tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304528272024-03-12T19:26:28.862-05:00The Button Pusherbutton pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-39782184899780978282012-12-12T14:19:00.002-05:002012-12-12T14:24:53.322-05:00Images From the Last Two Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Since I really haven't been keeping up with this blog, I thought I would just post a bunch of pics from the last two months. So here you go, enjoy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.148.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.148.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.443.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.443.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.487.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.17.mass_cas_exercise.487.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.03.veterans.220.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.03.veterans.220.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.03.veterans.223.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.03.veterans.223.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.05.flags.015.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.05.flags.015.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.09.football.289.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.09.football.289.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.10.football.022.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.10.football.022.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.13.morris.024.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.13.morris.024.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.14.spaghetti.185.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.14.spaghetti.185.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.21.heart_xmas.253.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.21.heart_xmas.253.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.22.fireantz.818.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.22.fireantz.818.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.22.shopping.486.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.22.shopping.486.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.27.football.043.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.27.football.043.jpg" width="550" /></a></center><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.27.football.103.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.27.football.103.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.29.building.07.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.11.29.building.07.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.04.tvshow.023.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.04.tvshow.023.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.05.nursing.124.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.05.nursing.124.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.093.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.093.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.229.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.229.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.435.jpg" title="TWO MONTHS"><img alt="TWO MONTHS | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.12.07.toydrop.435.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-41822053965973999482012-11-21T10:58:00.001-05:002012-11-21T10:59:13.460-05:00A Few Portraits<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.10.01.football.034.jpg" title="Portraits"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.10.01.football.034.jpg" width="890" alt="PORTRAITS | Andrew Craft" /></a>
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.09.14.fielder.138.jpg" title="Portraits"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.09.14.fielder.138.jpg" width="890" alt="PORTRAITS | Andrew Craft" /></a>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-92185582377682564952012-04-13T09:16:00.000-05:002012-04-13T09:16:01.964-05:00Funeral for a Survivor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Last month, I covered the funeral of retired Master Sgt. Jesus Rabano, who was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. If you want to know more about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataan_Death_March" target="_blank">Bataan Death March, click here.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.03.08.funeral.031.jpg" title="Funeral"><img alt="Funeral | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.03.08.funeral.031.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.03.08.funeral.209.jpg" title="Funeral"><img alt="Funeral | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.03.08.funeral.209.jpg" width="890" /></a></div>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-60307463882837224072012-03-22T12:20:00.009-05:002012-03-22T12:20:00.426-05:00Gun Powder Gals<center><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.033.jpg" title="GUN POWDER GALS"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.033.jpg" width="450" alt="GUN POWDER GALS | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.094.jpg" title="GUN POWDER GALS"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.094.jpg" width="450" alt="GUN POWDER GALS | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.108.jpg" title="GUN POWDER GALS"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.23.gun_girls.108.jpg" width="450" alt="GUN POWDER GALS | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.24.gun_girls.005.jpg" title="GUN POWDER GALS"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.24.gun_girls.005.jpg" width="450" alt="GUN POWDER GALS | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.24.gun_girls.045.jpg" title="GUN POWDER GALS"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.24.gun_girls.045.jpg" width="450" alt="GUN POWDER GALS | Andrew Craft" /></a></center>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-34615739303473993642012-03-21T10:31:00.001-05:002012-03-21T10:31:00.085-05:00Homeless in Fayetteville<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.13.homeless.138.jpg" title="Homeless"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.13.homeless.138.jpg" width="890" alt="Homeless | Andrew Craft" /></a>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-66272036433302494512012-03-20T10:19:00.007-05:002012-03-20T10:19:00.735-05:00Some Leftovers from January<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.28.ultramarathons.354.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.28.ultramarathons.354.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.07.wildgame.154.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.07.wildgame.154.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.10.camels.146.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.10.camels.146.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.parade.543.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.parade.543.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.parade.577.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.parade.577.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.trees.116.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.14.trees.116.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.19.countrystore.047.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.19.countrystore.047.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.25.homeless.004.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.25.homeless.004.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.27.ammo.075.jpg" title="January Leftovers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.27.ammo.075.jpg" width="890" alt="January Leftovers | Andrew Craft" /></a>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-8884919019402957812012-03-19T10:15:00.000-05:002012-03-19T10:15:25.689-05:00Snipers in the Dark<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.290.jpg" title="Snipers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.290.jpg" width="890" alt="Snipers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.185.jpg" title="Snipers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.185.jpg" width="890" alt="Snipers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.238.jpg" title="Snipers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.238.jpg" width="890" alt="Snipers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.307.jpg" title="Snipers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.307.jpg" width="890" alt="Snipers | Andrew Craft" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.428.jpg" title="Snipers"><img src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.02.09.snipers.428.jpg" width="890" alt="Snipers | Andrew Craft" /></a>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-42408370520448700782012-02-06T10:59:00.033-05:002012-02-06T15:40:29.790-05:00IED Dogs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A couple weeks ago a spent the day photographing, Labrador retrievers training with Marines for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The dogs are trained to sniff out explosives used in IEDs. Most of these dogs have been deployed to Afghanistan more times than the Marines they are training with.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.250.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.250.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.015.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.015.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.055.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.055.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.085.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.085.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.226.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.226.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.231.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.231.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.579.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.579.jpg" width="890" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.586.jpg" title="IED Dogs"><img alt="IED Dogs | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.24.marinedogs.586.jpg" width="890" /></a></div>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-54230119479948323032012-02-05T10:43:00.000-05:002012-02-05T10:43:42.848-05:00Country Store<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.03.johnsons.003.jpg" title="Country Store"><img alt="Country Store | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2012/2012.01.03.johnsons.003.jpg" width="890" /></a></div>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-45201959027809766652012-01-17T18:24:00.003-05:002012-01-17T18:27:24.517-05:00Down by the River<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A pic from today's search of Lower Little River for <span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Roy Haddock, 69, of the 7800 block of Shortbranch Drive, who had last been seen about 8:30 a.m. Monday. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The intensive search for a him ended Tuesday afternoon when a dive team found his body along the Lower Little River off McCormick Bridge Road.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last night of the festival was probably the most memorable part of the trip and I would have probably have taken more photographs if I hadn't gotten so hammered. It is hard to know how much you have been drinking in Laos since you drink out of a glass instead of a bottle. And the glasses are always magically full.</span><br />
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Here are a few pics from the Victory Gate when a few of the photographers from LangKorng: The Lao Photographers Society took me photo hunting in Vientiane, Laos.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just recently my newspaper did a follow up story on the Jenkins family that was featured in the photograph above in 2006. Read the story below.</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a visit to Fayetteville in March 2009, first lady Michelle Obama was given a photograph of a Fort Bragg soldier who was going to war.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photograph, titled "Tearful Departure" by Fayetteville Observer photographer Andrew Craft, shows the Iraq-bound soldier grasping the hand of his soldier wife from the inside of a bus as their daughter cries.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To many, the photograph was the embodiment of the type of sacrifice that has become commonplace on Fort Bragg since Sept. 11, 2001 - family members going to war while others stay behind, hoping their loved ones come home safely.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time Obama received the photograph, the two soldiers pictured had been separated for more than three years.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chief Warrant Officer 4 Claude Jenkins is the soldier seen reaching from the bus.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His ex-wife, now Maj. Shelia Jenkins, is the woman clutching a tearful Khadyajah, who was 7 at the time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Jenkinses said they had no idea they were being photographed on Aug. 23, 2006.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The photo was taken outside Funk Physical Fitness Center on Fort Bragg, where family members said goodbye before soldiers were bused to the flights that would take them overseas.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claude Jenkins was headed to Iraq with with other members of the 82nd Sustainment Brigade.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It was a surprise to me," he said of the photograph. "There was a lot of emotion there."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deployment was Claude Jenkins' first. Until then, he had spent his more than 15-year Army career at military posts around the world but never at war.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His wife had been deployed one time before, to the Philippines in 2003.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He said his daughter was taking his deployment particularly hard.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The deployment marked the beginning of the end for the couple's marriage, he said.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelia Jenkins said she deployed to Korea months after her husband left, leaving the children stateside with a nanny.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It was difficult to be in three different countries at once," she said. "That's stressful for both parents and kids."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Court records show that when Jenkins' wife filed for divorce in February 2008, she listed Aug. 24, 2006, as the date of separation.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I guess you could say I won the battle against terrorism but lost the battle on the home front," said Claude Jenkins, who is now stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With two children at home, the stress and strain of military life were too much for the couple's relationship, Claude Jenkins said. The two began discussing divorce while both were deployed and filed after the 15-month deployment was over.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We decided that divorce would be a course of action we both would agree with," Claude Jenkins said. "We tried to hang in there. We gave it all we could."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two wed in October 1990 after meeting while stationed in Germany. The romance was quick and, just over nine months later, their first child, Olajuwon, was born. Khadyajah was born in 1998.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With two children, the couple said they found it difficult to balance their obligations to family and the military.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The marriage began to fall apart in the post 9/11 world, Claude Jenkins said.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It makes a marriage much more difficult when both parents are on the opposite side of the world," he said. "While the other is away, you develop a system to keep the household functioning. When you return, reintegrating takes time. All the while, birthdays and holidays are being missed."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The couple said it was difficult for them to readjust after these periods of separation.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It caused a strain," he said. "We were really challenged just to get back on par. The way things were going, (divorce) was the best course of action. Such is life."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Some families figured out a way to stick with it. We didn't."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You get the best and sometimes the worst," Shelia Jenkins added. "It can be worth it. But you have to work very hard."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now several years removed from the divorce, Claude Jenkins said the couple get along just fine.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shelia Jenkins is getting ready for a new assignment in Honduras.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claude Jenkins said his Army career - now at 22 years - is drawing to a close soon.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm ready to pursue another career," he said. "I'm talking with my daughter about opening a frozen yogurt store."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Khadyajah, now 12, is excited about that, Claude Jenkins said.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His son, 20-year-old Olajuwon, is considering a military career, something both parents are encouraging.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After his deployment to Iraq, Claude Jenkins said, he thought little about the photograph.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is until March 2009, when friends on Fort Bragg spotted the photo at the Obama visit and recognized it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the time, he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. His ex-wife and children were in Korea.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Claude Jenkins said he went online and confirmed the story.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I saw the picture of myself, my ex-wife and my daughter, sitting off to the side," he said. "It was one of those momentous moments."</span></div>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-40196238615494027402011-09-28T20:13:00.000-05:002011-09-28T20:13:37.697-05:00Move Along<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0Glenville Lake, 1400 Belvedere Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28303, USA35.070890605419258 -78.90277862548828135.057895105419256 -78.922519625488277 35.083886105419261 -78.883037625488285tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-90337149051059134962011-09-15T20:53:00.000-05:002011-09-15T20:53:26.324-05:00Soccer Portrait<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2011/2011.09.13.soccer.030.jpg" title="Soccer"><img alt="Soccer | Andrew Craft" src="http://www.acraftphoto.com/blogger/2011/2011.09.13.soccer.030.jpg" width="890" /></a></div>button pusherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06893137422489392584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30452827.post-70142196558590633032011-09-13T20:05:00.001-05:002011-09-13T20:14:15.521-05:0010 Years of Work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today as I was updating my website I realized last month was my ten year anniversary of working for newspapers full-time. I remember arriving at my first internship in Freeport, Illinois and thinking "how the hell am I going to make interesting pictures five days a week." I was use to just shooting stories in college and not really dealing with day to day work. On top of that I was an extremely lazy photographer in college. I managed to do it, not always perfect or that interesting, and I'm still doing it day in and day out. </span><br />
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