Milblogging.com - A great resource for bloggers interested in the Military

The Home Sweet Home Campaign has found another great resource for Bloggers interested in the military:

Milblogging is an internet database for organizing military blogs.
It’s main attraction is its index of military blogs from all over the
world. As of October 2006, Milblogging indexes over 1,500 military
blogs in over 25 countries. Milblogging indexes a wide variety of
military blogs including webblogs written by: military spouses,
military veterans, military personnel (who are in the Air Force, Army,
Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard), civilian contractors, reporters,
military parents, civilians, and other groups. Many of the military
blogs listed on Milblogging are written by troops deployed to the
frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Milblogging
was founded by Jean-Paul Borda in September 2005. Prior to Milblogging,
Borda ran a military blog from Afghanistan while he was deployed with
the Army National Guard during Operation Enduring Freedom. His original
military blog "The National Guard Experience" was written as a means to
stay in touch with family, friends, and supporters while on deployment.
Frustated by a lack of media coverage on the positive accomplishments
of the U.S. Military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and wanting an easy way
to find military blogs, Borda decided during his deployment to create
an aggregator site of military-related blogs from around the world. The
domain name "Milblogging.com" was registered in late 2005 after Borda
returned home from deployment, and the website was developed over the
following months. The original logo design was created as a courtesy by
GX The Guard Experience, a magazine
that featured entries of Borda's military blog from Afghanistan. In
late September 2005, Borda launched the website.

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MIlitaryAvenue.com - a great resource for Military Families

The Home Sweet Home Campaign has found another great resource for military families: MilitaryAvenue.com...

they know from personal experience that military moves, military travel, and frequent change is a part of our culture. Finding military-friendly businesses in new communities and resources that aid our mobile lifestyle can become an overwhelming task. MilitaryAvenue exists to attempt to ease these burdens!

At MilitaryAvenue.com You Can...

• Find Businesses that offer Military Discounts
  • We provide local information about 240+ military installations
  • We currently have over 6,200 business partners that offer military discounts... and the list is growing!
  • We also have contact information for over 800,000 businesses within 50 Miles of a Military Installation
• Find Military Lifestyle Information and Articles
• Weather and Local Events at 240+ Military Installations
• Use our numerous Military Moving Tools
• Subscribe to our Alerts! system that automatically delivers local military discounts to your inbox each month
• Participate in our blog “Our letters to You” which provides commentary on Military life
• Use our Career tools to find local Military Spouse Employment Opportunities
• Comment about and rate local and national businesseses, education provid

Home Sweet Home Campaign Proud Supporter of "Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform"

The Home Sweet Home Campaign is a proud supporter of the release of the new book "Home of the Brave:Stories in Uniform" edited by Jeff Hess and published by Kevin Press at Press 53.

Jeff Hess served six years in hte Navy during the Cold War where readiness was teh most he could offer. Aboard two different ships, he traveled to many points the northern hemisphere in a show of strength orchestrated to preserve democracy, but he's always wanted to do more.

As a way of giving back in some small way, he began working with veterans, sharing with them the knowledge he has acquired over the years with the hope that the writing process would give them and their families some of the joy and clarity it has given him. In conceiving this anthology, it was his goal that the stories would honor those who have served in uniform. While putting the book together, however, he saw an even greater opportunity to help and honor veterans by donating a portion of the sale of each book to an organization that assists the brave men and women of America’s military. In researching military related charities, Hess said, “I connected most strongly with USA Cares because of their practical approach and enduring commitment.”
According to Kim Moorman, Director of Business Development for USA Cares, “Jeff heard about USA Cares and what we do to assist post 9/11 Veterans and their families on The Dennis Miller Radio Show and wanted to do something to help.”

“Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform” features 24 moving stories that relate to the military. Many critically acclaimed as well as emerging authors are included here (many of whom have served in the military themselves) including Kurt Vonnegut, Tim O’Brien, Tobias Wolff, James Salter, Pinckney Benedict, Chris Offutt, Robert O’Connor, Gabe Hudson, Benjamin Percy, Amber Dermont, Roman Skaskiw, Zoey Byrd, Valerie Hamilton, Blaise Weller, Sarah Davis, Mary Akers, Tracy Crow, Kevin Jones, Hannah Huber, Bruce Overby, Peter Schilling, Tom Sheehan, Doug Frelke, and Max Ruback.

The book "Home of the Brave: Stories in Uniform" was released this past Memorial Day May 25, 2009 you can purchase a copy from the publisher at press53.com or on the book’s website at homeofthebraveanthology.com. and proceeds both from retail and wholesale go to help military families thru the mission of USA Cares.

Call to Action - Today Show Series, Fighting the War from the Home Front

We cannot forget that it is not only our soldiers making the ultimate sacrifice, their families are too! THANK A SOLDIER and THEIR FAMILY TODAY!

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Homes for our Troops Helping injured Marine

The Home Sweet Home Campaign is proud to be a supporter of HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS. This nonprofit organization is amazing! It is people like John Gonsalves, the president and founder of this group that make America what it is - A land of opportunity to grow, to learn, to thrive and share that wealth with others in their time of need.

Hats off to John Gonsalves!

Story By SARA B. HANSEN - Fort Collins Coloradoan
May 11, 2009

Marine Staff Sgt. John Jones reluctantly applied to the Homes for Our Troops program while recovering from the amputation of both lower legs.

In fact, it took a direct order from his commanding officer at the hospital in San Antonio to get Jones to fill out the paperwork.

Two years went by and Jones forgot about the application. He moved his wife, Amber, and three children to Fort Collins to start a new life.

"We needed to get away from the eyes of war and be closer to family," Amber Jones said.

He started taking classes at CSU's business school and became one of two disabled veterans enrolled in the first-ever Operation Wall Street, a six-month immersion program in the financial industry created by the Wall Street Warfighters Foundation.

The couple picked out a lot in far southeast Fort Collins and began making tentative plans to build a home.

Then in December, Jones, 32, got the call from Homes for Our Troops that he had been accepted and would get a brand new house. The program even bought the lot the family had picked out.

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History of Memorial Day

Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, started just a few years after the Civil War. The Veterans Unions wanted to remember their fallen soldiers by decorating their graves at the Arlington Cemetary and other cemetaries across the country with flowers.

However, it wasn't until 1971 when Congress made "Memorial Day" a national holiday honoring soldiers of all wars. For the full report on the history of Memorial Day, visit the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs website at http://www1.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp.

Home Sweet Home Campaign

Kudos to Superstition Springs Elementary and the Home Sweet Home Campaign on the tremendous success of their Schools That Care T-Shirt Design contest. Ryan Fitzpatrick of the Buffalo Bills took a red eye flight from New York to present the winners their awards and the kids went wild.

A great big Thank you to Podmaxx and Defender Pro Anti-Virus software for their generous donations.


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