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Posted by Mistress Carrie on August 19, 2010

So, like I told you last week… I (callsign NARKO) was asked (activated) by the Mass Air National Guard (again) to come out to Westfield Mass. and fly. Of course I said yes!!!

I flew with John Klatt who is a crazy good pilot.

He’s got over 13,000 hours in the sky! He flies the 300 Extra plane in airshows around the country. This is an acrobatic aircraft, and it can do some things that the laws of physics should not allow!

Here are some of the pictures from my flight! Keep your eyes on www.waaf.com for the flight video, that will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!

Photo’s by MSgt Mark Fortin of the 104th Fighter Wing

Here’s what was waiting for me when I arrived!

I had to wear the ’smurf suit’ for the flight! SEXY!!!

That’s my pilot John Klatt double checking my emergency parachute… Just in case!

Ready for take off!

Just after take off. This picture was taken from inside the chase plane… Wait until you see the awesome video they filmed too!

We got pretty close to the chase plane during the flight! It was cool! Notice my stylish headgear!

WAAF video guru RAZ filming from the other plane! So cool!

This was the ‘test’ to see if going upside down would make me sick… HA! Yeah right!!! This was just the beginning of this crazy flight!

It’s so hard to describe what this looks like from inside the plane! The canopy is so clear, it looks like you could just fall right out! AWESOME!!!

Such a great view!!!

Eat my smoke!!!!!

Can you tell I loved every minute of this flight?????

Here I am attempting to get my brain ‘unscrambled’

I had to stop by and visit my old friend the F-15 Eagle!!!

And I bumped into my F15 pilot WOD!!! He kicks ass!

Click here to see the video from my F-15 flight with WOD!

I saw this on one of the airshow planes… It gives the term ‘bird strike’ a whole new meaning!

Here I am with my two favorite  Air National Guard pilots… John Klatt and WOD!

A HUGE thank you to Chief Johnson, MSgt Smith, John Klatt, the John Klatt Airshows staff, and everyone in the 104th Fighter Wing of the Mass. Air National Guard! Thanks for a great day! I’ll see you at the AIRSHOW this weekend in Westfield!!!

Click here for all of the details, and for more info on joining the Air National Guard!

Posted by Mistress Carrie on August 13, 2010

 

A couple of years ago MSgt. Smith from the Mass Air National Guard came up to the studio and invited me to fly in an F-15 Eagle. I SAID YES!!!

At 9 G’s I ‘took a little nap’ earning the callsign NARKO, short for narcoleptic (they added the K to make it more Rock N Roll).  But, at least I didn’t throw up!!! Evidence included! My empty vomit bag!

Today MSgt Smith called to invite me to fly with Lt. Col. John Klatt in an aerobatic airplane! Lt. Col. Klatt is a pilot for the Air National Guard, but he also flies in airshows in this aerobatic aircraft. 

According to his official website www.johnklattairshows.com the aircraft I will be flying in is called the 300 Extra. The Extra is powered by a 300 horsepower variant of the Lycoming 540 six cylinder engine. It weighs 1470 pounds empty and is certified to a load factor of +/- 10 Gs. NICE!!!!!!

Watch John Klatt in action here!!!

Thousands of people will be headed west to see the Westfield International Airshow next weekend, and I’m going to get an early taste of the action!

Click the link below to listen to my interview with MSgt Smith!

MSgt Smith from the Mass Air National Guard

For details and directions to the Westfield International Airshow, which is FREE and open to the public click here!

 

For more information on the Air National Guard call 1-800-TO-GO-ANG or log onto www.goang.com

If you or someone you know are an experienced medical professional, and would like more information on what role you can play in the Massachusetts Air National Guard please contact MSgt Kevin Eccleston Kevin.eccleston@ang.af.mil

You know how much I love the men and women in uniform who protect this great country, and I am so thankful for this chance to fly!!!

A full report on my flight coming Thursday afternoon, and YES we will get it all on video for you!

Here are the videos from my F-15 flight! Enjoy!

 

Posted by Mistress Carrie on June 25, 2010

I’ll be at Showcase LIVE in Foxboro on Sunday starting at NOON!

Come down and say hello!!!

OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH PRIZES FOR TOURNAMENTS INCLUDING STREET FIGHTER FOUR, SUPER SMASH BROTHERS, TEKKEN SIX, ROCK BAND, GUITAR HERO, AND MORE!

GREAT MUSIC BY METALLICA TRIBUTE BAND – METALLIHAM, AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY POWER GLOVE, BRENTAL FLOSS, AND JESUS CANDY.

Go to www.ticketmaster.com and search for Game Underground!

THE GAME UNDERGROUND VIDEO GAME AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IS SPONSORED BY THE U.S. ARMY.  TAKE THE FIRST STEP TO BECOMING STRONGER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU COULD BE. IN THE ARMY, YOU’LL DISCOVER ADVENTURE, THE CHANCE TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY AND THE KIND OF TRAINING THAT TRULY PREPARES YOU FOR THE FUTURE.

http://www.game-underground.com/

Posted by Mistress Carrie on April 6, 2010

WOW!!!! Tom Werner called in to talk about the Sox, the Run To Home Base, Supporting our Troops, the Yankees, Aerosmith at Fenway Park, Mork & Mindy and how slow we both run! I talked to him for 15 minutes and I didn’t even ask him for free tickets ONCE!!! :)

Listen to my interview with Tom by clicking below!

Click here to listen to my interview with Tom Werner

For more info on the Run To Home Base click here!

Clich here to sponsor me with a donation!

Posted by Mistress Carrie on April 2, 2010

Since I started running last summer, I’ve been participating in charity races.

It’s a great way to get my ass motivated to go to the gym, and to raise money for great causes!

When I heard about this run, I knew that I had to do it! Who could pass up the chance to run across home plate at Fenway???

In order for me to do it, I need to raise money!

Here’s my fundraising page!

http://www.runtohomebase.org/runtohomebase/mistresscarrie

If you can, please make a donation! Or, if you want to raise money by running, join Team WAAF!

  Ever dreamed about running across home plate at Fenway Park as the crowd cheers you on?  Want to be a part of an inaugural fundraising event that will help provide much needed services to local veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan?  Well, do we have the race for you!  The Run to Home Base is a unique 9K fundraising run through scenic Boston, ending with the once-in-a-lifetime experience of crossing “home base” (plate) at historic Fenway Park.

Friends and family can watch you from the stands at Fenway, with food, entertainment and fun family activities in the concourses of America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.  The run takes place on May 23rd, starting and ending at Fenway Park.  The Run to Home Base will honor heroic veterans and help raise much needed funds for the new Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program. 

 

Posted by Mistress Carrie on

The U.S. ARMY medical department is looking for heroes to serve our heroes! Do you know a doctor or dentist who has become a hero to you or someone you know? To nominate your hero with the gift of the healing, complete the information below. The U.S. ARMY medical department is one of the largest and most advanced healthcare systems in the world and they are currently looking for the best of the best – to heal, to save, to serve!

Listen to Mistress Carrie’s interview with Dr. Cameron Wright, Thoracic Surgeon, MGH and Colonel, U.S. Army CLICK HERE!

Posted by Mistress Carrie on March 9, 2010

Have you ever wondered what influence American culture is going to have on the people of Iraq? As we get ready to leave the security of Iraq to it’s people, what ‘American’ traditions will be left behind? What things will be odopted? Well, it seems that there is a love of heavy metal music over there!

Check this out from Blabbermouth:

“Only The Dead See The End Of The War”, the debut EP from the Iraqi heavy metal band ACRASSICAUDA, is available for streaming in its entirety using the widget below. Recorded in 2009 following the band’s final relocation to the U.S., the CD was produced by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick and mixed by engineer Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, SYSTEM OF A DOWN). The four-song debut “explodes with ferocious war metal,” according to a press release.this location.Viceland.com.

“Only The Dead See The End Of The War” track listing:

01. Message From Baghdad
02. Garden Of Stones
03. Massacre
04. The Unknown

“Only The Dead See The End Of The War” is available for purchase at

ACRASSICAUDA made its U.S. live debut on January 21, 2010 at Brooklyn, New York metal dive bar The Charleston. The group played a 45-minute set in front of friends and family, including Skolnick.

Check out photos of the performance at

For the past six years, VICE has documented the story of ACRASSICAUDA in its struggle to stay alive and continue the group while enduring the disintegration of its own country throughout the war.

Also in stores now is the inspirational book “Heavy Metal in Baghdad: The Story of Acrassicauda” (VICE/MTV Books). Expanding on the internationally acclaimed, award-winning VBS.TV/VICE Films documentary produced and directed by Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti, VICE editors Andy Capper and Gabi Sifre extensively cover the history of ACRASSICAUDA, beginning at their youth in Iraq and culminating in their eventual relocation to the U.S. in 2008. Featuring never-before-seen photographs, setlists, posters, and flyers, the book tells the real story of life during wartime in Baghdad.

“Garden Of Stones”, the new video from ACRASSICAUDA, can be viewed below.

Posted by Mistress Carrie on January 22, 2010

 
OK everyone. I can’t keep quiet anymore! I am so tired of reading comments about how “we should be helping our own people first” and not helping the people of Haiti!
In the U.S., when you are hungry,  there is a food bank… when you are sick,  it is ILLEGAL for you to be turned away at a hospital… when you have no job, there is unemployment… and when you are homeless, there is a shelter! I know that this country is not perfect, but on our worst day… we are better off , than the best days in Haiti.
 
I would think as Americans, you would feel a kinship with Haiti. The Haitian people were slaves from Africa, who rebelled against their captors, and won… they created their own country so they could live in peace! Sound familiar? They have been ravaged by war, natural disasters and greedy leaders… Sound familiar?  Read the history of Haiti here!
 
After 9/11 the world donated money, search teams and resources to us… After Katrina they did the same. See the list here

If you want to know what would happen, if we just left Haiti to help themselves… with no infrastructure or medicine… With no security and no schools…
TAKE A LOOK AT AFGHANISTAN!
That country was ravaged by war ( which we were involved with… secretly), and when they needed schools and hospitals… we left! The people with the biggest guns took over and resented those who left them alone… US!
And look at where we are now… Back in Afghanistan!
 So if you think that it is stupid for us to be lending a helping hand to the Haitian people… Imagine what would happen in 20 years, with a country 250 miles off of our coast if we didn’t help!

And by the way… The same RED CROSS that is in Haiti right now helping the victims… Is in L.A. helping Americans who are flooded out of their homes, and they are the same RED CROSS who were here in Mass. last winter when the ice storm hit!

 
So, I wonder how someone who was raised in the greatest country on Earth,  could write a comment on Facebook that says… “F*CK the people in Haiti, we have to worry about ourselves first!”
It makes me sick to read something like that! You should be ashamed of yourself!
 
I bet if you asked every Soldier and Marine on the ground in Afghanistan right now… “Would you rather be shooting people or helping to save orphaned children”? They would say… I’d rather save the children…

The men and women of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are in Haiti right now doing what many people will not… They are helping! Once again, they make me proud to be an American! 

Posted by Mistress Carrie on December 10, 2009

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A BIG thank you to local soldier Lucas Carr and the Rangers from Bravo Company 2-35 Infantry  3rd Platoon/25 Infantry Division for flying a flag in Iraq for WAAF!

Welcome home guys!

Thank you for your service!

Posted by Mistress Carrie on November 17, 2009

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Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2004. We are strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001. It is our duty and our honor to assist severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and to coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently.

Homes For Our Troops is building a house in Massachusetts,

for SSG Michael Downing. This is an AMAZING story! 

The are holding a ‘Build Brigade’ to build the weather tight shell of the house on

 December 11, 12, 13 in Middleboro, Ma.

They need skilled labor, volunteers, materials etc.

Click Here for all of the information and to sign up or donate!

Let’s get this house built in time for the holidays! 

 

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