We must remember to not let the past define us. To quote the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Let’s remember that our best days aren’t yesterday and to take the lessons we learned in combat and move forward. Always forward.
Great story and tremendous photos. But man, that picture of the kid headbutting the ball?! That's unreal. Should be hanging in a fucking gallery somewhere.
So ironically that’s kind of how this article took shape. I re-edited a series on instagram a few years ago with a little blurb and my old commander saw it and asked me to write this article for the NC Guard print magazine “the tar heel guardsman.” I think it ran in it in 2021. I printed several of those shots 11x14 I think and still have them just in a folder unframed. Pretty sure I shot it on a pocket 35mm disposable since digital cameras were new back then and 3-5 mega pixels haha.
Great story and tremendous photos. But man, that picture of the kid headbutting the ball?! That's unreal. Should be hanging in a fucking gallery somewhere.
So ironically that’s kind of how this article took shape. I re-edited a series on instagram a few years ago with a little blurb and my old commander saw it and asked me to write this article for the NC Guard print magazine “the tar heel guardsman.” I think it ran in it in 2021. I printed several of those shots 11x14 I think and still have them just in a folder unframed. Pretty sure I shot it on a pocket 35mm disposable since digital cameras were new back then and 3-5 mega pixels haha.