OSHA 10 Hour Maritime Course #7615

Teaching the OSHA 10 hour maritime course?  Yes, Valkyrie does that!

Contact Wes Foy for more information!

Want to make waves? Just press "start"!

A very interesting article from Smithsonian Magazine highlights efforts to precisely recreate open-water conditions.  

Our U.S. Navy tests ships in an indoor ocean....yes, you read that right. In the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, a 12-million-gallon, football-field-size pool is the world's most sophisticated scientific wave-testing basin.  

Take a look for yourself...

Switching testing scenarios used to take 20 minutes.  Rolling waters can now be calmed in just 30 seconds.                         (Photo credit: Ryan Hanyok, U.S. Navy)

2014 Run for the Fallen August 23-24

This weekend, August 23-24, we invite you to run/walk one mile for a fallen service member killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.   You can even download a race bib to indicate who it is that you'll be honoring.  


If you are unfamiliar with Run for the Fallen, we encourage you to check them out, making sure to watch the video on their home page.  

We'd love to see your photos, too, so feel free to share them with us on our Facebook page.  

And mark your calendars for the 2015 Virginia Run for the Fallen, taking place April 30-May 3.  

Interesting....convenient, TMI or perhaps both?

We live in world where technology is everywhere.  Our smart phones, for many of us, dare we admit it, are like appendages.

And because we tend to be creatures of habit, patterns in our behaviors are becoming increasingly evident, especially if you use the app Google Now.

This article from Nextgov.com sheds light on the convenience of technology and after a relatively quick read, will probably leave you pondering a myriad of things....privacy, convenience, or even whether or not you are really as spontaneous as you'd like to think you are!

My how far technology has advanced in a few short years; I remember when my phone was just a phone.