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Combat camera videographer: what you see is what you get.
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Airman
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- Ricardo, Cecilio
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Loaded down like a pack mule, Senior Airman Michelle Emery was ready for another early morning rendezvous with the Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division. Today the combat videographer would document them doing a cordon search.
She knew it would be a long day. Already the videotapes, two pounds of batteries, Kevlar helmet, body armor, 9 mm pistol and 40-pound rucksack she carried were getting heavy.
But it's her high-definition video camera, not her pistol, that is her most vital piece of equipment.
In this type of search, Soldiers cordon off an entire village and do a house-to-house search looking for weapons caches. It's a dangerous ...