A long time ago in a galaxy far away, GEN Casey came to visit my Brigade. I was the Brigade PAO. My photog had to pick up his kids or something; he couldn’t take the photos.
I’d never met Casey. My Brigade commander greeted him as he arrived. I shot the weak, basic photo of them shaking hands. Casey looked over at me, “don’t you have anything better to do, Major?”
I’ve never taken another public affairs photo.
It’s dumb. As an officer, you don’t have any real photog training.
You have a reputation to uphold. You are representing public affairs officers to your entire organization. You have to show them what you actually do, and its not taking photos. If you have the time to sit out in front of your headquarters waiting for some DV to arrive, you gotta keep reading this blog and figure out what your job is.
As a Captain or a Major in the infantry, if you’re shooting, shit has gone bad. If you’re taking pictures, it better be ’cause there’s a zombie attack or some shit.
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