All Blog Posts Tagged 'Tim' (5)

A year ago today, on April 20, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros died from a mortar blast in the city of Mirata, Libya. They died documenting the plight of civilians trapped in a city that had been mercilessly targeted by a professional army. Today we mourn their deaths and we worry about other journalists who are continuing to cover such tragedies in Syria, in Sudan, in Bahrain and in so many other countries. The work is absolutely essential to world peace and human dignity but, in the…

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Catch this incredible film via Comcast On Demand!

• HD on Demand
• History and Nature
• NatGeo Channel

I will watch it again even though I don't have HD. Nothing makes me more proud of our troops than watching these awesome American men live and fight in a most dangerous place.



Many, many thanks again to Sebastian and Tim for filming and writing about this particular deployment.



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Validation is an awesome feeling. It's the world's reminder that you are good, have done good, are a terrific person, a hard worker, a great mom, dad, brother, sister, husband, wife, friend, soldier, writer or documentarian. To get it for doing something you believe in passionately is even better. When someone or some group validates you for something, it just feels damned good.



Sebastian's book WAR validates the life of the soldier in combat… Continue

Once a month, I write a post for PBS' Regarding War website. Having explored many facets of the Vietnam war and veterans experiences, this year PBS started asking people to share how these wars --Iraq and Afghanistan have shaped their lives. Writing for one of the big dogs (or maybe PBS is a medium size dog… Continue

Over on my blog, The Kitchen Dispatch, I have a video clip of Tim Hetherington speaking about the relationship formed with the platoon.

Excerpt:

"I wasn't familiar with the term until I sat down and spoke with filmmaker Tim Hetherington and asked him about his relationship with

Battle Company. Tim and Sebastian Junger completed ten embeds over the

course of a year in the Korengal… Continue