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Congrats to the MilBloggie Winners!!

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

I want to congratulate all the winners of this years MilBlog contest!! Thanks for all the folks who took the time to sign up and vote too! I think we had more people vote than I can remember in a ...

Buy your ticket for the Dallas Military Ball 17 Apr 2010

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Folks, On April 17th  2010, we are having the Dallas Military Ball over in Addison TX.  This is a fund raiser and tribute to our Men and Women in uniform and all proceeds will go to military families in need within ...

Vote for Castra Praetoria

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 7 Comments »

Mil Blog conference: I am really looking forward to seeing old friends at the Mil Blog conference this year in VA and making new ones. It is one thing to exchange emails with folks, but another to meet them. It’ll be ...

Mil Blog awards

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Hey guys, There are some awesome blogs out there that need to be awarded for their efforts.  If you have some time, go visit some of the different Bloggers who are featured on the Mudville Gazette or Mil.com under bloggers and ...

Col Barnum MOH

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to BARNUM, HARVEY C., JR. Rank and organization: Captain (then Lt.), U.S. Marine Corps, Company H, 2d Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division (Rein). Place and ...

John Baker MOH

Friday, March 26th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 2 Comments »

  The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to BAKER, JOHN F., JR. Rank and organization: Sergeant (then Pfc.), U.S. Army, Company A, 2d Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry3 Division. Place and date: Republic ...

Medal of Honor Flight on American Airlines LGA-DCA 24 March

Thursday, March 25th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 13 Comments »

[gallery link="file"] Yesterday, I was the luckiest guy in the world to meet 30 TRUE American hero’s.  These are the guys who have given their all to our country and were fortunate enough to live and tell about it.  There are ...

Final Democrat Health Care Legislation Threatens Coverage for 9.2 Million Military Personnel, Retirees & Families

Sunday, March 21st, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 1 Comment »

Final Democrat Health Care Legislation Threatens Coverage for 9.2 Million Military Personnel, Retirees & Families McKeon Welcomes Skelton Concerns about Flawed Senate Legislation Washington, D.C.-U.S. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the Armed Services Committee, today welcomed ...

TRICARE in trouble

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 3 Comments »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, March 19, 2010 Contact: Joe Brettell (202) 510-5304 or (202) 429-5600 MFU: Military Families may be at risk with current Healthcare Bill Washington, D.C. Brian Wise, Executive Director of Military Families United issued this statement in response to the Chairman of ...

North Korea Nuked Okinawa… or not

Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | 4 Comments »

Guys, Be careful today as you open your email.  There is a Phishing email going around that talks about N. Korea dropping a nuke onto the island of Okinawa.  This of course gains the attention of most military guys and if ...