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Well, the 2nd annual Veteran’s Day blogathon for Valour-IT is complete, with just the non-designated donations and those sent by snail still to be counted. The goal of $180K overall was exceeded and am hearing via the grapevine that maybe final contributions may exceed $210K. Three out of the 4 teams met their goals with…

Today, In honor of the 231st Birthday of The Corps, I’m posting the donation button for Team Marines. The Navy-Marine team is an awesome fighting force as proven time and again in all corners of the world where freedom is being fought for and won. So for the final stretch in this worthy endeavor, we’re…

OK folks, we’re in the home stretch. Two or so days to go and overall we’re still shy of the $180K goal. If you are one of the folks who have contributed – bless you and thank you. You have made a marked change in someone’s life for the better. Would you consider another donation?…

Usually found as part of a yellow ribbon magnet on the back of the duty minivan/SUV…well folks, here’s chance to put some meat behind those words. Between now and 11 Nov, the MilBlogging community is soliciting/gathering funds for the Valour-IT project. What is Valour IT and is it legit? Well from CSA’s site: The genesis…

So — go vote today, let the blogsphere/media hyper-focus on every jot/tittle/nuance of this micro-trend or that and await the divisions of lawyers to be deployed in the expected post-election challenges. Because on Nov 12th there still will be a Marine in Balboa missing a hand;A Soldier in Brooke Army Hospital with an amputated arm;A…

Update (3 Nov): Crickets…all I’m hearin’ are crickets…not up to the challenge? 😉– SJS OK, guess it’s throw down time. Something isn’t kosher when the Navy is trailing the bus men in blue, so here goes. Open challenge to Mike over at No Angst Zone — if Team USAF is ahead of Team Navy after…

… or, *ahem* one “blown joke” Update from the Air Force-Army game:

Have at it…

Will be interested to see how this plays out — similar initiative to have vets salute during the playing of the National Anthem vice placing hand over heart hasn’t seen much participation, ‘least from YHS’ observation. On another note — light blogging this weekend as YHS is off to a friend’s retirement in Norfolk tomorrow…