Markeith Hall / Marine Corps veteran

Service.
Perspective.

Eight years in the United States Marine Corps.
A photographer’s view from within.

A Marine crouches amid yellow-green smoke during a field training drill — Through the smoke
A Marine moves through a smoke screen during a maneuver-under-fire drill at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, June 16, 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

Behind the camera

The experience
behind the work.

I spent eight years in the United States Marine Corps, serving as a combat graphics specialist and reaching the rank of Sergeant. Photography was part of that work: documenting people, training, and life around a unit.

This collection brings together field-training photographs and Marine Forces Reserve Band work. It is a record of the photographs I made during that chapter.

Service: U.S. Marine Corps
Experience: Eight years
Rank: Sergeant
Specialty: Combat graphics / MOS 4612

01 / Field training

Fort A.P. Hill.
June 2019.

Photographs from Mission Readiness Exercise training in Virginia: Marines working through smoke, protective-equipment training, an aircraft launch, and movement toward a live-fire area.

A Marine in protective equipment prepares CS gas as a flame illuminates his gloves and goggles — Inside the gas chamber
A Marine prepares CS gas during Mission Readiness Exercise training at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, June 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

A Marine in the foreground faces a teammate visible through layered yellow-green smoke during training — A second figure in the haze
Marines during a maneuver-under-fire drill at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia · June 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

A Marine launches a small aircraft into a cloud-filled sky during field training — Launch
A Marine launches a small unmanned aircraft during field training at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, June 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

Low-angle portrait of a Marine in field equipment beneath a pale sky — Field portrait
Lance Cpl. Nick A. Russo during Mission Readiness Exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, June 16, 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

Amphibious assault vehicles move along a dusty road toward a training area — Moving through dust
Amphibious assault vehicles move toward a live-fire training area during Mission Readiness Exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, June 18, 2019.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Markeith D. Hall

02 / From the wider training archive

The instant
of fire.

A tank photographed during live-fire training. This frame is presented separately from the documented Fort A.P. Hill sequence; no unit or location is attributed.

A tank seen from behind with a bright muzzle blast during live-fire training — The instant of fire
A tank fires during a live-fire training exercise.
Photo by Markeith Hall

03 / Marine Forces Reserve Band

Another kind
of presence.

A saxophonist framed within the ensemble during a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, May 2018. A quieter scene from the same service-era archive.

A saxophonist in a Marine band framed among fellow musicians — Within the ensemble
Marine Forces Reserve Band at a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony, National WWII Museum, New Orleans · May 2018.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Markeith Hall

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The same attention.

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Through the smoke

The experiencebehind the work.

Inside the gas chamber

A second figure in the haze

Launch

Field portrait

Moving through dust

The instant of fire

Within the ensemble

Different setting.The same attention.

The experience
behind the work.

Different setting.
The same attention.