POTD: A Mass Communications Specialist in the Field
Photo Of The Day and we take a look at some of the heroes that make this endless series of articles go on – the photographers. Above you see U.S. Army Spc. Donovon Lynch, a Mass Communications Specialist assigned to the Viper Team at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center. He’s taking photos of paratroopers during Exercise Saber Junction 22 in Hohenfels, Germany, on September 7, 2022.
Saber Junction 22 is a combat training rotation designed to assess the readiness of the 173rd IBCT (ABN) in executing operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating allied and partner nations.
Below: A U.S. Army paratrooper, assigned to the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team- Airborne (173rd IBCT ABN), walks to the rally point after a Joint Forceable Entry mission into the Hohenfels Training Area. In moments like this, carrying a Machine Gun with all the ammunition isn’t as cool as in Rambo.
Did you ever jump out of an aircraft and parachute down? How was it? Would you do it again?
Captions and photos by U.S. Army, Staff Sgt. Dana Clarke. Joint Multinational Readiness Center.
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A very long time ago I participated in a small-unit evasion challenge over four days where our personnel (i was in a blackhawk unit so sere refreshment was part of our regular training schedule) would try to evade local law enforcement in the middle of nowhere and they had use of dogs, thermal equipped helicopters and the whole shebang.
My team was one of the few that didn't get caught within the first few days (we had a very good team leader) and an AF combat cameraman was attached to us to record the events for training and propaganda value.
This guy was a MACHINE. We like to talk crap about our airman but this guy had 60
lbs of camera equipment and NOTHING else. No spare uniform, no phone or charger. Maybe a few pairs of socks, a single change of underwear and some clif bars. We'd be smoked running from riverbed to riverbed to stay below the horizon and he'd still rush out ahead of us and set up to record us moving along. He easily put in 30% more miles than us, didn't complain once and took up half the guard shifts. We didn't ask him to, he just didn't wake anybody else up because he was being easy on us.
AF combat cameramen can f*ck! Our guy was awesome.