Wrapping up SSC Pac
11 03 2016
StratComm recently completed a year-and-a-half-long project with the U.S. Navy SSC Pacific (SPAWAR) division to research and write a book-length manuscript chronicling its technological and organizational history. Considering our company’s background (under our book publishing imprint Boston Publishing Company) in history book publishing, the project suited us perfectly, and from start to finish we thorougly enjoyed the collaboration with the SSC Pacific team.
StratComm and our talented and prolific historical writing team conducted comprehensive research and interviews to uncover significant, little-remembered moments in SSC Pacific’s history and respond to specific client requests for the manuscript. As an example, our client wanted to feature the role of women at the labs during World War II, but had no records from that time. We located a complete personnel roster in the SSC Pacific archives and found a number of female employees, then researched memoirs, obituaries, and association records that enabled us to include their stories.
As another example, our team discovered an original report written by Dr. Vannevar Bush (head of the National Defense Research Committee) to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the Roosevelt archives, that detailed the potential of rocket research at a time when most naval leadership believed that traditional big guns and battleships were the most important weapons.
The manuscript turned out to be a huge success, both from our standpoint and the client’s. Client feedback on the chapters was brief, clear, and easy to implement. When you deliver a quality product, it shows—there just isn’t much to quibble about.
At StratComm, we emphasize close, personal attention and communication with our clients, and see to it that they get exactly what they want, meeting—and usually exceeding—expectations. We believe the final manuscript that we delivered to SSC Pacific reflects that.
David Shapira
Director of Content at StratComm
