Open Photography: Ingersoll, Ruiz, Lewis, Bryant, Papastrat
Open Photography 1st Place - Sgt. G. P. Ingersoll: Cpl. Jose N. Parra, 25, Loredo, Texas, and other advisers with Border Transition Team 4222 spent the day giving aid to small remote villages here Oct. 24. Their mission is to train, mentor and advise, but the Marines of BTT 4222 don’t forget to provide help to western Anbar’s civilian population. The transition team headed up a small civil affairs engagement to provide local Iraqis with medical, dental and logistical aid. Though it’s not part of their primary mission, team members here have learned that reaching out to the Iraqi people will make the people more likely to reach out to Marines. Intelligence gathering and improved security is just a byproduct of good relations. The real purpose here was to see some smiles. Marines handed out toothbrushes, toothpaste and teddy bears to each patient finished with the check up. The corpsman spoke to parents about how to treat with the medicine Marines supplied to them. Kids also received a class on proper tooth brushing techniques.
Category sponsored by Dave Painter
1st Place: Sgt. G. P. Ingersoll, 1st Marine Logistics Group
This photo of kids taken while Ingersoll was on duty with a border transition team in Iraq and the Marine who paused nearby to look at these youngsters with obvious concern had eye-catching impact on the photo judges. Ingersoll waited for the “right moment” and got his shot.
2nd Place: Cpl. Carrie C. Ruiz, MCRD San Diego
Honorable Mention: Sgt. Ray Lewis, 1st Marine Division
Honorable Mention: SSgt. Bobbie Bryant, 3rd Marine AirWing
Honorable Mention: Sgt. George Papastrat, 3rd Marine AirWing
More award-winning images can be seen below
Open Photography 2nd Place - Cpl. Carrie C. Ruiz: Recruit Dustin Ruiz, Platoon 1026, Company B, does a push-up during a physical training session led by his senior drill instructor Staff Sgt. Francisco Martinez.
Open Photography Honorable Mention - Sgt. Ray Lewis: First Lt. Eric M. Lukas comforts three-year-old Afghan girl Miriam during a Marine-led health cooperative called Medical Capabilities (MEDCAP) here. Lukas and other Marines, sailors and an airman with Task Force 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Regiment, Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix Marines, were instrumental in removing an infected boil from the girl’s neck.
Open Photography Honorable Mention - SSgt. Bobbie Bryant: MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), land at an airport in Amman, Jordan, July 22. Four aircraft from the squadron transported Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) from al-Anbar province, Iraq to Jordan July 22.
Open Photography Honorable Mention - Sgt. George Papastrat: Iraqi children watch as Marines and sailors with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) visit their village during a humanitarian visit JUne 12, 2008. Harwan, Iraq is in Al-Anbar and with help from Marines, they recently had their school reconstructed and a well built.