This is so random...

Merry day-after-Christmas, everybody! I'm going to amend this post later with some Murphy pics from yesterday's awesome present-palooza, but I got a really strange email today that I had to share.

So, an artist I recently met saw a detail from a photo I took in Afghanistan on the cover book...written by Tom Clancy...in Finland. He scanned the book and emailed me - craziness. So much of my work from when I was in the Marines is un-licensed and freely released I occasionally see it turn up in odd places...like this:

This is the original photo the detail is taken from. It's some of the boys from Kilo Company 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines patrolling with Afghan National Army soldiers through what we were told was a graveyard (notice the upright stone slabs) located near a hostile village along the Afghan-Paskistan border:

That photo was taken 12.20.2004 - Alyssa and I spent our first Christmas apart while I was overseas, and it was pretty tough. I feel very, very lucky to have had my beautiful wife and son with me all day yesterday as we celebrated. 

We have a gorgeous winter wedding this weekend, so check back on Sunday for a new post! Happy Holidays, and if you're with your family - enjoy them.