Last update was: 4/15/09
This website is a memorial to the life of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton of Miami, Oklahoma ; assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Jason was killed January 22nd, 2006 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while he was conducting convoy escort duties in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq.
"The family is a haven in a heartless world..." - Christopher Lasch
The last family photo taken a day before Thanksgiving 2005, just a few days before Jason deployed to Iraq. Rebecca was age 8 and Dalton was age 7...
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity...
NON SOLUM ARMIS - Not By Arms Alone...
The shield is divided diagonally into the original colors of the Air Service, green and black. Over the dividing line is a band of the Air Force’s, present colors, ultramarine blue and golden yellow representative of the Rio Grande River dividing the US and Mexico. On the green field is a yellow cactus commemorating the group’s first patrols along the Mexican border. Around the shield is a white border with black German crosses equal to the number of aerial victories credited to the Group’s original squadrons during the Great War...
The United States Air Force Logo and the 3rd Wing Emblem
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them..." - Aristotle
"History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice..." - Timothy Pawlenty
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue...
"Brave men are brave from the very first..."
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing...
Clockwise from left - Rebecca (Jason's daughter), Eve (Jason's sister in law), Adam (Jason's brother in law), Cris (Jason's wife), Dalton (Jason's son)
"If 50 years from now we are a million miles away, and you need the light of that special one to brighten up your day... just close your eyes and touch your heart and honestly believe, there's a piece of me inside your heart, a peace that never leaves..." - Anonymous
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart... - Arabian Proverb
Jason (right) in Saudi Arabia - 2001
When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood...
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it...
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences...
A son is a son until he takes a wife... but a daughter is a daughter every day of her life....
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry..." - William Shakespeare
“When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism…” - David Starr Jordan
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am...
"My fathere didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it..." - Clarence B. Kelland
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear...
This website is a memorial to the life of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton of Miami, Oklahoma ; assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Jason was killed January 22nd, 2006 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while he was conducting convoy escort duties in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq.
"The family is a haven in a heartless world..." - Christopher Lasch
The last family photo taken a day before Thanksgiving 2005, just a few days before Jason deployed to Iraq. Rebecca was age 8 and Dalton was age 7...
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity...
NON SOLUM ARMIS - Not By Arms Alone...
The shield is divided diagonally into the original colors of the Air Service, green and black. Over the dividing line is a band of the Air Force’s, present colors, ultramarine blue and golden yellow representative of the Rio Grande River dividing the US and Mexico. On the green field is a yellow cactus commemorating the group’s first patrols along the Mexican border. Around the shield is a white border with black German crosses equal to the number of aerial victories credited to the Group’s original squadrons during the Great War...
The United States Air Force Logo and the 3rd Wing Emblem
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them..." - Aristotle
"History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice..." - Timothy Pawlenty
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue...
"Brave men are brave from the very first..."
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing...
Clockwise from left - Rebecca (Jason's daughter), Eve (Jason's sister in law), Adam (Jason's brother in law), Cris (Jason's wife), Dalton (Jason's son)
"If 50 years from now we are a million miles away, and you need the light of that special one to brighten up your day... just close your eyes and touch your heart and honestly believe, there's a piece of me inside your heart, a peace that never leaves..." - Anonymous
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart... - Arabian Proverb
Jason (right) in Saudi Arabia - 2001
When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood...
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it...
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences...
A son is a son until he takes a wife... but a daughter is a daughter every day of her life....
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry..." - William Shakespeare
“When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism…” - David Starr Jordan
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am...
"My fathere didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it..." - Clarence B. Kelland
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear...
This website is a memorial to the life of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason L. Norton of Miami, Oklahoma ; assigned to the 3rd Security Forces Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.
Jason was killed January 22nd, 2006 when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while he was conducting convoy escort duties in the vicinity of Taji, Iraq.
"The family is a haven in a heartless world..." - Christopher Lasch
The last family photo taken a day before Thanksgiving 2005, just a few days before Jason deployed to Iraq. Rebecca was age 8 and Dalton was age 7...
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity...
NON SOLUM ARMIS - Not By Arms Alone...
The shield is divided diagonally into the original colors of the Air Service, green and black. Over the dividing line is a band of the Air Force’s, present colors, ultramarine blue and golden yellow representative of the Rio Grande River dividing the US and Mexico. On the green field is a yellow cactus commemorating the group’s first patrols along the Mexican border. Around the shield is a white border with black German crosses equal to the number of aerial victories credited to the Group’s original squadrons during the Great War...
The United States Air Force Logo and the 3rd Wing Emblem
"Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them..." - Aristotle
"History has taught us over and over again that freedom is not free. When push comes to shove, the ultimate protectors of freedom and liberty are the brave men and women in our armed forces. Throughout our history, they've answered the call in bravery and sacrifice..." - Timothy Pawlenty
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue...
"Brave men are brave from the very first..."
The love of a family is life's greatest blessing...
Clockwise from left - Rebecca (Jason's daughter), Eve (Jason's sister in law), Adam (Jason's brother in law), Cris (Jason's wife), Dalton (Jason's son)
"If 50 years from now we are a million miles away, and you need the light of that special one to brighten up your day... just close your eyes and touch your heart and honestly believe, there's a piece of me inside your heart, a peace that never leaves..." - Anonymous
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart... - Arabian Proverb
Jason (right) in Saudi Arabia - 2001
When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood...
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it...
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences...
A son is a son until he takes a wife... but a daughter is a daughter every day of her life....
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry..." - William Shakespeare
“When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism…” - David Starr Jordan
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am...
"My fathere didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it..." - Clarence B. Kelland
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear...