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Catching Up

Much has been going within and outside the household these past several weeks – and that explains a lot of the paucity of posts of late. Foremost amongst these was the passing of my wife’s father, a Korean War vet, railroad worker and longtime sufferer of Alzheimer’s. Word to the wise — if you haven’t [...] [...]

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Project Valour-IT: A Little Upfront/Straight Talk. . .

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8 Nov update: Four days left folks- let’s make it count!! Let’s set aside the competition for a minute and talk straight to the heart of the matter. Fact is, the need is great and growing. Our wounded warriors number in the tens of thousands, the majority of which would benefit in one way or [...] [...]

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Milblogging Conference 2010 Wrap-up

If tw0′s company and three’s a conspiracy/mutiny – what about a bunch more?  Call it Milblogger 2010 . . . Made it to the morning session before having to depart for other duties in the afternoon, but in the interim joined up with Mary (USNI), ‘Phib (CDR Salamander), Taco (Sandgram), Jim Dolbow (USNI); Sgt B [...] [...]

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2010 Milbloggies – Navy Blogs

Well the nominations are in and on the Navy side of the house there are five sites up for your voting consideration -USNI’s blog, CDR Salamander, Neptunus Lex, US Fleet Forces Command (ADM Harvey’s blog) and your humble scribe.  The list provides a most interesting cross-section of the Navy’s milblogging community.  There are active duty [...] [...]

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Coming Soon: The Naval History Blog

It is a meeting place where renowned scholars and self-taught history buffs linger and share ideas and perspective on naval events that shape nations. The Naval Institute and Naval History and Heritage Command have combined efforts to bring forth a new blog serving those with an interest in naval history.  The christening page is up [...] [...]

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Milblogs: EMCON ALFA

Joining the milblogsphere through 18 Dec: On Wednesday 16 December 2009, many milblogs — including This Ain’t Hell, From My Position, Blackfive, Miss Ladybug, Boston Maggie, Grim’s Hall, and those participating in the Wednesday Hero program — are going silent for the day. Some are choosing to go silent for a longer period of time. [...] [...]

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Arbitrary and Capricious – DoD Agencies Website Blocking

It has come to our attention that certain DoD agencies have instituted blocking software that blocks this site and several other milbloggers from being viewed in the workplace. Amongst the casualties of this policy are Eagle1, Far East Cynic, Boston Maggie, Black Five and OP-For. Sites that are generally  DoD friendly(yes, including Skippy). Sites, some [...] [...]

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IA Blogger

Latest addition to the blogroll is “Spooky In  The Sand” – a Hawkeye NFO (and former Steeljaw to boot!) who is presently one of the many Navy IA’s in Iraq with the Army.  Swing by to capture culture encounters with the Army and the wry observations and POV afforded by a career of being shot [...] [...]

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Project Valour-IT: 2008 Fundraiser Underway

“Support our Troops” So says the ubiquitous magnetic sticker on yet another non-descript vehicle on the road up ahead – but one wonders if the driver/occupant knows of a program that directly, materially supports our troops in a life-changing way? That program would be Valour-IT (Voice Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops). The short story is [...] [...]