Navy Reserve: Opportunities: Enlisted Opportunities: Arts and Photography

Capture the takeoff of an F/A-18 from 10 feet away utilizing your Hi8 video cam. Chronicle the exploits of fellow Sailors in 1,500 words or more. Draw on all your strengths to create a better future. The Arts and Photography field offers you the unique opportunity to express your creative ability as you gain invaluable experience working alongside an elite group of military professionals. If your interest or experience lies in photography, writing, illustration, or design, the possibilities are endless. You might operate state-of-the-art photography equipment for a military news conference, create graphics for a high-profile presentation, design layouts for a Navy magazine, or write a feature article that’s picked up by your hometown newspaper.

Jobs in this field include:

Journalist
Lithographer
Photographer’s Mate

As part of this occupational specialty, you could:

Serve as one of the Navy’s professional photographers
Operate state-of-the-art photography and video equipment
Shoot portrait photography or aerial photography or perform photographic copying
Scan and/or edit digital, still, and video images
Operate darkroom and laboratory equipment for film/print production
Serve as a reporter by gathering and communicating news about people, places, and activities in the Navy
Prepare illustrations, original art, and graphics using various art media including pencil, pen, airbrush, inks, and paints
Prepare technical drawings and audiovisual materials, including charts, slides, graphs, and operate projectors
Operate personal computer/desktop publishing systems
Design layouts, set type, and make plates for printing
Operate printing presses

Advanced Training & Certification
Advanced training in photojournalism or digital editing is available to Reservists who display a high level of talent and motivation. This could lead to earning Department of Labor certification as an illustrator, draftsman, or silk-screen cutter.

Your training may also prepare you for a future career, or enhance your current career as, a still/studio photographer, TV camera operator, photojournalist, film editor, offset press operator, or illustrator.

To learn how you can pursue an Arts and Photography job in the Navy Reserve, contact your local Navy Reserve Recruiter today.



	Five years after separating from the active duty Navy, Kelli is once again a Navy Journalist Second Class, and she’s attending college full-time to get her degree in Journalism. Click here to learn how Kelli’s reconnection to the military through the Navy Reserve is benefiting her life in many ways.