Interview with person on Blog World Expo floor

November 17, 2009 By Troy
Posted in MilBlogger Interviews, Video

This interview is with another expo booth floor member. She was at a booth behind the milblog lounge. I wanted to see what her knowledge was of milblogs in general.

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Alice In Chains

November 13, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

Alice In Chains bandmembers talk about entertaining wounded warriors and the Vietnam War influence of one of their songs.

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Secret Combat Moves The Military Doesn’t Want You To Know About

November 10, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

The guys at Ranger Up are good for more than just creating kick ass t-shirts. My entire dresser is full of them.

With the war in Afghanistan going on eight years, President Obama has declassified some of our best fighting techniques in the military. Tim and Jon painstakingly showcase those techniques for you here. Use caution when practicing any of these! They are highly effective and could potentially cause a lot of damage, or even death!!

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Red, White, Black & Blue: The Battle for Attu

November 9, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video, Why We Serve

For Veterans Day week, I’m going to try and find a bunch of GREAT stories that will motivate you and inspire you. Our veterans are heroes and many of their actions aren’t well-known. A perfect example of this is the Battle of Attu. In 1942 the Japanese invaded the Alaskan island of Attu – American soil!

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Interview with Financial Blogger Zac Johnson

November 6, 2009 By Troy
Posted in MilBlogger Interviews, Video

This is a great interview with someone who is a leading force in the financial blog world and has been a guest speaker at Blog World Expo for three years now. Even after being there three years, this was his first introduction to milblogging and his first time attending the milblog panels. Zac and I talked a lot about how bloggers and milbloggers could help educate each other.

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Interview with Chad Vadar

November 5, 2009 By Troy
Posted in MilBlogger Interviews, Video

The video below is an interview that was conducted on the 2009 Blog World Expo show floor with the guys from the famous Chad Vadar Internet video series (http://www.blamesociety.net/chadvader/index.php). It may be somewhat hard to hear Troy at first, but the audio gets better. As you will hear, Chad’s voice is very clear. These guys are hilarious so be sure to check out their website and watch some of their videos.

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New Video From 545 Project

October 23, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

The 545 Project has released a powerfully blunt video aimed at the administration and others in our government whose indecisiveness is putting our troops at risk. This is absolutely amazing!

If you’d like to check out more information about the group, click HERE.

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Great Videos of Navy SEALs

October 22, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

I found these great videos of our Navy SEALs in action from Great Americans. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Whether on deployment or participating in ultra marathons, Navy SEAL David Goggins defines hard work and dedication. David Goggins races to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which pays the college tuition for children of special-operations personnel killed in the line of duty. Learn more about the inspiring life of Goggins, as well as other Navy Athletes who competed in the 2008 Ford Ironman at navyathletes.com. Submitted by: SquidShark Three Keywords: US Navy Seal David Goggins athlete inspiring ironman marathon Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

The most intense week of BUD/s Training is detailed in this, the third of four videos providing a look inside the life and preparation to become a Navy SEAL. http://www.navy.com/seals

Navy Seals in Afghanistan 8:53 Shows that war in Afghanistan goes on…It doesn’t have a deadline for ending. They talk about Iraq a lot , but they’ve (the press) forgotten about Afghanistan.

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Army Strong Bloggers Lounge

October 17, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

Major Mary Constantino talks about the Army’s presence at the 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo and tells us about U.S. Army Accessions Command’s signature Soldier blog, Army Strong Stories.

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Be Social, But Be Smart

October 16, 2009 By CJ
Posted in Video

The DOD is trying to proactively inform troops to be responsible with social media. As I’ve found out firsthand, with all the people that our words and images are available to, someone is bound to get offended because they aren’t grown up enough to deal with it.

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