The Global Nomad: Me, a self portrait, on the road to self discovery?

I have always carried a camera, though not technically trained, nor did I know what I was doing, but I knew I wanted to do this forever.

Accomplishing a great many thing I have set out to do, when I was Nineteen, I thought it would be cool to be an Emergency Medical Technician, (EMT). I never knew how hard I would have to work to realized that dream, but then everything good is rarely ever easy, After countless missions, I set my sights on Surgical Technician training, and it 2000 that dream was realized. I would never miss being a medic until the collapse of the first tower in New York. It wasn’t until several years as an Orthopedic Surgical technician; that I realized the dream called, Combat Camera.

I have spent my life working with local doctors in the Philippines, Japan and Korea providing minor and major medical procedures to villages, who haven't seen medical professionals in several years

From the surgical suite, no matter where it may be. This particular surgical area was in the dining facility of the Philippines village school. It was an area largest to host our equipment and us and still had high enough celling’s so the bats would not be an issue. That day we performed over 35 circumcisions, most without anesthetic, only a lollypop, which the children held in their mouths and did not break, we should be so tough at 3. There was one particular case where we were taking a tumor from a gentlemen’s head, I held the skin of the skull opened as the surgeon removed it carefully, as I held the skin of the skull opened with my bare hands, guess it was a time before we considered Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS were a concern from the medical worker.

Spent just as many years working in broadcasting, basically I call it "pimping the message". This is me back in Korea 20 some years after I left the first time. On monday, I had a Top 40 show in the mid to late 80's. It was exonerating, taking a break from the day to day military operations to spend 2 hours on the air Monday and Thursday nights. Of course Thursday nights were my passion, Jazz, where I played requests, classics and fusion along with the up and coming - I remember debuting the first vinyl of Dave Kozz.

Now I leave a dream life, with my bonded family, Combat Camera, The last nearly 10 years of my military career have be exhausting, frustrating, exhilarating, exciting and rewarding. And no photojournalist’s life would be complete without a picture with Wilmer Valdarama.