Our Military Men

In 2005 I photographed marines and sailors at homecomings, boot camp and advanced military training at Camp Pendleton, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, and 29 Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center.

As of September, 2008, since the United States’ invasion of Iraq in 2003, more than 4,100 U.S. military troops have been killed and 30,000-plus wounded, including loss of limbs. More than one hundred thousand Iraqi civilians have been killed since the Iraq war was set in motion.

Regardless of what one thinks of the war, there’s something about walking around a U.S. military base at dawn and having each of the military men who passes by say, “Good morning, Ma’am.”