Army public affairs
Public affairs specialist and noncommissioned officer, 2017 to 2023. Stories and photographs published by Army.mil, DoD News, Stars and Stripes, Defense Media Network and CHIPS.
On assignment at Fort Bliss, Texas. Front page of the Fort Bliss Bugle's final issue, Oct. 31, 2019. Photo by David Poe, U.S. Army Garrison Fort Bliss.
Brian Godfrey, a former Airman who organized the Bag Brigade, stands in front of completed welcome bags for newly arriving Soldiers entering COVID-19 quarantine at Freedom Chapel, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Nov. 21, 2020. Forty-three volunteers packed 700 to 800 bags. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Marcellus.
Public affairs NCOIC, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys
Led the garrison public affairs team through North Korean escalation cycles and COVID operations. Wrote command communications under classification review.
Public affairs curriculum, Signal School
Designed the curriculum for a Signal School detachment that had none. Junior enlisted Soldiers with no writing background learned to produce publishable journalism.
Training coverage, Germany, 2018
Covered the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade at Illesheim and U.S. and Georgian predeployment training at Hohenfels.
Photographs
Spc. Eduardo Toro, 1st Armored Division, hugs his daughter before deploying to Afghanistan. Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 1, 2019.
An Albanian soldier searches for opposing forces during Combined Resolve XI. Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Dec. 7, 2018.
Spc. Richard Seahill scans the horizon beside an M1 Abrams during exercise Strike Focus. Orogrande Range Camp, New Mexico, April 8, 2019.
Sgt. Quienten Amore in chemical protective gear during the 1st Armored Division Iron Soldier NCO of the Year competition. Fort Bliss, Texas, May 13, 2019.
Cpl. Josue Carbajal crawls under wire during the 1st Armored Division Best Warrior Competition. Fort Bliss, Texas, May 15, 2020.
Santa waves to newly arrived Soldiers and families in quarantine during Operation Quarantine Santa. Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Dec. 24, 2020.
U.S. Army photos by Matthew Marcellus. Full portfolio on DVIDS
Selected clips
Awards
News Story of the Year, first place, for the Bag Brigade story
Military Writer, second place, and Military Photographer, second place
Military Writer of the Year and Military Photographer of the Year, first place
Military Writer of the Year, first place
Photojournalist Product of the Year, first place