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ESPN Radio America Outdoors Paraglide Texas and OE Jan 2010 ESPN radio show host Chris James talks to Paraglide Texas team and the OE team about Paraglide training. John will complete powered paragliding over the next 16 weeks. Follow along as we document the entire process of adding this critical aspect of Triphibious exploration. Stay tuned for a virtual soaring experience from Austin and on to remote islands inside the Coral Triangle and Papua New Guinea. Paraglide training reports and videos
Ritter Island Volcano Report Jan 2010 Published OE thanks scientist and taskforce member Steve Saunders for his report following the OE 2009 expedition to Ritter, even if your not into Volcanoes Steve's report is full of interesting insights about this unique island's history as the largest recorded oceanic eruption and landslide event.
OE Attends Dec 7th Memorial and National Museum of the Pacific War Grand Opening George H. W, Bush Gallery Dec. 7th 2009 OE reports on the opening of the new 10 million dollar expansion team as part of the Dec. 7th Memorial Celebration
HYBRID TRIPHIBIOUS SURVIVAL KIT OE introduces a new survival kit the Hybrid Triphibious Survival
Kit (HTSK). The kit is a backpack constructed of waterproof and flame
resistant fabric, for Triphibious (Land, Sea, Air) application the kit is
designed to be worn or kept close in the field, because if you don't have
it, it can't save you. The HTSK is conceived and designed by John Holder;
the kits components are off the shelf for ease of acquisition.
OE Awarded lifetime membership and Newsletter story Nov. 1, 2009 What a surprise and honor to be recognized by the 80th Fighter Squadron HeadHunters Association....their newsletter article and lifetime membership cards which were awarded to John and George make us feel so humbled. The are no words to full express the respect and value we have for being adopted and included by the members of this historically important organization.
OE Helicopter Charter Story in Vertical Magazine John Holder was recently interviewed by Marcia Irving, of Vertical Magazine. Vertical informs key decision makers — including government personnel, managers and flight operations personnel — of the latest trends, technologies and issues affecting their operations. Marcia's story, SKY EXPLORERS details OE's use of a Bell Long Ranger 206 helicopter on our 4 hour recon mission over West New Britian. Additional helicopter mission photos.
Warriors Adaptive Diving Blue Water Trip Sept 2009 After certification of the 10th adaptive scuba class of wounded warriors George accompanied John Duggan driving the scuba gear to Florida. He gets to do his video thing as the warriors experienced blue water wreck diving. The troops also enjoyed visits to Man of the Sea Museum, Air Force and Navy Base Tours. Dive Trip was organized with Duggan's favorite local Florida dive shop, Panama City Dive Center as part of his ongoing Adaptive Scuba Program. The majority of the trip was sponsored by the wonderful members of the Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, Air Warrior Courage Foundation and Veterans Airlift Command who provided two planes and pilots for air transportation of the warriors.
ESPN Live Radio America Outdoors Austin, TX July 11, 2009 OE team talks about this years expeditions results 60 minutes what we accomplished.
OE 2009 Expedition Team June 2009 Once again we applied the OE "Fitz-Winian" formula for scientific exploration of OE world located in the Eastern lobe of the Coral Triangle
ESPN Live Radio America Outdoors Austin, TX April 18, 2009 OE team talks about this years expeditions efforts in PNG. 60 full minutes detailing why, what how we accomplish our goals.
Dive The Blue Magazine Article 2nd Expedition Published May 2009 Once again OE thanks Filipino author - award wining photographer Scotty "Gutsy" Tuason and Australia's oldest diving magazine, Deep Blue publisher editor Barry Andrewartha for exploring West New Britain with us. Even more we thank them for doing such a fantastic job creating this wonderful article about the place and the people who are so dear to our hearts and minds. See for yourself the awesome imagery of Scott's photos and read why these experts are raving about the dive sites we are discovering. See why a world wide diving guru like Scott "says one of the best reefs I've ever dived"...That single statement, coming from someone who has 1,000s of dives, wins photo awards, and has been hired by major dive magazines and enviromental ogranizations, I think you can see why we are so proud of this article..PLEASE, please share by sending a weblink to your friends who care about our planet and our oceans.
ESPN Live Radio America Outdoors Austin, TX April 2009 Hear George's good friend and OE supporter Paul Ellis Director of Swim For Reef , study abroad and reef protection for Cozumel, MX Paul swam accross the channel between Cancun and Cozumel to raise awareness for the reefs of Cozumel. George is trying to help Paul get a marine study abroad program funded and launched in Cozumel.
ESPN Live Radio America Outdoors Austin, TX April 2009 Hear OE and Alamo Scouts Director Russ Blaise talk for one hour with ESPN Austin host Chris James and Oak Hill Scuba owner Mac Machachek, discussing importance of Alamo Scouts, recon teams during WWII in the areas being explored by OE expeditions. 100,000 of American lives were saved due to the efforts of these brave men 65+ years ago.
May Issue Texas Live Magazine George photos interviews Feb 2009 Class,
Many thanks to Connie Strong and TX Live for doing such a wonderful job with this article about the warriors.
OE's George and 5th scuba class wounded soliders in transition Feb 2009
Center For Intrepid, Sports program Scuba our largest class 16 guys, what an honor to assist America's finest get scuba certified.
OE Attends Warbird Fly In National Museum Pacific War Dec. 6 & 7, 2008
John and George meet with pilots and owners of over 30 Warbirds who took part in this years Dec 7th memorial events at the Hanger Hotel and Museum.
OE's George and 4th Scuba Class for Center For Intrepid, wounded soliders Nov 2008 Once again the honor of helping some of America's finest get scuba certified.
OE Attends American Fighter Aces Reunion Austin, TX June 2008 the honor of meeting with American Aces, Military historians, Military artists and their families.
OE's George Working With 3nd Class Warrior In Transition Scuba Project April 2008 Another Warrior class gets scuba certified and George was there representing OE and our goal to ispire our youth by honoring these heroes.
OE Attends Alamo Scouts Reunion March 13-14th, 2008 Meeting with several WWII heros, historians, and their families. The OE team was fortunate to be honored with an invitation to attend the ALAMO SCOUTS 2008 reunion in San Antonio, Texas held at the historic Menger Hotel. Russ Blaise (Ass. Executive Director), was our gracious host, and Lance Zedric (Alamo Scouts Historian) and his family regaled us with stories of the amazing history of this elite unit.
OE's George Doing His Thing With Wounded In Transition Scuba Project Jan 2008 What an honor I had being on John Duggan's team and his Warrior Scuba program, shooting videos and photos presenting each warrior with DVD video, CD of photos, and website presence for them to share with their family, friends and sponsors..the least I can do for all they have done. Freedom was never Free.
Presentation The National Museum Of The Pacific War Dec 7, 2007 OE delivered a 90 minute presentation to a full room of attendees who were in Fredericksberg at the 66th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Symposium Turning Point: Midway and Guadalcanal, The National Museum Of The Pacific War Sept 15-16, 2007 Check out this articel it was quite an event where the OE team met more WWII heroes, historians and even a Japanese Ace who flew in Pearl Harbor, Midway and Guadalcanal.
Nimitz News Dispatch Announcing OE Presentation At The National Museum Of The Pacific War 2007 Read this press article annoucing the Dec 7th 2007 date when John Holder and George Cummings will present the OE story: Where we are going, why we are going, what we have acheived to date and our plans for future expeditions. The audience can expect 100's of images and interesting stories of the men who fought in the untold story of the Battle of New Britain, Borgen Bay Dec 26, 1943.
Rogue Magazine Article Covers 2007 Expedition OE thanks Filipino author - photographer Scotty "Gutsy" Tuason and Philippines Newest Men's Magazine Rogue for 16 pages and 17 World Class photos detailing Scott's experience on his OE Adventure. Scott's unique style of over-the-top choice of words and awesome imagery will electrify the reader. OE appreciates Rogue Magazine's Editor Miguel Mari permission to post this Aug. 2007 article on our website.
HEADHUNTERS Reunion April 2007 John Holder and George Cummings represented OE at the Original Headhunters 80th Fighter Squadron Reunion. Out of honor OE has adopted the 80th logo as our expedition logo. What an experience it was to be meet with so many WWII Heros, Aces and their families. We came home with Headhunter patches to handout on our expedition, 3 hours of priceless interviews, several new stories to add to our production and the feeling we were adopted into the 80th TFS family.
Duggan Diving & OE March 2007 John and George meet with John Duggan, Duggan Diving, Holder's long time friend, plans moving forward to work together on short motivation film documenting the scuba training for injured military men and women returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom, with long term goal of taking them on a future "Headhunter Expedition" seeking WWII wrecks and new dive sites in S. Pacific.
Grand Re-Opening The National Museum Of The Pacific War Feb 2007 Another proud and historical moment for the OE Team in attendance were John & Kathy Holder, George Cummings and his nephew Sgt. Matt Wood Army 3 Tours Iraq and Afghanistan.
Grand Opening CENTER FOR THE INTREPID Jan 2007 to learn how OE intends on working with the CFTI, documenting the scuba training of buddy teams who will eventually join us on an expedition exploring oceans for WWII wrecks. NOTE: This file is 10MB Windows Media Video should download and play within a minute or two if you have a fast internet connection, macintosh users may need to download the windows media player to play this file. To learn more about the Center for the Intrepid click here for another slideshow or here for the story
Working The Walindi Booth DEMA Nov 2006 John and George pitch in and help Walindi team in the PNG booth at Dema 06
OMS and OE OE team leader meets with OMS at DEMA 2006
Thunderbirds Randolph Air Force Base 75th Anniversary Nov. 2005 OE team leader and family meets with the Thunderbirds at their induction ceremony into the order of the Daedalians
Daedalians Headquarters Randolph Air Force Base Oct. 2005 OE team and Texas Crew interview Colonel Glen "Gabby" Holder
The National Museum Of The Pacific War Symposium Sept. 2005 OE team exhibit booth summary report and photos
Nimitz News Dispatch June 2005 Newsletter for the Admiral Nimitz Foundation and The National Museum Of The Pacific War. The OE team expedition to New Britain in June 2006 is featured on page 8 of this the third quarter issue, see "Discovering an Underwater Museum."
Cyclones 2003 An article featured in the Daedalus Flyer magazine, the official publication of the Daedalians, and written by John C. Holder of the OE team. This article highlights the exploits of Glen ‘Gabby’ Holder and his squadron mates of the 35th Fighter Squadron “Black Panthers” aka ‘Cyclones Flying Circus’.
Headhunters 2003 An article featured in the Daedalus Flyer magazine, the official publication of the Daedalians, and written by John C. Holder of the OE team. This article highlights the exploits of Carl ‘Freddie’ Taylor and his squadron mates of the 80th Fighter Squadron “Headhunters”.