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The United States has reached the macabre milestone of surpassing 1,000 deaths of military servicemen and women in Afghanistan. Sad news for Americans, veterans and sobering information for our current administration.     The New York Times reports that it took almost 7 years to reach 500 and the second 500 in fewer than two [...]

Tags: afghanistan, army, ied, military, soldiers, world war II

If you want to celebrate a great victory, nobody does it like the Albanians do. Or did. Try out the Albania Victory Dance with some pals after your next triumph.

Tags: dance, video

Not much to say really, but it is a day for reflection about many things related to war, world peace, American sacrifice, veterans and family. Here’s a great website for a lot of information about one of the most historic invasions in the history of the world. American Experience/D-Day on pbs.org.

The governments of France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore have something in common. They don’t fool around when it comes to piracy. Mike Nizza reports from The Lede: Notes on the News on NYTimes.com that in 2005, the Malacca Straight, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, was considered a war zone because [...]

They say that an army runs on its feet and its stomach. For the most part, this is true. Nothing beats a sturdy pair of boots and good food. However, the next important piece of equipment is a soldier’s rucksack, or backpack. In this, a fighting man or woman will need to carry everything they [...]

The Department of Defense recently released a new U.S. Army regulation about operations security (OPSEC) that seems to sharply restrict soldiers’ ability to blog, send e-mail and have other public discourses via the Internet. This has started an outcry about soldiers’ rights to blog about their experiences and to share their perspectives. In a nutshell, [...]

I was flipping through Dwell, one of Randye’s favorite architecture and design magazines, and came across a one page article about an Oregon Army National Guard officer serving in Afghanistan. The article was about how Major Arnold Strong epitomized soldierly field expediency by using some simple furniture construction and design concepts to make his eight-by-eight [...]

Olympic rowing medalist Xeno Muller is reaching out to offer veteran’s benefits at his Iron Oarsman rowing studio in Costa Mesa, Calif. As he explained on his blog, he wants to make veterans’ situations better, whether they are completely healthy or disabled. He writes: My idea is to open the IRON OARSMAN every Friday from [...]

I’ve started my new job at Helium.com, an exciting new user community that shares common global knowledge about everything under the sun, as well as manages its own product through a story rating system. While I was very excited and nervous before my first day on Monday, the thrill of staring a new position isn’t [...]

Tomorrow is Veteran’s Day. Have you thanked a veteran for his or her service? Whether they’ve served recently or a long time ago, whether they’ve gone to war or were an ever important part of America’s peace-time, military presence, it’s nice to be recognized and appreciated. In Amesbury, veterans are recognized through a series of [...]