From Pickett's Charge upon Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg to the raising of the American flag over Mt. Suribachi at Iwo Jima, combat photographers have captured great moments in American military history. The camera lens has played an important role, and many military men and women have risked their lives and utilized their unique talents to preserve our battlefield heritage on film.
Chief Warrant Officer-2 Anthony A. Lopez (BA, Multimedia Arts, 2000/ MS, Instructional Technology, 2005) is such an individual. He currently serves as officer-in-charge of a combat camera unit at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Southern California.
The unit photographs and provides prints for official events, chronicles accidents, disasters, and investigations, and also provides administrative photography, document training and support for all major commands and tenant organizations except the 1st Marine Division.
"Because of my experiences in both the MaMA and MSIT programs I have been instrumental in setting up one of the first dedicated media centers in the Marine Corps," said Lopez. He is currently involved in the creation of visual information products which will serve as training tools for Camp Pendleton units at home and abroad.
Lopez will be applying the skills he learned at National University when he deploys to Iraq later this year.
For more information regarding combat photographers, please visit the following links:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cbpintro.htm
http://www.102ndinfantrydivision.homestead.com/combatphotography.html
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2000/n10132000_200010131.html
