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Deploying Soldier receives early holiday gift

Posted by Don Veitch on January 6, 2011 at 23:27

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.

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Split Second Shutter

Posted by Don Veitch on June 17, 2010 at 08:45

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.

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I Want You to Fly Helicopters: The Photo Shoot

Posted by Don Veitch on May 3, 2010 at 18:48

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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.