THE MILBLOGGIES

The winners of the 2011 Milbloggies were announced Friday, April 29 at the Sixth Annual Milblog Conference.






The Best U.S. Military Veteran Blog Award went to Neptunus Lex - a worthy blog from whom I learned this noteworthy item:


TRAP By lex, on April 29th, 2011

More info is leaking out about the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) mission executed in Libya last month:

"As that back door opened, I see a group of young Marine recon units jump out, and that was probably the best feeling I’ve ever felt in my entire life," Major Harney said on a USAF prepared video.



Items like this, and this poignant reminder (linked, and below) illustrates the legitimate role of military bloggers - active duty, retired, wives, parents, foreign, combat correspondents, all of us out here in the military blogosphere - what they of the mainstream media dismissively refer to as pajamas media; too often it is we who are picking up the slack for them. Think about it: American and Allied service men and women are fighting and dying in three distinct campaigns of a multi-theater global war, and yet you wouldn't know it by reading the papers or watching TV. That's where the milblogs come in.


My Yellow Ribbon
Casualties List Update - Friday, April 29, 2011

Because today alone there are twelve new names added to the Casualties list, I ask everyone to peruse the list and keep their families and friends in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.


Congratulations to the finalists and winners!

The winners:

Fan Favorite – Ben and Katie
Best U.S. Army Blog – Chief Wiggles
Best U.S. Military Spouse Blog – Ben and Katie
Best U.S. Military Parent Blog – My Yellow Ribbon
Best U.S. Military Supporter Blog – From Cow Pastures To Kosovo
Best U.S. Marine Corps Blog – One Marine’s View
Best U.S. Navy Blog – USNI Blog
Best U.S. Coast Guard Blog – Coast Guard Compass
Best U.S. Air Force Blog – I’m big in Japan
Best U.S. Military Veteran Blog – Neptunus Lex
Best U.S. Reporter Blog – The Unknown Soldiers




I am proud to congratulate all the winners, and if you direct your eyes to the ladder on the left you will see that the winner of the Best U.S. Military Veteran Blog Neptunus Lex is a charter member of Team STORMBRINGER.
- S.L.




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ART OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER

More than 15,000 paintings and sketches created by over 1,300 American soldiers in the line of duty - in curatorial storage in Washington, D.C. for decades - these powerful works of art will be on display at the National Constitution Center from September 24, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The exhibition, featuring a never-before-seen collection, was created by the Center in partnership with the U.S. Army Center of Military History and the National Museum of the United States Army. Following its world debut at the Center, the exhibition will begin a national tour.

Official site of the Art of the American Soldier.





That 2,000 Yard Stare - Tom Lea, 1944



Friday Filly HERE



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THE PARTY

I attended my first Georgetown cocktail party last night . . . OK it was up the street a bit from Georgetown but you get the drift . . . I met notable notables and people who stalk the corridors of power . . . I was introduced "this is Sean Linnane" and more than once I was astonished to hear people say, "Oh yes, I read your work."

"You DO?"

"Oh yes, we love you over at Frum Forum."

"Oh yeah, I get rave reviews." (If you've never lurked over there I encourage you to do so - the comments I get from the trolls that infest that site are a scream).

The crowd was populated with the Oh-hello-DAH-LINK-kisee-kissee-air-kiss-on-both-cheeks types - I guess they regarded me as some sort of barbarian from the outlying provinces (which is what I am); an interesting curiosity, like a talking dog.

"So what do you think of the Wikileaks thing?"

"Best thing that could have possibly happened."

"REALLY?"

"Oh HELL YEAH - now the word is finally out on the street that the Saudis couldn't care less about the Palestinians and the Israelis; what they're worried about is Iran, and why won't we do anything about it."

One guy surprised me with an incredibly insightful question: "Ok, Green Berets, Rangers, Delta Force - what's the difference and how are they related?"

I actually know a few of these Washington types - "Meg" Meghashyam Mali is from India. We share a common interest in Hinduism - he because he is Hindu and me because my personal philosophy and worldview embraces many of the principles of the Hindu religion. Anyway Meg and I were yucking it up, trying to charm the young ladies with Peter Sellers routines from one of the best movies ever made: The Party.





I don't know if the ladies appreciated our efforts - you've really got to see the film to appreciate the whole Birdie Num Num thing . . .





Good thing there wasn't an intercom nearby . . .





The Party is possibly the funniest film ever made; dry English wit meets Hollywood, pulled off by the genius of Peter Sellers. The whole premise of the plot - a clumsy, hapless Indian trying to make it in Hollywood single-handedly blows up the whole set to a Gunga Din remake, gets himself blacklisted, in the process of which his name gets added to the guest list for one of those high-end Los Angeles parties, and the insanity just takes off from there . . .

Anyway it sure was funny hearing a bona fide Hindu who speaks perfect English with no Indian accent, doing a Peter Sellers Indian accent. While we're talking of Meg Mali, it turns out he's a hero.

Which just goes to show, you never know where you'll find them . . .



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