While training in Norway during NATO Exercise
Trident Juncture 2018, troops in the Alliance may have glimpsed an
unusual sight ... Richard Johnson, standing beside their formations with
a sketch pad and pencil. An illustrative journalist by trade, Johnson
has sketched conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Central African
Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zimbabwe. He has
sketched troops in combat, at rest and on the move, capturing the
moment.
In Norway, Johnson mentored U.S.
Marine Corps Captain CJ Baumann, who says he’s benefited from
Johnson’s tutelage. Together, they sketched U.S. Marines and
Norwegian troops, as they moved tanks and troops through the
Norwegian countryside.
