Michael Fay | |
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| Born | Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1975-1978 1983-1993 |
| Rank |  Chief Warrant Officer-2[1] |
| Battles / wars | |
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Michael D. Fay is a former United States Marine Corps combat artist. Before his retirement from the Corps,[1] he was a war artist serving in Iraq.[3][4][5] He was deployed as an artist-correspondent embedded with US troops in Afghanistan.[3][4][6][7] He resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia.[5][8]
- ^ a b Pierce, Christy Crytzer (2012). "Seeing is Believing". NEA Arts Magazine, Issue 2012, no 2. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
One such artist is Michael D. Fay, a painter, illustrator, and retired chief warrant officer for the Marine Corps.
- ^ Atkinson, Peter (July 2007). "The Art of War". pp. 46–48. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "'Reportager' : Members : Mike Fay : Research Group and Programme at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England". University of the West of England. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
Michael D. Fay and was the official combat artist for the United States Marine Corps from 2000-2010. In this capacity he completed four combat tours as a war artist, two each in Iraq and Afghanistan, for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. In 2010 Mike retired and, among other things, founded The Joe Bonham Project. The JBP is a reportage art program documenting the faces and experiences of profoundly battle wounded soldiers and Marines.
- ^ a b Reid, Chip (3 May 2012). "Sketching veterans recovering from war, so their stories aren't lost - CBS News". CBS News. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
For nearly 100 years, since World War I, the U.S. military has used combat artists to create a visual record of America's wars. Among those artists in Iraq and Afghanistan was a Marine named Michael Fay.
- ^ a b Soza, Samuel A. "Profile Article - Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael D. Fay". Defend America. US Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
Marine Staff Sgt. Michael D. Fay, 49, a reservist from Fredericksburg, Va., can be best described as one of a kind. Classified as a combat illustrator, he is the only one in the Marine Corps Reserves with his occupation. Fay is serving in Iraq, and carrying on the long lineage of modern combat illustrators, beginning with artist Winslow Homer, who captured the intensity of the Civil War on canvas.
- ^ Fay, Michael D (June 6, 2010). "Drawing Fire: Into Ubaydi". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
In 2005, then Chief Warrant Officer Michael D. Fay traveled to Iraq in his capacity as official Marine Corps artist. There he fought with Marines engaged in Operation Steel Curtain against insurgents along the Euphrates River, and documented the events in sketches, photographs and audio recordings.
- ^ North, Andrew (25 June 2011). "BBC News - War artist draws US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan". BBC Online. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
To his left flank, there is a line of trees. He is in the Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan. [...] This is only a painting by American war artist Michael Fay. But it could sum up the fears of many in the US military that President Barack Obama is pulling out his troops too quickly from Afghanistan, sacrificing any gains they have made on the battlefield.
- ^ Chinn, Lisa (5 December 2001). "Marines capture war in art". Fredericksburg.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
Fay, a Fredericksburg resident, is a member of the field history reserve unit, which is part of the Marine Corps Historical Center in Washington.