Living here in the United States, most...

Living here in the United States, most of us have no idea how

horrific war truly is. It’s not everyday we see men and women who

wear the scars of battle, let alone getting to hear the story behind

their wounds. Spending an hour with Cpl. Bryan Bergey on this

assignment gave me some insight on what life for a soldier in

Operation Scorpion is like.

Bergey was quite open about his tour in the Middle East, the

experiences he lived, and the event that led to the loss of his right

eye. The finished product, the portrait of Cpl. Bryan Bergey, came

out fairly nice, the only thing that could have made it better would

be switching out the Iraqi medal with a Purple Heart. However, at the

time of the assignment, he hadn’t received it yet.

-- Mark C. Dustin, staff photographer