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Deploying Soldier receives early holiday gift

January 6th, 2011 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos | Stories - (Comments Off)
LOWELL, Mass. – Spc. Vannek Pech, a radar operator with Battery E, (Target Acquisition Battery), 101st Field Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, holds his newborn daughter Evelyn , with wife Leakhena Ian in the background, shortly after arriving at Lowell General Hospital here, Dec. 6 2010. Pech had just boarded a plane and was prepared to deploy when senior leaders pulled him off to rush him to be with his wife. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard Public Affairs)

By Army Sgt. 1st Class Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard

LOWELL, Mass. – Seventy deploying Soldiers filed from the bus that had brought them across the flight line to the waiting command group and the aircraft that would fly them from Hanscom Air Force Base to their mobilization site at Fort Bliss, Texas on Dec. 6, 2010.

The line snaked along with starts and stops as the Soldiers, apparently preoccupied with their own thoughts, hesitated briefly as they acknowledged the general and two command sergeants major waiting to wish them off as they reached the foot of the boarding stairs. (more…)

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Split Second Shutter

June 17th, 2010 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos - (Comments Off)

A rifleman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, lays down suppressive fire to cover the movements of his fire team during individual movement techniques course during an eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise at Camp Edwards, June 11, 2010

Here is a photo I took while on Annual Training with the 65th Press Camp Headquarters.

I was able to catch the muzzle flash while the soldier was running through a training lane with his unit.

The shot was one of 20 on continuous shutter to capture the the split second timing required to record the flash.

I Want You to Fly Helicopters: The Photo Shoot

May 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos - (Comments Off)

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As part of the “I want you to fly helicopters” project I participated in a photo shoot with renowned photographer Gary Land. It was a great shoot and quite awesome working with Mr. Land and his associates. Here is a short video of part of what the shoot entailed. Lots of flybys and stationary hovering shots.

Take a look.

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Boston Bruins and the USO come up big!!!

November 13th, 2009 | Posted by Don Veitch in Photos | Sports - (Comments Off)

The Boston Bruins and the USO teamed up to provide seats to veterans at the Bruins/Panthers game, Nov. 12, 2009. Bruins defenseman Mark Stuart donated $5000 dollars to purchase an entire section. The B’s played a great game but fell to the Panthers in the shoot out.

Keep your eyes on the puck

Keep your eyes on the puck
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Tim Thomas follows the puck during the first period of the Bruins/Panthers game at the TD Garden in Boston, Nov. 12, 2009

Found this little street during my travels yesterday.

August 24th, 2009 | Posted by Don Veitch in Photos - (Comments Off)
Not the most common name in the world so it's nice to see it whenever I can.

Not the most common name in the world so it's nice to see it whenever I can.

Ok, this is cool. Everyone should have a street named after them.  It’s Right outside Ft. Meyer in Arlington, Va. The Street is named after a Gen. Veitch. I’m still trying to find out some information on him.

Pretty easy to spot from where I parked. The White house is allot bigger than I thought.

Pretty easy to spot from where I parked. The White house is allot bigger than I thought.

I went to the D.C area yesterday and had a great time taking photos with the new Nikon D70. I visited the Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery, The White House, the Washington Monument, the World War II Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.

I’m very impressed at how close everything is to each other.

Happy Birthday!!! … Now get to work.

December 13th, 2008 | Posted by Don Veitch in Military | Photos - (Comments Off)
A front loader from the 379th Engineer Company knock ice covered branches away from powerlines in Gardner, Ma., during cleanup from the Great Ice Storm of 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard)

A front loader from the 379th Engineer Company knock ice covered branches away from powerlines in Gardner, Ma., during cleanup from the Great Ice Storm of 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Don Veitch, Massachusetts National Guard)

Today marked the 372nd birthday of the Massachusetts National Guard-The Nation’s First. There was no cake, balloons or party to speak of. Why no celebration, you ask? The guard celebrated by performing their mission; helping out the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. There was no better way to celebrate the anniversary of the formation of the nation’s first defenders than to perform the vital mission they were created for.

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