So great to see the NY National Guard in the news for their RMS project!

Yes it has been awhile since I blogged, wow since Oct?? Anyway, it's not for a lack of stuff to write about...quite the opposite. I'm going crazy in a very great way! So this note is to link you to a cool article and broadcast media that just came out of the NY National Guard on their really big RMS project--this is going to be amazing!

The BEST just got BETTER!

OK, we're bragging a little, but I think it's warranted. We're already the leading provider of interactive unit-specific historical records in the Military, but now we can take that content you send us...and create full color beautifully bound books for you as well. Until now, our main focus as been creating Unit Interactive Historical Records (UIHRs) on DVD-ROM, but due to the numerous requests from various Guard commands in particular, we have decided to include something else that our parent company StoryRock excels in, and offer a full color and text book option as either a supplement or replacement to our UIHRs (which already comes with a 6 x 8 hardbound journal). By providing a "yearbook" option, we have opened the door for all those smaller Units returning home from deployment who previously couldn't complete a UIHR as the minimum order was 500 Servicemembers (they can complete an RMS "yearbook" with a minimum order of 100). The ultimate historical record then is this book, together with the DVD-ROM that allows for everything from video interviews, to your complete archived newsletters, to every name in your Unit with a link to each individual bio page...and tons more! We really recommend a live demo of this so email me directly at jsolomon@remembermyservice.com and I'll set you up. Jake

Visiting the set of NCIS with the real NCIS!

For the last six years I've been an avid fan of the hit TV series NCIS (for those of you a little out of the loop, that's Naval Criminal Investigative Service). A couple of years ago, I first met Ralph Blincoe, the Deputy Director of the real NCIS, as part of my work with my company, and I joked with him about being the "original" Mark Harmon (he'd actually be closer to being Mark's boss on the show). Ralph is the ultimate friend...when he found out that I was going to be in LA to hang out with my sisters for a weekend, he coordinated a visit to the NCIS set--WOW, I could hardly contain myself. I'm a big fan of Mark Harmon too--he was the main reason I started watching in the first place (ah, confessions). Mark is not only a true professional, but a really great guy in person (what a relief! You just never know...) He spent quite a bit of time with all of us, and gave us the update on the new NCIS spinoff that will be starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J--should be really good. I offered my humble opinion that I think Mark and Chris should continually cross-promote their characters not just in the first two episodes, but throughout the whole season. Maybe cross-promote all the characters...it keeps us viewers guessing and tuned in to BOTH. Just my two cents.

As a note, I've been invited to speak to NCIS staff and agents on Mar. 31st...I'm really looking forward to it! Sharlene

PHOTO: On location in CA. From left to right, NCIS Assistant Director Jeff Edwards, NCIS Deputy Director Ralph Blincoe, RMS President Sharlene Hawkes, THE Mark Harmon (Special Agent Gibbs on the TV version of NCIS) and Special Agent Mike Browning.