Master Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock, Forty Under 40 winner 2009

Jeremy-Lock Age: 38

  • Aerial combat photojournalist, Air Force 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base
  • Plans, coordinates, manages and conducts training for 37 Combat Camera aerial photographers in the only active-duty Combat Camera unit in the Air Force.
  • Directly manages the operational readiness, scheduling, health, morale and welfare of 100 combat
    cameramen.
  • Deploys, supports and redeploys combat-ready forces during short-notice worldwide documentation missions.
  • Responsible for $7.2 million in state-of-the-art video and still imaging systems.
  • Combat mission-qualified aerial photographer; briefs and coordinates with air crews to acquire aerial imagery.
  • Uses modern digital cameras to record time-critical imagery of Air Force, joint and combined activities during contingency, exercise and humanitarian relief operations.
  • Acquires imagery under combat and simulated combat conditions for battle damage assessment, evaluation of operational situations and intelligence gathering. 
  • Distributes imagery using fixed networks and satellite communications systems to theater collection points and the Joint Combat Camera Center in support of operational decision-making at all levels, psychological operations, historical archive records and public affairs use.

Community involvement

  • Airmen Against Drunk Drivers.
  • Instructor, Charleston Center for Photography.
  • Coach, youth Summerville Soccer Club (under 10).
  • Coach, 1st Combat Camera Squadron softball team.
  • Mentor, young photojournalists military-wide.
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