Portrait: Joseph Votel

Lieutenant General Joseph Votel, Commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), pauses as he watches The Wall of Names, listing the names of all Israel Defense Forces fallen soldiers from the Armored Corps, at the memorial site for fallen soldiers from the armored corps in Latrun, west of Jerusalem, on Spetember 8, 2011. As JSOC commander, Votel is in charge of the U.S. military’s most elite and secretive special operations units and missions, on May 1, 2011, a JSOC task force conducted the raid into Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.


 

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Photo Op: short for photo opportunity, originally referred to an opportunity to take a memorable and effective photograph of a politician, a celebrity, or a notable event. The term has acquired a negative connotation, referring to a carefully planned pseudo-event, or a non-event that often masquerades as news. This blog is called "Photo Op" and I hope this is where the resemblance to the above definition ends.