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Project Valour-IT 2009: Stuff? We Got Stuff…
There’s that Nolan Ryan autographed baseball that has continued to elude you, or perhaps a personalized copy of Jim Stavridis’ Destroyer Captain strikes your fancy. . .maybe a signed print especially made for this year’s campaign by Chris Muir of Day-by-Day is high on your ‘most desired’ list ? These and much more are over…
40 Years Ago Today: Apollo 8
Forty years ago, man had slipped the gravitational pull that had kept him shackled  in orbit around his home planet, and boldly struck out for the Moon.  Forty years ago, in a live broadcast on Christmas Eve  for the ages, he sent back stunning images of his world and our perspective was forever changed: William…
Fledglings
So Friday we achieved escape velocity from the Beltway for Norfolk and appearance as a guest speaker for the winging of NFO class 07-5. Hosted by VAW-120 (and Skipper — top flight production too, BZ to ALCON) the ceremony marked the official transition of the fledglings from mere students to replacement NFO’s, designated 1320’s (or…
Tit-for-Tat Weapons Procurement: You’re Doing it Wrong
Congressman Randy Forbes (R-Va) has delivered a letter to the Army Chief of Staff outlining the need for Army to develop and deploy long-range anti-ship missiles. Because China has: Randy Forbes letter to Gen. Ray Odierno — 2014-10-10 by BreakingDefense So much shallow analysis here and accompanying articles – one wonders where to start……
Need Some Help…
Looking for an O-4/O-6 Naval Aviator in the Chicago area and an O-4/-6 NFO in the Dallas area to conduct an aviation accession interview with a 1/c MIDN in each of those areas. Active, Reserve or Retired is fine — just need to complete by 1 March 2011. If you can help, drop me a…
Valour-IT 2009: Video Competition
So, its like this. A competition is being held within the competition between the teams for best Valour-IT video. I’m sure someone has put together a slide show set to (trite) tear-jerking music. We didn’t. We opted for some kick@$$ instead… So, a familiar video – but with some twists, courtesy Team Navy: Oh yes…

