Capt. C.J. Baumann, right, holds his sketchbook while in Djibouti, Africa, on a Marine tour funded by the National Museum of the Marine Corps combat artists program. (C.J. Baumann)
Marine Times: The Art of War: How combat artists are capturing the soul of the Marine Corps
It was a hot day in the African desert with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a deployment to Djibouti, Africa.
A Fox Company Marine lieutenant with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, stood facing thirty-some Marines as he briefed them before that day’s live-fire exercise.
Marine Capt. C.J. Baumann stood behind them.
But Baumann’s weapon of the day wasn’t a firearm. It was his pencil and sketchbook.
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