Combat Artist

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- A portrait sketched by Lance Cpl. Rob Bates shows a scene from one of his deployments to Afghanistan. Bates, a rifleman by trade and now a combat illustrator, has recentl More

Staff Sgt. Kristopher Battles, dressed in the uniform of a Banana Wars-era Marine, sends a text message while visiting a static display of Marine Corps vehicles and hardware at Gateway Plaza in Cleveland June 1 More

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides cover during room-clearing training in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious a More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching U.S. Marines with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in A More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, a combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, sketches a U.S. Marine mortarman and U.S. Navy corpsman with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participati More

U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles (AAV-P7/A1) with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit land at Onslow Beach during Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON)-Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Integration Training, Camp L More

Staff Sgt. Elize McKelvey and Victor Juhasz, both combat artists with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, sketch MV-22B Osprey technicians with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, attached to Special Purpose More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Lance Cpl. Rob Bates draws a portrait during a concert in Dayton, Ohio. Bates, a rifleman by trade and now a combat illustrator, has recently had some of his artwork acce More

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices tactical and speed More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a U.S. Marine with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, a combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, sketches a U.S. Marine mortarman and U.S. Navy corpsman with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participati More

Capt. Charles J. Baumann, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, sketches MV-22B Osprey technicians with Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 364, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task For More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- “Tired Eyes,” a portrait sketched by Lance Cpl. Bates, shows a Marine with four tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, Sgt. Wesley Laney, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd More

Master Sgt. Martin Cervantez, the only combat artist for the Army, works on a painting in his studio at the Army Center of Military History on Fort Belvoir, Va. Cervantes sketches or photographs his subjects wh More

U.S. Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group check the condition of a forklift in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in the Pacific Ocean, May 22, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a U.S. Marine with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, a combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, shows his work to a U.S. Navy corpsman and a U.S. Marine mortarman with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, More

Victor Juhasz, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, sketches MV-22B Osprey technicians with Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 364, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis R More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- This sketch, created by Lance Cpl. Rob Bates, shows Cpl. Mat Bowman, a Marine with 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, at Bethesda, Md. while he cond More

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide cover during room-clearing training in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious ass More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a U.S. Marine with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, 2D Marine Division, participating in Exercise Trident Juncture 18, watch Richard Johnson, a combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, as he sketc More

Victor Juhasz, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, sketches MV-22B Osprey technicians with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Cr More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- This sketch, created by Lance Cpl. Rob Bates shows Sgt. Than Naing, of Wounded Warrior Barracks-East, pointing to where the round had struck his SAPI after going through More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Alvun More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, a combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a M777A2 Light Towed Howitzer during Exercise Trident Juncture, in Driva, Norway, Nov. More

Richard Johnson, a combat artist with the Marine Corps Combat Art Program, sketches MV-22B Osprey technicians with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles J. Baumann, combat artist with the National Museum of the Marine Corps, begins sketching a U.S. Marine with 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in More