At some point during my tour as an S-3 NFO with VS-35 I realized that NFO doesn't stand for Naval Flight Officer, but Never-ending Filming Opportunities. I figured it was a complete waste if somebody didn't get some high quality aerial footage/carrier deck footage in our roomy S-3 WAR HOOV. So much space, so slow, not too much going on over in the right seat, seemed like the right thing to do. Before my squadron departed on what would be its last cruise ever I invested in a professional DV camera and took it aboard the John C. Stennis. Little did I know what it would lead to....
During our final deployment our squadron suffered one of its greatest losses. Just off the coast of Iwo Jima we lost an aircraft and with it four aviators - LCDR "Zman" Zellem, LT "Paddy" Myrick, LT "Pup" Pupplo, and AT2 Josh Showalter.
Fast forward one year later. In a few short months following our deployment the dying S-3 community saw another west coast squadron hang it's boots up when our squadron decomed in March of 05. I had originally planned on editing my hours of footage and having it ready for the decom, but anything worth doing is worth doing well and I was going to make sure this was the best cruise video possible. Granted that's tough to do when you fly a pig like the Viking but get the video and make the call.
Around Thanksgiving of 05 the DVD was complete and it was available for purchase, only I decided not to sell it. The four guys who passed on that cruise left behind 4 wives with 4 brand new babies. When the accident happened two were pregnant and two had kids under 6 months old. It was my decision to donate all proceeds to their children's funds. In the first 4 months of it's release I sold over 250 DVD's which is good considering I have no advertisement budget, it's all been word of mouth.
For any prospective, future, current aviators that would love to see a great cruise video please go to www.infidelisproductions.com to get your copy.
This DVD is free with a donation. Again all proceeds go to the family's collective individual accounts, which I refer to as the Blue Wolf Memorial Fund. Please go to the website for more information.
Check out the trailer I did while I was on Cruise, this was a demo version: HERE
and
The beginning to a small music video HERE
Last clip is the beginning to a FOCSLE FOLLIES skit poking fun at the AIRBOSS.... can't show that on the Internet have to buy the DVD...
These are only clips you'll get on the DVD the video itself is feature length at 1 hr 35 min. It covers all the ports we visited, low level flying in Australia, dropping bombs on two decomed ships in Hawaii, drinking shenanigans in Japan, Airshow for Tiger Cruise, AirBoss, Handler interviews, tons of stuff. S-3 will be gone in a few years, and there are fewer and fewer DVD's. So grab a copy while they're still around.
STUD AVIATORS if you have any question about going carrier aviation or not, GET THIS VIDEO!! You'll never see better footage.
Please email me if you have any questions about the fund or what I'm doing now. Of course I think the video is the best ever I spent a year making it, that alone qualifies it...... hope you enjoy it!
GOOD LUCK,
Zach "MEAT" Guerra
LT/USN/S-3 NFO
www.infidelisproductions.com
During our final deployment our squadron suffered one of its greatest losses. Just off the coast of Iwo Jima we lost an aircraft and with it four aviators - LCDR "Zman" Zellem, LT "Paddy" Myrick, LT "Pup" Pupplo, and AT2 Josh Showalter.
Fast forward one year later. In a few short months following our deployment the dying S-3 community saw another west coast squadron hang it's boots up when our squadron decomed in March of 05. I had originally planned on editing my hours of footage and having it ready for the decom, but anything worth doing is worth doing well and I was going to make sure this was the best cruise video possible. Granted that's tough to do when you fly a pig like the Viking but get the video and make the call.
Around Thanksgiving of 05 the DVD was complete and it was available for purchase, only I decided not to sell it. The four guys who passed on that cruise left behind 4 wives with 4 brand new babies. When the accident happened two were pregnant and two had kids under 6 months old. It was my decision to donate all proceeds to their children's funds. In the first 4 months of it's release I sold over 250 DVD's which is good considering I have no advertisement budget, it's all been word of mouth.
For any prospective, future, current aviators that would love to see a great cruise video please go to www.infidelisproductions.com to get your copy.
This DVD is free with a donation. Again all proceeds go to the family's collective individual accounts, which I refer to as the Blue Wolf Memorial Fund. Please go to the website for more information.
Check out the trailer I did while I was on Cruise, this was a demo version: HERE
and
The beginning to a small music video HERE
Last clip is the beginning to a FOCSLE FOLLIES skit poking fun at the AIRBOSS.... can't show that on the Internet have to buy the DVD...
These are only clips you'll get on the DVD the video itself is feature length at 1 hr 35 min. It covers all the ports we visited, low level flying in Australia, dropping bombs on two decomed ships in Hawaii, drinking shenanigans in Japan, Airshow for Tiger Cruise, AirBoss, Handler interviews, tons of stuff. S-3 will be gone in a few years, and there are fewer and fewer DVD's. So grab a copy while they're still around.
STUD AVIATORS if you have any question about going carrier aviation or not, GET THIS VIDEO!! You'll never see better footage.
Please email me if you have any questions about the fund or what I'm doing now. Of course I think the video is the best ever I spent a year making it, that alone qualifies it...... hope you enjoy it!
GOOD LUCK,
Zach "MEAT" Guerra
LT/USN/S-3 NFO
www.infidelisproductions.com
