Tailhook Association Newsletter
Administrative Notes

Plotting the Future of the Naval Aviation News Magazine

Naval Aviation News, the oldest publication in the Navy, has shifted publication responsibility from the Naval History and Heritage Command to N 88, Director of Air Warfare as of 1 January 2010. The new publishers are seeking inputs from all hands to help shape the development of your magazine. Should Nav Air News become an on-line publication distributed via email and the Web or should it remain in its traditional format “as is?” For your information The Hook magazine is patterned after the Nav Air News format. Please email your recommendation to nae@navy.mil using the message header “NANEWS WAY AHEAD” no later than 8 January 2010. We all should strive to keep this important asset alive and well to promote Naval Avaition.
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Dear Tailhookers,

I am writing to ask for your support of the Tailhook Educational Foundation. The Foundation is the charitable nonprofit arm of The Tailhook Association, with the primary mission of providing annual educational scholarships to children and grandchildren of present and past carrier aviation personnel.

Our yearly appeal is well underway and we here at the Foundation look forward to your continued support as we grow our endowment. Your tax-deductible contributions may continue to be made via mail and our website.

I hope you choose to support the Tailhook Educational Foundation. To donate on line, visit at our web site at: https://tailhook.net/Foundation.html, or mail your donations to the address below.

We are very proud and honored to have awarded 87 scholarships this year. We had 300 plus applications and could have easily awarded another 75 scholarships to an equally qualified group. We look forward to an even more robust future founded on your continued support.

For more information, contact:

The Tailhook Educational Foundation

  • c/o Marc “Tag” Ostertag
  • Administrative Officer
  • 9696 Businesspark Ave.
  • San Diego, CA 92131-1643
  • 1-800-322-HOOK (4665)
  • 858-578-8839 (Fax)
  • tag@tailhook.net


The Board of Directors and I thank all of you for your continued generosity, all you’ve done and all you continue to do.

RADM Ham Tallent, USN (Ret)

President
Scholarship Season:

Scholarship applications for the 2010-2011 school year will be available on 15 December 2009. They are due back at the Tailhook headquarters by 15 March 2010. This year we plan to award grants in amounts from $1,500 to $10,000. Our goal is to provide undergraduate educational scholarships the best and brightest students.

Scholarship Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration for a Tailhook Educational Foundation scholarship, an individual must be a high school graduate and the natural, step, or adopted son, daughter or grandchild of a current or former (U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Coast Guard) Naval Aviator, Naval Flight Officer, or Naval Aircrewman. Also eligible are individuals or children of individuals who are serving or have served on board a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in ship’s company or the air wing. Eligible applicants must be accepted for undergraduate enrollment at an accredited college or university.
AGAIN THIS YEAR WAGNER COLLEGE IS AWARDING TWO SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS WORTH $15,000 EACH.

WAGNER COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Wagner College is offering 2 Presidential Scholarships equaling $15,000 per year to entering students who meet TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION Scholarship requirements as well as Wagner’s academic admission requirements. These awards are merit based and will be awarded at the time of admission to the College.

Applications to the TAILHOOK EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION and Wagner College must be received by the March 15 deadline. Application information can be found online at www.wagner.edu and at www.tailhook.net.

For further questions about applying to Wagner College please contact:
Naval Aviation News Update

090207-N-9187B-031 GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 7, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) sails near the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during daily flight operations. The Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Bruns/Released)
090210-N-6538W-563 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 10, 2009) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) transits the Pacific Ocean during an undersea warfare exercise involving the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. John C. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Walter M. Wayman/Released)
090210-N-7571S-011 GULF OF OMAN (Feb. 10, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class Nancy Germann clears her hands from the catapult release button after she releases an aircraft during the first event of flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Snyder/Released)
090216-N-5658B-178 NORFOLK (Feb. 16, 2009) Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) man the rails as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk after conducting Builder's Sea Trials Feb. 13 through 16. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan A. Bailey/Released)

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Headquarters Contacts

Mailing address:

  • 9696 Businesspark Ave
  • San Diego, CA 92131-1643

Executive Director: JR Davis - Phone (858) 229-6389, e-mail: jrdavis@tailhook.net

The Hook Magazine: Phone (858) 689-9227, e-mail: thookassn@aol.com

  • Editor: Dennis Irelan
  • Managing Editor: Jan Jacobs
  • Archivist: Doug Siegfried

Hook Reunion Coordinator (Marc Ostertag): tag@tailhook.net, (800) 322-4665

The Tailhook Educational Foundation (CFC #10251): (800) 269-8267

The Tailhook Ship’s Store: (800) 322-4665

Tailhook Web site: http://www.tailhook.org or http://www.tailhook.net