Request for OIF Video

[DDilegge]

In my day job I work urban operations issues for the Marine Corps. One of the projects I am involved in is the production of an official USMC video on insights and observations from Operation Iraqi Freedom / Telic / Falconer / Catalyst. These insights and observations are based on our Emerald Express series of seminars where we pulled in recently returned operators in order to capture their knowledge and lessons.

This project is by no-means Marine Corps centric; Emerald Express is Joint, Coalition and Interagency and operators from all sister services to include Coast Guard, United Kingdom, Australia, State Department, USAID and others participated.

Our desire is to reflect all the Joint, Multinational and Interagency aspects of OIF (focusing on the urban operating environment) in the video. We have captured this on the text (narration) side but could still use some additional digital video. A project team member spent a week at Joint Combat Camera and brought back some excellent footage. That said, we need some more to round-out the video back-drop to the narration.

If you have digital video of operations in Iraq and would be willing to share it with this project it would be most appreciated. PM me here and I will give you my official e-mail address for further discussion. Again, the video is part of an official USMC project and your video will not be used for commercial or personal purposes. If desired and your video is used you will be recognized in the credits.