Leon Watkins

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

UNITED STATES MARINE CORP

 

September 1980 - December 1980, Marine Corp boot camp, San Diego, CA

Rank: Recruit

December 1980 - February 1981, Base Mat Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA

Rank: Private

ACTIVE RESERVES

February 1981 - February 1982, Naval Air Station, Alameda, CA

Rank: Lance Corporal  

Duty: Photographer

ACTIVE DUTY

February 1982 - December 1984, MCAS Cherry Point, NC

Rank: Lance Corporal

Duty: Dark Room Technician, Field and Aerial Photographer

December 1984 - November 1985, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Third Marines Division.

Rank: Corporal  

Duty: Field Photographer and Dark Room Technician

OPERATION DEPLOYMENTS

Mainland Japan, January 1985   Philippines, January 1985 - September 1985   Guam, January 1985 - September 1985   Hawaii, January 1985   Korea, May 1985 - October 1985

MILITARY TRAINING

Rifle Marksman, M16-Al and A2 Rifle, M60, SAW, Grenades & Booby traps,   M70, Gas Mask

EMERGENCY TRAINNING

Red Cross life saving step    Helicopter E-Vac (CH 46 - CH 53)

MEDALS, BADGES, AND CITATIONS

First Good Conduct    Medal Rifle Marksman Badge    Pistol Marksman Badge   Five Letters of Appreciation

PHOTO CREDITS

President, Ronald Reagan / Secretary of the Navy, John Lehman / Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Paul X. Kelley / Medal of Honor, Third Marines Division Commander, Major General  James Lewis Day / Marine Lt. General Alfred M. Gray Jr. / Marine Lt. General Frank E. Petersen Jr

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE

Aerial, Industrial, Investigative, Still Life, Black & White Processing And Printing, Color Processing and Printing, Color Slides, E-6 Processing, Copy Work