HappyTrooper in the News!
The past 4 weeks have been very exciting for me! R2 and I were featured in 3 different news sources. This is my first time being interviewed & photographed for any kind of publication, R2 could barely contain himself.
Voice of America
Voice of America is a U.S. government-funded international multimedia agency which serves as the United States federal government’s official institution for non-military, external broadcasting. It is the largest U.S. international broadcaster. The Russian division of VoA was doing a special on “May the 4th” and interviewed a few members from Garrison Tyranus – the Virginia chapter of the 501st Legion. The video is below (NOTE: broadcast is in Russian):
Northern Virginia Magazine
Northern Virginia Magazine was also doing a report on “May the 4th” and Star Wars related events around our region. R2 and I were interviewed and did our first professional photoshoot together. Jonathan Timmes was our photographer, he was amazing to work with.
Fairfax Connection
Ellie’s Hats was holding a pancake breakfast with proceeds benefitting children with cancer. The Fairfax Connection wrote up a story on the event, and may have blown my cover as a rebel pilot.