…but the same vision. First off best wishes for a safe, happy and prosperous new year for all. Now then – some of you may have noticed a few changes about the premises. We’ve been experimenting with a variety of themes these past few months in an attempt to provide something that loads a little…
We note with bemused interest the fact that we have crossed the "1,000 spam comments blocked" threshold – the last 500 of which appear to have been passed our way during the course of the Valour-IT competition. Hmmm… Oh, and standby – Flightdeck Friday will be up today and we promise it will be worth…
‘kay gang – final hours coming up here and we are rocket last (again) this year. Take a good look at the video and note the theme, ’cause if something doesn’t happen wth that total over there to starboard, next week’s issue of Flightdeck Friday will have a decidedly light (dare we say – dainty?)…
Team NAVY and MEGEN: While donations are taken year ’round, there is an annual fund raiser (two years old now) that runs from Halloween to Veteran’s Day (11 Nov). During this period teams of bloggers, formed along Service affiliation lines, compete with one another to drive fundraising efforts. Last year four teams sought to be…
One of the hallmarks of the E-2/C-2 is the (still) relatively low mishap rate. Mishaps, and in particular, mishaps that result in the loss of some or all of the crew were relatively rare events. In the early 1990’s though we had a spate of losses that spiked the rate. In one relatively short period…
VAJoe has a contest running for military-oriented charities with several generous prizes (including a Grand Prize of $1K) set aside for the winning charity. Sixty-six organizations are represented, from the 9/11 Help America Foundation to the Wounded Warriror Project – and if you don’t see one you think should be there, you can nominate one. …
Well — nothing like a full afternoon/evening spent upgrading an OS to make your day complete – not. So far, looks like the it is working (fingers crossed). Milblog conference was great – more for the sidebars than some of the panels. It was well worth the time/$’s to finally meet in person those with…
Some thoughts and wishes on the cusp of the New Year: Blog direction: Have taken the downtime during the holiday interregnum to map out some new directions. There are ample commentaries re. the war in Iraq and the ongoing GWOT (or GWAT if one prefers). Adding my 2-pence worth would be but another pebble in…
While the Project Valour-IT drive was underway, YHS held fast on posting other material in order to ensure the campaign received the attention it so richly deserves (and again, a multitude of thanks for all who contributed and supported the campaign). Now that it is over, there is some unattended business to address. So (in…
Project Valour-IT Update Mike over at No Angst Zone has picked up the gauntlet and dares to think the Junior Service can prevail. Ha! He even tries to resurrect that phony test off VA Capes. Remember that? The one where not only the targets were, well, you know, “fixed”. Afterall, when they had to go…
