This weekend there will be changes of command ceremonies at several companies and formations for medals and awards. For me the weekend will be about logistics.
Will all of the change of command ceremonies be at the same time? If so, I'll have to figure out how to shoot as many as possible. They should all be at the armory, but if someone gets creative and uses an alternate location, I hope they use an alternate time.
Same with the medals. There could be hundreds of individuals receiving medals. If four companies hand out medals at the same time, I won't be able to get many pictures. And since the Army is socialist and all about getting fair treatment, which ceremony do I go to if they are simultaneous?
Then the real big logistic issue comes later. If I would by creative scheduling get pictures of each change of command and every ribbon and medal, how do I get those pictures to the soldiers in the photo? For security reasons, Army computers do not allow any USB devices to be used with them. If I have 400 high-res pictures, I will need to get them onto an Army computer where individual soldiers have access to them. The photos will have to be mailed or burned onto a disk, but who is going to do that?
And if we can resolve that, I have 5000 more photos from Iraq that soldiers may want and currently can't get to because they are on my USB external hard drive.
And you thought the Army was about guns and war.
Veteran of four wars, four enlistments, four branches: Air Force, Army, Army Reserve, Army National Guard. I am both an AF (Air Force) veteran and as Veteran AF (As Fuck)
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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