Marine Corps Veteran Combat Photographer Adrian Weekly ‘20
It’s said a picture is worth a thousand words. For military service members who go forward into combat with a rifle and a camera, it’s more than just an adage. Syracuse University student veteran Adrian Weekly ‘20 knows this all too well.
“I had enlisted in the Marine Corps to be an aviation mechanic,” said Weekly, a senior at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, studying Communications and Rhetorical Studies. “Then some people found out I could draw pretty well, and I was made into a combat photographer instead.”
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Joe Alfieri Finds Path to Syracuse through Navy Service
Joe Alfieri, Central New York native and Director of Campus Planning, Design and Construction at Syracuse University chose to attend the Naval Academy after high school, not exactly knowing what to expect.
“As a kid I was always interested in the Navy,” Alfieri says. “I had this incredible opportunity to attend the Academy in Annapolis. Looking back, I didn’t really know what I was getting into, but I am so glad I went. It was a good call.”
Alfieri graduated in 2003 as a designated service warfare officer. He did his first tour aboard the USS Milius working as the main propulsion officer on the destroyer. A year later he deployed to the Horne of Africa for six months on a counterpiracy assignment.