Throughout the year, Envoy consistently offers help to various veterans’ and military initiatives. This year, that included chartering Honor Flights and sending volunteers to Washington D.C., donating funds to a Veterans of Foreign War post to help with hurricane relief, chartering Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band to Guantanamo Bay – the list goes on. Sometimes, when… Read more »
About 20 years ago, LaTroy Green was living and working at Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina when a very bold question came to his mind – “what if I could become a helicopter pilot?” As a certified Army mechanic, it wasn’t on the top of his list of positions, but LaTroy submitted the… Read more »
Envoy pilot Richard Thompson II recently upgraded to Captain, and before his father’s upcoming retirement as an airline pilot, he decided to surprise him with a letter of thanks for guiding him to the Captain’s seat. Below is that letter, which originally appeared in the Air Line Pilots Association magazine. Changing of the Guard … Read more »
It was a concert months in the making, but if the cheering crowd was any indication, it was well worth the wait. With the sun setting under a balmy night sky, the Lt. Dan Band, a program of the Gary Sinise Foundation, took the stage at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, with acclaimed actor Gary Sinise leading… Read more »
It was supposed to be a routine overnight trip to Pensacola, Florida for Envoy First Officer Amanda Tucker. She was going to show what a day-in-the-life of an Envoy pilot entails – her walk around inspection, flight planning, riding the shuttle to the hotel, a trip to a local restaurant…you know, the usual. But Amanda… Read more »