Michael Blackwell: Combat Camera
Iraq War Experience
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V (Violence), TV-14, 01-Jun-2014
Directed by Daniel Leonard Bernardi
Michael Blackwell entered the United States Navy on Veteran's Day, 2002 and served for more than nine years. While stationed with the now-disestablished Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, he served alongside United States Army 5th and 10th group Special Forces in Iraq.
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