The Things They Carried: A Photo Essay
www.popularmechanics.com: Early in the morning of January 13th, news cameras began to roll, capturing the magnitude of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti. Little did the public know, nearly half a day earlier, senior military leadership was already huddled in an upstairs meeting room at US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), on the phone with the US [...]
Children at the Gate
Children at the Gate, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. Moving on… Something non-Penn related. Delmas, HAITI — Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. The mission: find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs; this camp, so remotely hidden and [...]
Kids With Guns
Kids With Guns, originally uploaded by Benjamin Chertoff. Deep within the winding, steep, unpaved blocks of Delmas, an intel recon team from the 82nd Airborne finds a small refugee camp. Their mission is to find large, uncharted camps and assess medical needs. This camp, small, remotely hidden and without any serious medical needs, is marked [...]
PUBLISHED: Flagship in a Box
My next piece for Popular Mechanics is up! Read on to learn how the military is developing command and control units to replace to all-important flagship of yore. Lashed to the USS Bataan’s crowded hangar deck, a group of four sea containers provides complete command and control access for a commanding Naval officer. It also gives [...]
