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Archive for 'August,2009'

More Army Training

PTSD is a fact of life for all humans. It’s even more of an issue with Soldiers. And it’s even more of an issue when those Soldiers go to combat. However, PTSD is not a given. [...]

President Obama Addresses VFW

President Obama today addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix, Arizona. He spoke about America’s obligation to fulfill its responsibility to those who have served, especially in combat. Below is the complete text of [...]

Sergeant Freedom Radio

Remember The Sgt. Freedom Campaign? Those videos of a seemingly angry, yet disturbingly accurate trooper who wanted to rant on the grievances we have in this country? Well, he’s back but this time on BlogTalkRadio. Check [...]

Saving Cinnamon To Be Rereleased

Last year, I wrote a book review of “44 Days Out of Kandahar: The Amazing Journey of a Missing Military Puppy and the Desperate Search to Find Her” by Christine Sullivan. If you never got a [...]

BUMP: MILITARY TELEX communication (A Nigerian Scam)

BUMP: MILITARY TELEX communication (A Nigerian Scam)

BUMP: I wanted to bump this because this is getting worse. As you can see from the comments, this is an active scam that people need to be aware of. In addition to comments, I continue [...]

Suicide Solution Is No Solution

I have been going round and round with myself all day since reading this: Life and the internet are strange strange things. I’ve been trading emails and posts etc with Chris for years now. It wasn’t [...]

Price of Peace

Check out this awesome video. Deployment ceremonies are never easy. Emotions can be overwhelming as families and friends gather together for their good-byes. Twelve-year-old Alyssa Gaddis and her 16-year-old sister Cassy Gaddis, of Springfield, IL, know [...]

Jolt Gum Offers Shipping Discounts to Troops

Here’s a great care package idea to send to your troops overseas. Jolt Gum is offering one cent shipping to all APO and FPO address, which includes the combat zones and overseas assignments. With this link, [...]

Defense Dept opening a forum to discuss Web 2.0 policy

This very blog itself speaks to the wave of new media and Web 2.0 infrastructure sweeping across even common parts of the globe.  We had the situation in Iran and the use of Twitter still fresh [...]

On Peaceniks

There’s a saying that the greatest peacemakers are the American Soldiers (an all-inclusive term). This is true. Look throughout history and you’ll see that it’s been the American military that has stopped indiscriminate killing and despotism. [...]

Military Channel’s Special Ops Mission

There a cool new series that will premier this week on the Military Channel. The series, dubbed Special Ops Mission, will premier this Thursday evening on the cable network at 10pm EST and is hosted by [...]

Support Fisher House; Get Cool Stuff

We’ve mentioned over and over again over at the You Served Blog and on our weekly You Served Radio Show about our Ebay store. Maybe people aren’t aware of how to find or maybe the economy [...]

1,2,3 Curahee!

Longtime readers of this site know that I’m a huge fan of General David Petraeus, if that’s appropriate from members of the military! He is just one of the most competent, compassionate, and heroic leaders of [...]

Medal of Honor Humor

The Medal of Honor wasn’t always the nation’s top medal for heroism. It used to be its ONLY medal. John of Argghhh!! has a funny post about what one Soldier did to earn his. True story! [...]

Canada May Have Found Missing US WWII Plane

This will be great news to the family’s of the men who were never found. From Bloomberg News: Canadian divers may have found the wreckage of a U.S. Army amphibious plane that crashed in the St. [...]