MiBlogCon11 Interview with Home Depot Foundation from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
A great Interview with reps from Home Depot talking about why the Home Depot Foundation was represented at the 2011 Milblog Conference and what Home Depot is stepping up and doing on behalf of our veterans.
MilBlogCon11 Interview with Toby Nunn from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
An Interview with documentary film star, Milblogger, 2-time war veteran and Executive Director of Soldiers’ Angels, Mr. Toby Nunn. In this interview Toby talks about what he was most looking forward to in the conference and his reflections on SecDef Rumsfeld’s session.
MilBlogCon11 Interview with Susan Katz Keating from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
Here is a great interview with Susan Katz Keating of www.susankatzkeating.com. Susan has been a long-time friend of Milblogs and is the originator of the Milblog “Pitchfork Brigade” which is when milbloggers team up to spread the word about very important issues.
Last Friday One Light Left films and Bouhammer.com sponsored a special screening of the feature film Happy New Year (www.happynewyear.com) on Friday, April 29th as an unofficial event of the 2011 Milblogging Conference. Lorrel Manning who is the writer and director of not only this movie but was also the creator and writer of the original off-Broadway play and short film of the same name that preceded this feature release was on hand. As well as Joe Harrell who was the military advisor and Michael Cuomo who is one of the Producers and the lead actor.
Lorrel was also on the “war and film” panel that happened on Saturday afternoon at the conference.
Here is my interview with Lorrel during the conference on Saturday.
Lorrel Manning during the Milblog Conference 2011 from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
Interview with K. Lorrel Manning during the Milblog Conference 2011 about the screening of his film and his impressions of the Conference.
Find the film’s twitter site at http://twitter.com/#!/hnyfilm and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/hnyfilm
A couple of weeks ago I had the privelage to be invited to and sit in on a Blogger’s Roundtable with LTG Hertling (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command’s, deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training) and some of his experts on physical fitness as they unveiled what will eventually be the new Army evaluation for individual physical fitness. The current APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) will be replaced by the Army Physical Readiness Test (APRT) and the Army Combat Readiness Test (ACRT).
The current test has been around since 1980 and of course we are much smarter about fitness now than we were then and after 10 years of war the Army has a better idea of what muscle groups need to be developed and which one have no relevance to performance in combat.
In the Q&A we had about the new tests I asked some specific questions that received some great and long answers from LTG Hertling and from some of his gurus. I asked about the apparent lack of a alternate event, and about promotion points and evaluations being a motivator for doing well on these tests vs. giving the commander a true evaluation of his unit’s physical readiness.
I was also able to slip in one more question about how the APRT and ACRT fit into the Army’s ARFORGEN cycle and if these were created to help fit into that rotation cycle. Having met LTG Hertling last year at a TRADOC Sr. Leader Conference I knew this question would hit close to home.
Over all it was a great Roundtable, actually one of the better ones in a long time. You can check out the transcript at http://www.defense.gov/Blog_files/Blog_assets/0301hert.pdf
You can listen to the entire session at http://podcast.dma.mil/pentagonchannel/bloggers_roundtable_audio/20110301_Hertling_audio_030111124441.mp3
You can see some of the new events (to include a demo of the painful Rower event that replaces the sit-up at http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/28/52548-tradoc-revises-army-physical-fitness-test/index.html
If you were not able to listen to or aware that last night I interviewed Kim Coates and Theo Rossi from the hit FX show ‘Sons of Anarchy’ about their involvement with the Boot Campaign then tonight is your chance to hear that great interview. With the guys is BootGirl Heather who is one of the five core founders leaders of the Boot Campaign. Theo, Kim and Heather all demostrated and were able to articulate their care for our warriors and their love of this country.
In the second hour we will be talking to Adam Gordon. Adam was a soldier featured in the book Landigal by James Christ. James is a past guest of You Served Radio and an accomplished author who has written 5 books about Embedded Training Team (ETT)s and large but mostly unknown battles in Afghanistan. Adam was a member of A co, 1/32 INF, 10th Mountain Division and served in the Korengal Valley long before it became famous in the movie Restrepo.
Teresa Jacobson of Azalea Inn and Gardens will come on the show to talk about how her gorgeous Bed and Breakfast gave vets a fee night at the Inn on Veterans Day 2010. They are also always giving military discounts as well.
The inn is a favorite among the top Savannah inn hotels in the historic district, the easy-living hotel mansion offers a hotel lodging alternative. Accommodations at Azalea Inn and Gardens afford a happy introduction to playful southern charms, catching the less-hurried pace of Savannah. The Savannah guest guest may sashay over to Forsyth Park for a walk under the oaks; mosey over to Leoci’s Italian Trattoria for an oven-fired thin crust pizza and salad, or gallivant through beautiful Savannah squares, walking up Abercorn Street to a nostalgic Savannah favorite—Leopold’s Ice Cream. Check out this beautiful place at http://azaleainn.com/
Gina Elise, Michael Z. Williamson and Blake Powers will be joining us to give all our listeners an update on how the Operation Fight Post Holiday Blues trip to Landstuhl, Germany turned out. Overall the stats look great with over 150 books signed and given out by Michael, and over 100 troops served a great meal by these folks, Ellen Adams and many USO volunteers. However there are a lot more great stats and stories to share so be sure to tune in and hear it directly from those that participated.
We will also be talking some of the current hot topics and controversial issues in the news, and we welcome your input on stories like the uprising in Egypt, How to prepare for bad storms and the proposed flag for fallen vets. Be sure to tune in at 8PM EST on www.youservedradio.com and join us.
Ever since we had Rockie Lynne on YouServed Radio I have been a fan of his. The music is great and the guy is as genuine as they come. I was on his site recently and found that he has some clips up of him performing.
Here he is performing a song we have played several times on YouServed Radio:
Here he is performing his tribute song to all Vietnam Veterans as part of Operationa LZ Lambeau
Posted in MilBlogger Interviews, Patriotism, Video, Wall of Honor
A few weeks back we put up a video of Mr. Richard Harrison from the very popular show, Pawn Stars. Mr. Harrison is a retired Navy Veteran so YouServed.com along the US Naval Institute conducted a joint interview of Mr. Harrison in his office at the pawn store.
Now we have a new version of this interview which is much more professionally done by the staff at VAMortgageCenter.com. Take a look below at a much better interview of Mr. Harrison.
Richard Harrison from Pawn Stars from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
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Posted in MilBlogger Interviews, Video
Interview with Toby Nunn from Soldiers’ Angels from You Served Radio & Blog on Vimeo.
Toby is a good friend of all of us at YouServed.com and yes he and I are routinely referred to as brothers. We tend to look alike I guess. Anyway, Toby was actually the first interview that was done at Blog World Expo 2010, which is why it looks a little rougher than the rest. I learned some lessons from this interview. Hopefully you can hear it ok, and sorry for the sometime shaky video. Regardless of all of that, listen and watch Toby talk about how this year’s BWE was different and better than past years.
Posted in Milblog Conference, MilBlogger Interviews, Video
You Served's Claire talks about the life of a military spouse - the hardships, the joys, and everything in between.
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