Archive for the ‘Away Missions’ Category

Star Trek Into Darkness

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Meet Starfleet Personnel at the Premiere of the New Star Trek Movie!   MAY 17, 2013 – BATON ROUGE, LA – The new Star Trek movie Star Trek: Into Darkness is coming to BATON ROGUE on May 17 and STARFLEET, the world’s oldest and largest Star Trek fan organization is celebrating with an appearance by [...]

Operations SitRep: Shuttlepod Repair Day

Location of Operation: USS Corsair Shuttle Bay, Hammond, LA Operation Objectives: Repair & repaint shuttlepod Beignet, returning her to a space-worthy state in preparation for a regional event in March, 2012 Summary of Operation Events: Structural repairs were made to the Beignet, including adding braces and re-nailing some panels. Discussions of the day included: • [...]

Gail Fundraising at Saints Game

On 1 January 2012 LCDR Gail Perrin, of the USS Corsair, helped the Greater New Orleans Drum Corps Association (GNO DCA) raise money by selling concessions at the final regular season Saints football game in the Louisiana Superdome. This away mission marked the first time GNO DCA was given such an opportunity. The day started with check [...]

Movie Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2

On his fourth Harry Potter film in a row, Director David Yates again conjures up a fantasy realm that keeps us absolutely engrossed with the action scenes. The ominous atmosphere is built up with ease and skill, the production design and the background music score by Alexandre Desplat is splendid. Nothing like this series has [...]

Movie Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST AVENGER

Captain America is first and foremost a good superhero origin story with a fun retro feel and a strong top notch performance by the supporting cast. Captain America was done very well; it’s engaging as a film about a scrappy underdog overcoming the odds instead of a film that is about generic shoot-outs and exploding [...]