All posts tagged: u.s. army

From the Archive: Being with “The Bad Guy” on a Big Day

Qaddafi is a topic of conversation in and of himself, and his family an entirely separate discussion as well. He is the center of gravity of his own regime, naturally. The U.S. has announced it is not engaging in regime change (although not quite in those words), but has struck the compound where he resides with a missile. On another war front, Der Spiegel has announced to an e-mail list of its subscribers that in its print edition to hit news stands tomorrow, it will publish three images of U.S. soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians. The Washington Post writes, “The photos are among several hundred the Army has sought to keep under wraps as it prosecutes five members of the 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, for the alleged murders of three unarmed Afghan civilians last year.” The consequences may prove more devastating than the Abu Ghraib scandal. The Guardian follows up with additional details about a dozen members of the unit, already on trial in Seattle and confronting life in prison or the …

Shockingly Powerful Images I Have Never Seen Before of Vietnam Era Buried in U.S. Army Study on Military-Media Relations

In reading The Military and the Media 1968-1973: The U.S. Army in Vietnam, by William H. Hammond, a U.S. Army study on military-media relations and the shortcomings of the latter half of the Vietnam War, over the last two days for my master’s thesis, I stumbled across some shockingly powerful images I have never seen before of the Vietnam era, one of which was even taken by a U.S. Senator (Thomas Harkin). While the entire volume includes some iconic images, real relics, and outstanding insight, these three images stood out enough to share already with viewers of my new online photo journal, where in chronicling a “visual evolution” I have placed a few limitations on myself: 1) 1-3 images a day, 2) one must be of my own creation, 3) tearsheets have no price; they are always welcome. Here are the images that struck me most from Hammond’s volume for the U.S. Army:   “Several state governors’ responded to the turmoil by ordering Army National Guard units to occupy university campuses. On 4 May [1970] …