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Project VALOUR-IT

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So , here’s the deal. We are now about a week out from the start of the Fall 2008 campaign for VALOUR-IT which will run from 28 Oct through Veterean’s Day, 13 Nov.  Since nothing breeds success like success – here we are again this year with new goals: This year’s goal is $240K –…

More Flag Moves: CNO and STRATCOM Deputy CDR

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Hammer Time

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Tunnel of Love (not)…

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Those of us who spent anytime in Hampton Roads became intimately familiar with the “joys” of two significant landmarks – the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel and the more recent cousin, the Monitor-Merrimac  Memorial Bridge Tunnel.  The HRBT, as it is called in polite company, is the link from Norfolk to the Peninsula, unless, of course,…