Eric Dietrich served in the United States Marine Corps from 2001 - 2005 before taking up photography. In 2008, he attended the New England School of Photography studying photojournalism and started working for himself in 2009. In October of 2010 he began working for the U.S. Navy as a mass communication specialist and then became the staff photographer for the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Eric writes, "I worked at the U.S. Naval War College as a staff
photographer for much of 2012 and during that time I photographed a number of
guest speakers. As I sorted through them later, it occurred to me that I could
put together a small collection. Some of the photos are of the style that, if
they were of a politician or celebrity, might have graced the pages of a
newspaper. In others I tried to capture moments that one might overlook.
Altogether, I tried to display a facet of military life that people might never
know existed."
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NEWPORT, R.I. (Oct. 23, 2012) Adm. James
Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command and supreme allied
commander, Europe, addresses students from the U.S. Naval War College
(NWC) and Senior Enlisted Academy during a visit to the NWC. Above him
is a photo of Stavridis with Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)
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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 8, 2012) U.S. Naval
War College (NWC) Professor Emeritus Porter Halyburton holds up a photo of his
wife and daughter during a lecture at the NWC about his time as a prisoner of
war in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Halyburton was held captive for
seven years in a number of prisons, including the infamous “Heartbreak Hotel”
and “Hanoi Hilton.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class
Eric Dietrich/Released)
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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 10, 2012) Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Juan Garcia III addresses
sailors and Marines during an all-hands meeting at the U.S. Naval War College.
Garcia spoke about the 21st Century Sailor and Marine program and the future of
the Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric
Dietrich/Released)
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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 23, 2012) Audience
members listen to Swanee Hunt, the Eleanor Roosevelt lecturer in public policy
at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, deliver her lecture
“Inclusive Security: Vital or Vacuous?” at the U.S. Naval War College. Hunt
spoke about the importance of including women in security and peace processes.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric
Dietrich/Released)
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NEWPORT, R.I. (August 29, 2012) Adm.
Katsutoshi Kawano, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff and 1997
U.S. Naval War College (NWC) alum, speaks to international students at the NWC.
Kawano visited the NWC as part of a weeklong tour of the United States as a
guest of the U.S. Navy chief of naval operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Dietrich/Released)
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NEWPORT, R.I. (Sept. 18, 2012) Retired
Air Force Master Sgt. John Almeida, 91, is recognized as the oldest service
member present during the Air Force’s 65th birthday celebration at the U.S.
Naval War College. Almeida is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the
Vietnam War. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric
Dietrich/Released)
