A. I think the picture of the three boys hugging in the small room is the most powerful image because it captures the brotherhood of the boys and the emotional distress their situation has caused.
B. At home- image #1-4
Basic Training: image #5-14
Iraq: Image #15-27
C. I think the images taken in Iraq are the most powerful because they capture a unique emotion and tone of the setting. They illustrate a tough location that most people have never experienced and document the pain and difficult jobs that the soldiers must face.
D. The images start with his old life and his reckless behavior and document his family life. The sets of training and the ones on the battlefield show the progress he has made, and it comes full circle when he returns home.
E. The captions are usually written in present tense.
F. The captions explain what is happening in the photo and give extra information to make the context of the image more clear to the reader.
G. Ian joined the army write when he graduated high school. After hard weeks at basic training, he visited his loving family and future fiancé. Training was incredibly difficult and Ian was often injured. In Iraq, Ian often drove army vehicles and spent time working through where people live and on the streets.

Extra Credit:
1) Ian Fisher was a violent teenager with substance problems, but a loving gourd of people in his life. He felt the urge to join the army and started training right after he graduated high school. He had a rough start in basic training, and that pain didn't even begin to prepare him for the real thing. He proposed to his girlfriend, who eventually broke up with him before he left for Iraq, and continued working hard in training. He arrived in Iraq in 2008 and mostly shuttled personnel throughout the city. He tried not to let his emotions affect his work and focused on his mission. His fellow soldiers helped him through his mistakes.
2) He wanted a place to fight, and felt the urge to protect his country after the events on 9/11/1.
3) He experienced injuries and difficulty with his past in substance abuse and irresponsibility.
4) Ian's difficulty listening to authority cause him the most problems.
5) He proposed to his girlfriend, and she broke up with him before he left for Iraq.
6) Iraq opened Ian's eyes to the harsh reality of war, helped him become more responsible, and set his future on the right path.