The MoveAmericaForward Telethon is happening right now, from 4 pm to midnight EST (1 pm to 9 pm Pacific time)
You can check out the livestream of the telethon "From the Frontlines" here http://www.ustream.tv/channel/from-the-frontlines
and on the MoveAmericaForward website they have a widget with a running total of donations Here
This Weeks Hero Was Suggested by Mary Ann
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look
This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
Here's an event you might want to check out, if you're a military Husker fan
Husker Fans Salute to the Troops
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JP at Milblogging.com has UPDATES on the 2008 Milblog Conference
( which I won't be able to attend this year, sigh....but if you have a chance, consider going!!)
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Lastly, Major Pain at One Marine's View is asking for Emails of support for his Marines
LETTERS FROM HOME-WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
Can you send these Marine's a good word?
(and pass the word on about this,please)
Two sites I wanted to pass on, about Remembering the Fallen.
The first is a site that a friend is working on
My weekly 'surf' of the web for news by, and about, Soldiers Angels
Willie at A German-American Friendship Bracelet covers some Soldiers Angels News and Stories
and also, in case you can't get enough of a 'fix' of Soldiers Angels links from her post and my web surf? has a link to BlogNetNews.com, for more stories by blogging members of Soldiers Angels
http://www.blognetnews.com/soldiersangels/
I won't link to all of the posts on that link, but you'll see quite a number of posts from the Ladies of Liberty blog and that's a blog I want to urge you to check out Ladies of Liberty
partly because they are featuring a lot of Angels on there....it's always nice, to see the folks who are member Angels :) and they're also featuring the LOL servicemembers who are being supported by the Ladies of Liberty
For more news about Soldiers Angels? How about this story?
Wounded Soldiers And Veterans Get Assist From WWE®
Way to go, Oklahoma City Soldiers Angels! and WWE !
This....is just way cool, I think. The author of this blog and her family have adopted a soldier through Soldiers Angels, and getting the care packages together prompted some memories of his WW II deployment in Occupied Japan from an Uncle.
She blogs it here The Connecting Threads of War
Two things I wanted to highlight, from Soldiers Angels Texas....the first is a video Welcoming Troops at DFW Airport
and secondly, National Guard Troops in Iowa Need Angel Help
Lastly, I wanted to share a post from Soldiers Angels Germany From the Soldiers' Angels mailbox
because it's a Thank You from the parent of a Fallen Hero to the Team at Soldiers Angels that I'm honored to be a part of The Living Legends Team
That's the 'surf' for this past week!
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Have Every Right To Dream Heroic Dreams. Those Who Say That We're In A Time When There Are No Heroes, They Just Don't Know Where To Look
This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.
As Milblogging.com nears a Milestone Milblogging.com Approaches 2,000 Military Blog Milestone I decided to take a look back through the archives over there.
After all, over the years JP has gone from calling me a 'Milblogging.com fan' to referring to me as a 'Milblogging.com FANATIC' (and there was that paper served that said 'restraining order'....LOL, just kidding:)
Anyway, the idea for looking through the archives originated because I was wondering why, in his Milestone post, JP hadn't linked back to his very first entry on Milblogging.com?
I noticed on the Milblogging.com website that there was a handy link listed at the bottom of the home page that said BLOG ARCHIVES and thought to myself "oh, this will be easy."
Imagine my surprise when I clicked on the link and came to a page that said UNDER CONSTRUCTION (not sure 'surprise' is the word I want to use there.....'chagrin'? 'cursing'?'frustration'?)
So, it seemed my only solution was to scroll backwards in time, all the way back to October 31,2005,which is where I found the first entry
Hmmmm...not very auspicious, was it? Fortunately for all of us, Milblogging.com evolved....as did JP.....
From then:
To Now:
Actually, scrolling through the Milblogging.com archives all the way back to the beginning was like scrolling through the evolution of Milblogs themselves. I came across references to so many of the first milblogs which have now faded into the mists, as their writers returned to 'real life' from deployment, and ceased blogging.....and I recalled the excitement of discovering them for the first time, and avidly reading them as often as I could.
I also came across the numbers JP posted as he added milblogs to the Milblogging.com database, like Saturday,November 5,2005: A listing of 505 milblogs going on to Sunday,February 12,2006: 1,209 Milblogs in the database and Friday,September 8,2006: Tada! Here's the #1,500 military blog!
So, as you can see, it's taken awhile for Milblogging.com to get near this Milestone of 2,000 Milblogs. Currently, the site lists " 1,998 military blogs in 37 countries with 5,261 registered members " Yes,JP and Milblogging.com have come a long way, from that first posting of 505 milblogs spread over 15 countries .
JP started out with a dream of creating a database of military blogs for everyone to access......and I personally think he's done a Great job, at making that dream a reality!
So, here's to you, JP! Congratulations! on nearing this important milestone!
and Thanks! for letting all of us share in the journey, as you made that dream come true!
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Three years later,there are still many great milbogs being added to the database. If you haven't yet checked out Milblogging.com ......what are you waiting for? Go HERE
