Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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Navy Crew MIA From Vietnam War is Identified

October 29th, 2007 3 Comments

Received in the mail the other day:

IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 1253-07
October 26, 2007
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Navy Crew MIA From Vietnam War is Identified

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of five U.S. servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been accounted-for and will be [...]

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Project Valour-IT: Challenge to Team Zoomie

October 29th, 2007 No Comments

Open challenge to Mike over at No Angst Zone — if Team USAF is ahead of Team Navy after the final reckoning on 11 Nov, then the following Friday (16 Nov), my Flightdeck Friday post will be devoted to a (gag) scummy, prissy, no *real* tailhookin’ USAF/USAAF/Air Corps plane, your choice. I’ll give it the [...]

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Project Valour-IT: 2007 Fundraiser Underway

October 29th, 2007 2 Comments

“Support our Troops”

So says the ubiquitous magnetic sticker on yet another non-descript vehicle on the road up ahead – but one wonders if the driver/occupant knows of a program that directly, materially supports our troops in a life-changing way? That program would be Valour-IT (Voice Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops). 
The short story is Valour-IT, an [...]

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