Photographer's Mates (PH) provide visual information documentation of air, surface and subsurface events, using still and motion media formats, as required; provide visual documentation of combat, combat support operations and related peacetime training activities; provide motion media and still documentation aboard ship and shore of technical and nontechnical events; provide direct support to intelligence center functions; support aerial reconnaissance systems; plan and produce visual information productions by combining motion media with sound in a self-contained, complete presentation, developed according to a plan or script; plan and develop still and multimedia products; expose and process light-sensitive material; arrange, compose and illuminate photographic subjects; make finished VI products; acquire, transmit and print electronic imagery; inspect and maintain film based and electronic still and motion media cameras, laboratory equipment and related visual information equipment and material; and maintain associated visual information files, records and local supplies.
