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    A Navy medic and photographer uses art to reflect on his time in Afghanistan

    After his military retirement, Chief Petty Officer Joshua Ives sifted through more than 15,000 photographs he took in Afghanistan. He created a mixed-media project called Noble Eagle.
    by Joshua Ives Nov 11, 2021 5 minutes

    After 24 years of service in the Navy, Chief Petty Officer Joshua Ives retired in 2015. He sifted through more than 15,000 photographs taken during his time in Afghanistan to make Noble Eagle, a mixed-media project that is part documentary, part personal reflection.

    Ives deployed to Afghanistan in October 2012 and served at a Forward Operating Base (FOB) on the outskirts of Farah with 1,100 personnel from the U.S., Italy, Slovenia and Afghanistan. As the senior medic on the team, Ives managed the base aid station and a team of three Navy corpsmen and two Army medics. He also served as the team photographer during his deployment, documenting life on the base and in the local community.

    The title of Ives' photography project references Operation Noble Eagle, the name given to the military operation launched by the U.S. and Canadian governments in response to 9/11. Each military member who deployed to Afghanistan was

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