Project Valor - IT
While I do not consider The Blog of Dominic to be a MilBlog, I did chronicle my deployment to Africa and occasionally the Marine Corps crops up in the blog.
During OIF-I in 2003, my unit, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion suffered two Marines killed (none from my Company) during our first deployment to Iraq. Subsequently we have had at least a couple of Marines wounded in Iraq, one of them a friend of mine who was badly injured three months ago. He is recovering but it has been a long slow road. Several organizations have helped him and his family with car rentals and lodging after the US Government's assistance ran out.
Project Valor-IT seeks to provide assistance to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines who have received hand and/or arm injuries and are currently recovering at home or in a military hospital. These wounded heros have difficulty communicating with their loved ones and friends and Project Valor-IT provides laptops that come with software that allows the computers to be controlled via voice. In their own words, "Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the 'Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse." Project Valor-IT has been operating for a couple of years and has delivered over 600 laptops. They are currently in the midst of a fund raising drive and are seeking to increase donations by holding a contest. The MilBloggers from each service are competing to be the first to raise $45,000 and I have joined the Marine Corps team in an effort to spread the word.
You can visit the Project Valor-IT (a 501C non-profit organization) site here for more details. A copy of a letter from LtGen Amos, USMC is also posted on the site.
Semper Fidelis,
DominicsDad
During OIF-I in 2003, my unit, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion suffered two Marines killed (none from my Company) during our first deployment to Iraq. Subsequently we have had at least a couple of Marines wounded in Iraq, one of them a friend of mine who was badly injured three months ago. He is recovering but it has been a long slow road. Several organizations have helped him and his family with car rentals and lodging after the US Government's assistance ran out.
Project Valor-IT seeks to provide assistance to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines who have received hand and/or arm injuries and are currently recovering at home or in a military hospital. These wounded heros have difficulty communicating with their loved ones and friends and Project Valor-IT provides laptops that come with software that allows the computers to be controlled via voice. In their own words, "Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the 'Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse." Project Valor-IT has been operating for a couple of years and has delivered over 600 laptops. They are currently in the midst of a fund raising drive and are seeking to increase donations by holding a contest. The MilBloggers from each service are competing to be the first to raise $45,000 and I have joined the Marine Corps team in an effort to spread the word.
You can visit the Project Valor-IT (a 501C non-profit organization) site here for more details. A copy of a letter from LtGen Amos, USMC is also posted on the site.
Semper Fidelis,
DominicsDad
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