Capturing the war in cameras

Combat men and women carry cameras to document the war (Photos: Jake Warga)

By Jake Warga

We have seen a lot of pictures from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade. Chances are that many of them were actually taken by the military. All four branches of the US military train a special force of soldiers that carry not just guns into battle, but also cameras. Combat cameramen and women, document everything from battles to the daily life of the soldiers. Most of the soldiers in training will be deployed either to Afghanistan or Iraq. Correspondent Jake Warga has more.

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About Jim Pearson

Entered the Air Force in 1971 and spent a total of 24 years, most of it working as a photojournalist with Combat Camera after attending the Military Photojournalism Course at Syracuse University. Since retiring I've been a working photojournalist at The Messenger Newspaper in my hometown of Madisonville, Ky.

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