01:56.200 squadron belongs to the 3/15 Airlift 01:56.200 --> 01:58.450 Wing and is part of Air Force Reserve 01:58.450 --> 02:01.500 Command . Combat camera can respond to 02:01.500 --> 02:03.611 a worldwide contingency on a moment's 02:03.611 --> 02:06.000 notice , we have individuals ready to 02:06.000 --> 02:09.170 go and can be out the door the next day . 02:09.180 --> 02:11.402 First as we are in the camera were also 02:11.402 --> 02:14.010 familiarized in combat and tactics 02:14.010 --> 02:16.530 training when the time comes , we can 02:16.530 --> 02:18.752 be an asset , not a liability and we're 02:18.752 --> 02:21.460 able to put down our camera and pick up 02:21.460 --> 02:25.290 a weapon . Fourth combat camera 02:25.290 --> 02:27.450 squadron is co located at joint base 02:27.450 --> 02:30.100 Charleston South Carolina alongside our 02:30.110 --> 02:32.221 active duty brothers and sisters . At 02:32.221 --> 02:34.166 the first combat camera squadron . 02:34.166 --> 02:36.400 Combat cameras heritage comes from army 02:36.410 --> 02:38.650 Air Corps motion picture units in World 02:38.650 --> 02:40.890 War two . The army still holds this 02:40.890 --> 02:43.300 capability today but there's one thing 02:43.300 --> 02:45.411 air Force combat camera brings to the 02:45.411 --> 02:49.230 fight that no one else can . Air force 02:49.230 --> 02:51.230 combat camera is unique in the fact 02:51.230 --> 02:53.570 that we have a dedicated aerial 02:53.580 --> 02:55.747 photography program . Unlike the other 02:55.747 --> 02:58.190 services , we take our air crew through 02:58.190 --> 03:00.190 a pipeline training program getting 03:00.190 --> 03:02.301 spun up and fully qualified as aerial 03:02.301 --> 03:05.210 photographers were 90 qualified here at 03:05.210 --> 03:07.860 the fourth . And what that means is we 03:07.860 --> 03:10.130 are just as qualified as any other air 03:10.130 --> 03:12.780 crew member . So just like your load 03:12.780 --> 03:14.836 masters or boom operators have to go 03:14.836 --> 03:17.330 and , and do all the seer and chamber 03:17.330 --> 03:19.330 and all those kinds of things we go 03:19.330 --> 03:21.497 through just the same training . We're 03:21.497 --> 03:23.608 able to operate anywhere in the world 03:23.608 --> 03:27.040 on any aircraft . It's got two seats , 03:27.050 --> 03:28.120 we'll fly it . 03:31.210 --> 03:33.550 The good thing about being a reservist 03:33.550 --> 03:35.960 and being calm cam is we all still have 03:35.970 --> 03:38.081 our separate careers on the outside . 03:38.840 --> 03:41.007 We have everything from people , being 03:41.007 --> 03:43.080 artists , from people working in the 03:43.080 --> 03:45.080 industry . On the commercial side , 03:45.080 --> 03:47.080 people continue to still hone their 03:47.080 --> 03:49.190 craft doing their civilian job . But 03:49.190 --> 03:51.079 then they get to bring everything 03:51.079 --> 03:53.246 they've learned from that setting into 03:53.246 --> 03:56.750 the military . Information . Warfare is 03:56.750 --> 03:58.630 an every evolving space . What 03:58.630 --> 04:00.610 specifically 1/4 combat cameramen 04:00.620 --> 04:03.250 brings is a set of skill sets to 04:03.250 --> 04:05.640 include outside of uniform that 04:05.650 --> 04:08.990 understands the power of imagery , the 04:09.000 --> 04:11.860 power of what imagery is saying or what 04:11.880 --> 04:14.160 it is . Also not saying that's the 04:14.160 --> 04:16.327 piece that combat camera brings and no 04:16.327 --> 04:18.549 one else can bring to the table . But I 04:18.549 --> 04:20.771 think that I o is a much bigger growing 04:20.771 --> 04:22.882 customer . They know a lot of what we 04:22.882 --> 04:22.700 bring to the fight and there's so much 04:22.700 --> 04:24.756 more that we can bring . And I think 04:24.756 --> 04:26.756 there's an appetite for that that's 04:26.756 --> 04:28.922 gonna be fun to watch as the future of 04:28.922 --> 04:31.144 warfare continues to develop from night 04:31.144 --> 04:32.978 vision photography to full video 04:32.978 --> 04:34.922 production . The fourth is able to 04:34.922 --> 04:36.978 capture breathtaking imagery for the 04:36.978 --> 04:38.867 public eye and internal imagery , 04:38.867 --> 04:40.867 sensitive to national security . So 04:40.867 --> 04:42.922 you've heard a picture is worth 1000 04:42.922 --> 04:45.144 words . Um I never knew what that meant 04:45.144 --> 04:47.311 until I came to combat camera words on 04:47.311 --> 04:50.140 a page and verbal communication . Um 04:50.150 --> 04:52.230 only takes you so far are expert 04:52.230 --> 04:54.230 communicators are combat camera are 04:54.230 --> 04:56.000 able to give our commanders an 04:56.000 --> 04:58.111 assessment of what's happening on the 04:58.111 --> 05:00.333 ground with our forces in a way that no 05:00.333 --> 05:02.222 other report can . There's a full 05:02.222 --> 05:04.389 spectrum of talent . He had the fourth 05:04.389 --> 05:06.556 combat camera squadron for video too . 05:06.556 --> 05:08.611 Graphic design , photography . Truly 05:08.611 --> 05:10.944 there is no other place in the military . 05:10.944 --> 05:13.111 I've seen people this close . Everyone 05:13.111 --> 05:15.580 assigned it for , has a passion for 05:15.580 --> 05:17.802 what they do . There's no one here that 05:17.802 --> 05:20.180 doesn't want to be here . Nothing else 05:20.180 --> 05:22.490 we really want to do . And that shows 05:22.490 --> 05:24.490 in the passion and the love that we 05:24.490 --> 05:26.657 have for this career . From the desert 05:26.657 --> 05:28.790 to the snow , from the ground to the 05:28.800 --> 05:31.710 air , from clear skies to the eye of 05:31.710 --> 05:34.240 the hurricane . When getting the facts 05:34.240 --> 05:37.580 matter were there to tell the story ? 05:39.160 --> 05:43.080 We are the eyes of the eagle , The 4th 05:43.080 --> 05:44.600 Combat Camera Squadron .