Posting History for Netroots For The Troops
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| Mojo Friday - NFTT, It's Time - Edition It's time to step up Daily Kos, here we are in our fourth year of trying to support our military deployed in combat areas and this site with the exception of those involved with NFTT and IGTNT have ... |
TexDem | 04/22/2011 | 1295 | 75 | - | 688 |
| Mojo Friday - NN 2012, NFTT and MST - Edition And no, MST doesn't stand for Mountain Standard Time. It stands for Military Sexual Trauma and Netroots For The Troops® is sponsoring a panel discussing what it means. If you're going to Netroots ... |
TexDem | 06/01/2012 | 1247 | 65 | - | 1150 |
| Mojo Friday - Reject Black Friday, Support NFTT With Buy4 Online - Edition If you're looking to avoid the crowds here's a great way to get your shopping done and support Netroots For The Troops® at the same time. While you're browsing online for gift ideas, take five ... |
TexDem | 11/23/2012 | 669 | 37 | - | - |
| Mojo Friday - Seat 27E and more - Edition Sunday 23 June, San Francisco Airport
I was standing in front of my seat 27D waiting for 27E to show up since 27F had just sat down. As he approached with a smile (I found out later it belied how ... |
TexDem | 07/12/2013 | 609 | 58 | - | - |
| Mojo Friday - Sign Up For NFTT Monthly Donation - Edition Looking for something to give thanks for next week? Try signing up for a recurring monthly donation to Netroots For The Troops ® . |
TexDem | 11/18/2011 | 1166 | 49 | - | 640 |
| Mojo Friday - Stoned II - Edition I'll be headed to the hospital a little latter this morning for a second round with the urologist to clear the remnant of that huge stone from several weeks ago. The remnant is 4mm and has moved out ... |
TexDem | 06/14/2013 | 604 | 52 | - | - |
| Mojo Friday - Sun Tzu and Admiral William McRaven - Edition
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. |
TexDem | 08/24/2012 | 966 | 60 | 1 | 908 |
| Mojo Friday - Thank You Kossacks et al - Edition Thanks to your donations and the hard work of the Onomastic and the many diarist who participated we're able to repeat our efforts of past years. Netroots For The Troops TM will be sending ... |
TexDem | 06/03/2011 | 1000 | 76 | - | 570 |
| Mojo Friday - Thank You Veterans - Editions At the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany ... |
TexDem | 11/11/2011 | 1007 | 60 | - | 561 |
| Mojo Friday - Throw A NFTT Party - Edition A whaa? you may be saying. A party. That's right, throw a party for Netroots For The Troops® . Maybe you have a birthday coming up and you want to do something different. How about making it a ... |
TexDem | 03/30/2012 | 911 | 54 | - | 1083 |
| Mojo Friday - Two Winners In NFTT DK4 Group Challenge - Edition In the first ever DK4 Group Challenge we have two winners. Readers and Book ... |
TexDem | 05/20/2011 | 854 | 71 | - | 533 |
| Mojo Friday - Will You Match $500? - Edition A Netroots For The Troops Diary
We have an anonymous Kossack who is willing to match up to $500. The caveat is that you guys have to kick in $250 to get it started. |
TexDem | 05/13/2011 | 717 | 57 | - | 691 |
| MoJoe Friday - NFTT's Special Request From Afghanistan - Edition This week Netroots For The Troops® got a request via email. Sargent First Class Vires was trying to get Mechanix Wear gloves. After trying thru all the proper channels to get them from supply, he ... |
TexDem | 10/12/2012 | 1155 | 65 | 1 | - |
| Mommy, When Is Daddy Coming Home? An NFTT Diary
Sitting at the breakfast table, his eyes convey what his mind has yet to comprehend. Quiet tears roll down his little face as he looks at his Mommy ... |
VeloVixen | 04/26/2011 | 30 | 74 | - | 361 |
| Mortgage Relief for Troops, Veterans h/t lulu57
This afternoon President Obama will hold his first full news conference since November to discuss new protections and payouts for troops that were harmed by unfair mortgage practices. ... |
kirbybruno | 03/06/2012 | 23 | 22 | - | 117 |
| Mr Romney, what about the troops? It is unimaginable in today's world that while accepting the nomination from his party, a candidate for president wouldn't say a single word about the war in Afghanistan. And he wouldn't mention ... |
Kaneblues | 08/31/2012 | 3 | 8 | - | 27 |
| Mr. Olbermann? Mr. Lieber? Rep. Grijalva? Gov. Dean? It's about Memorial Day. Do you have a minute? I'm sorry to bother you, especially on a Sunday. But Daily Kos has been trying to do something wonderful and we're running out of time. You see, our ... |
Onomastic | 05/22/2011 | 75 | 78 | - | 534 |
| Netroots For The Troops Well it's time to start our little group for NFTT. We're looking for followers, members and editors.
Followers just so you'll know when we write a diary. Editors if you think you may write an NFTT ... |
TexDem | 02/15/2011 | 18 | 25 | - | 96 |
| Netroots for the Troops - revealed classified secrets: Letters to my parents + cookies & matches I have an unusual war to share with you. My Viet Nam experience wasn't like what real soldiers experienced. First of all, most soldiers – real soldiers – didn't have the time to write long ... |
llbear | 05/10/2012 | 112 | 79 | - | 271 |
| Netroots for the Troops - Songs For Soldiers This is just a quick diary ... and related to Netroots For The Troops in that this effort is also focused on helping our troops and veterans.
Today, in the Boston Globe, was this article: ‘... |
bjedward | 06/29/2012 | 6 | 11 | - | 41 |
| Netroots for the Troops - The Family Gram FLASH TRAFFIC...RICHARD SENDS...
It's been said that submariners are a crazy lot – as in, literally nuckin' futz. Perhaps that explains a lot about me. What else would possess anyone to ... |
Richard Cranium | 02/22/2012 | 38 | 53 | - | 143 |
| Netroots for the Troops 2012 recap - blood was spilled (many PHOTOS) It's what we do
The Netroots for the Troops 2012 went off almost entirely without a hitch. Although, due to a lack of donations this year, we were only able to pack 150 boxes, half of what we've ... |
Eclectablog | 06/13/2012 | 69 | 58 | 1 | 240 |
| Netroots For The Troops Challenge Update I thought I give an update as to where the NFTT Daily Kos Group Challenge stands. There'... |
TexDem | 04/20/2011 | 6 | 22 | - | 57 |
| Netroots for the Troops Pootie Edition
Netroots for the troops is an effort to provide care packages to the troops overseas. The money raised covers getting these supplies and shipping them to points around the globe. Can the Pootie ... |
Horace Boothroyd III | 05/08/2012 | 77 | 98 | - | 389 |
| Netroots For The Troops round-up (Posted on behalf of the organizers and participants of the NFTT blogathon)
Netroots For The Troops® is holding a blogathon this week, Feb. 20-24, to raise funds to send Care Packages to soldiers ... |
Barbara Morrill | 02/22/2012 | 14 | 23 | - | 81 |
| Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! Hi, folks. As I wrote about last week , I am coordinating the ... |
Eclectablog | 06/10/2011 | 21 | 36 | - | 128 |
| Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! Reposting for the Saturday crowd.
Hi, folks. As I wrote ... |
Eclectablog | 06/11/2011 | 5 | 10 | - | 55 |
| Netroots for the Troops, Baybeee! As I'm sure you've noticed, the NFTT blogathon is on and strong! We have one more month before the big box day happens, so let's rock this out! All the goods below the squiggeldy-doo.
Now, I'ma ... |
Cedwyn | 05/07/2012 | 31 | 66 | - | 155 |
| Netroots For The Troops--A tiny FUNDRAISER!!! One of the great experiences I had at NN 2011 was volunteering for Netroots for the Troops. Yesterday, Chris (Electablog) asked for volunteers. I can't be at NN12 so I sadly could not throw my ... |
Tasini | 06/05/2012 | 2 | 8 | - | 38 |
| Netroots For The Troops: 'Nobody understands' Netroots For The Troops® is holding a blogathon this week, Feb. 20-24, to raise funds to send Care Packages to soldiers overseas and, this year for the first time, we are also sending Care Packages ... |
Eclectablog | 02/24/2012 | 96 | 140 | - | 642 |
| Netroots For The Troops: Parrot's Beak l am in my senior year in high school when my brother joins the Army. It is just before the draft, he's recently graduated college and he knows he's probably going to be selected. He is the only ... |
boatsie | 02/21/2012 | 71 | 111 | - | 479 |
| Netroots For The Troops: Random Meanderings on a Rainy Tuesday Netroots For The Troops is a group which is very dear to my heart. Many thoughts run through my mind as I sit here on a very dreary, rainy Tuesday. As Mets102 reminds us in his posting, Thank A ... |
PoliSigh | 05/08/2012 | 27 | 57 | 1 | 137 |
| Netroots for the Troops: Taking care of those who serve us Today, less than one-half of 1 percent of this nation is serving in uniform. We have come a long way from the Vietnam era when we foolishly punished troops as a proxy for a war many did not support. ... |
TammyDuckworth | 05/07/2012 | 41 | 105 | 1 | 261 |
| Netroots for the Troops: The Wrong Stuff I spent half a decade as the world's worst Navy officer's wife. Tom Wolfe should have known me. I would have inspired a sequel to his satire about NASA's astronaut training program.
His book ... |
TheFatLadySings | 02/22/2012 | 91 | 104 | - | 302 |
| Netroots For The Troops® Challenge Diary Reminder
Netroots For The Troops Challenge Diary
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
A HUGE Netroots For The Troops® Challenge Diary will be posted on Tuesday, May 28th at 2:30 pm EDT/... |
TexDem | 05/28/2013 | 8 | 22 | - | - |
| Netroots For The Troops® $5000 Match Challenge
Netroots For The Troops® has had an Angel come forward to offer $5000 to be matched towards this years fundraising efforts. What makes this more amazing is this Angel had other plans for these ... |
TexDem | 05/28/2013 | 163 | 164 | 3 | - |
| Netroots For The Troops® - Why We Do What We Do I received this from Lance Cpl Adam Buck's dad the other day. You know him as LCaseRussell here on Daily Kos.
Tony,
I will forward your request. So far, only Facebook has the pictures. I do know ... |
TexDem | 06/28/2012 | 45 | 41 | - | 224 |
| Netroots for the Troops® final fundraising push - Help us meet our goal! It takes a community...
Cross-posted from Eclectablog .
As the wars the United States is engaged in around the world wind down and our troops come home to great fanfare and welcoming parades, it'... |
Eclectablog | 05/29/2013 | 9 | 34 | 1 | - |
| Netroots For The Troops® Gives Its Sincere Thanks Where to begin?
I should begin with Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse because without her none of this would have happened. Two things, when I asked her to co-ordinate this effort, I didn't know ... |
TexDem | 02/26/2012 | 70 | 74 | - | 271 |
| Netroots For The Troops®: Deployment is a Dirty Word For military families, Deployment is a dirty word. It not only means our loved one will be leaving, first for weeks of training, then for months on end in Afghanistan or the surrounding area. It ... |
angelajean | 02/22/2012 | 60 | 71 | - | 177 |
| Netroots For The Troops®: You're the boss Today *Netroots For The Troops ® * is kicking off a week-long campaign to raise money to send care packages to our troops. I am honored to be part of the effort. What follows is adapted from my ... |
Dragon5616 | 02/20/2012 | 78 | 108 | - | 344 |
| Netroots for the Troops….Oops I consider myself lucky to be a member of the Daily Kos community for a variety of reasons. I visit the site every day, and post diaries on occasion. My son is a United States Marine, currently ... |
LCaseRussell | 06/21/2012 | 31 | 124 | - | 406 |
| Netroots Nation - The Women's War For the brave women who suffer from MST and deserve to have their stories shared to a wide audience, I am asking upfront that you recommend this diary. We want to see Ballroom C at Netroots Nation ... |
joanbrooker | 06/08/2012 | 41 | 27 | - | 121 |
| Netroots Nation attendees: Netroots for the Troops is still in need of volunteers. Can you help? As of this morning, there are still 13 shifts in the Netroots for the Troops booth still unfilled. If you are attending Netroots Nation this week, would you be willing to spend a couple hours ... |
Eclectablog | 06/13/2011 | 17 | 11 | - | 68 |
| Netroots Nation: Has Anyone Else Checked Air Fares? Yikes! I just checked air fares from Tampa to Minneapolis and I'm looking at about $400 RT.
That's just crazy! TPA is a Southwest hub and I thought I'd be able to get to Minneapolis for a decent ... |
donnamarie | 03/08/2011 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 247 |
| NFTT - Friends, Heroes and Falling Stars My father was ten years old when he became the man of the house and began helping his mother care for four younger siblings. It was the 1930s. The Great Depression was devastating millions of ... |
desertguy | 05/15/2012 | 15 | 44 | - | 129 |
| NFTT - I'm a brat and I need to do more. Can you? I'm a brat. A Navy Brat. And yet, I have done so little to help those who serve and who have served in the past. I need to do much more. Have you done all you can? Can you do more? Give to NFTT. |
bjedward | 05/22/2012 | 27 | 39 | - | 175 |
| NFTT - My friend joined the Army, I want to honor his service My friend Mike joined the Army. I call Mike a kid but he is not that much younger than me, he is in his mid-twenties, I'm not that much older than him, but I look at him like a younger brother, Mike ... |
MinistryOfTruth | 05/15/2012 | 35 | 59 | 1 | 197 |
| NFTT - We Need You. More Importantly, They Need You. | Onomastic | 04/05/2011 | 31 | 28 | - | 146 |
| NFTT -- Let’s thank the Iowa National Guard (and all the other troops serving!) Last August, the Iowa National Guard had its largest deployment since World War II in their orders to deploy to Afghanistan. This deployment was so widespread over the state that almost every ... |
glendaw271 | 03/31/2011 | 53 | 45 | - | 188 |
| NFTT -- Repost: Let’s thank the Iowa National Guard (and all the other troops serving!) This is a repost from my diary that was published on 3/31/2011. Since then, Rob has had to return to Afghanistan, where several of the men he serves with were injured by an IED during his last week ... |
glendaw271 | 04/14/2011 | 22 | 25 | - | 110 |
| NFTT 2012 and the Woozles of War Hello and welcome! Hope no-one minds my cheating a little by updating last year's diary. I was inspired to write this by my little woozle, Casey. I've read all of the NFTT diaries to him, and he's ... |
TokenLiberal | 05/08/2012 | 40 | 60 | - | 208 |
| NFTT 2012 Blogathon - Why I Write This is my second year participating in Netroots for the Troops. Onomastic noticed last year I was always in the comments of these diaries and asked me if I would like to write one to raise money ... |
Actbriniel | 02/23/2012 | 80 | 61 | - | 219 |
| NFTT @ Netroots Nation - Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War On Friday, June 8th, at 3:00PM at Netroots Nation , Netroots for the Troops will be hosting a panel on Military Sexual Trauma: The Women's War. I will be joined by Elizabeth Stinson, LMFT and ... |
joanbrooker | 06/03/2012 | 53 | 30 | - | 219 |
| NFTT and the Woozles of War! Hello all! This is my second diary ever and my first for NFTT. I was inspired to write this by my little woozle, Casey. I've read all of the NFTT diaries to him, and he's told me how much he ... |
TokenLiberal | 05/26/2011 | 109 | 59 | - | 290 |
| NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it! I know every mother thinks her child is special. I am absolutely no different- the only difference is, both of my kids really ARE special! Beantown girl (hereafter known as BG) and beantown boy (BB) ... |
beantown mom | 04/10/2011 | 61 | 35 | - | 182 |
| NFTT Fundraising- So easy even a child can do it! ***REPOST*** This is a requested re-posting of a diary that I wrote and published on 04/10/2011- Please enjoy the diary, but more importantly, please donate to this amazing cause! I know ... |
beantown mom | 04/12/2011 | 21 | 22 | - | 110 |
| NFTT Issues a Friendly challenge to All Daily Kos Groups Each year for the past three years, we at Netroots for the Troops™ have raised money to send hundreds of ... |
Meteor Blades | 04/06/2011 | 76 | 93 | 4 | 549 |
| NFTT Issues a Friendly challenge to All Daily Kos Groups - II Writers Note;
This was originally posted last night ... |
TexDem | 04/07/2011 | 11 | 35 | - | 141 |
| NFTT- Where is my Daddy? Why is he gone? At the end of last year he left again for another deployment.
This is the fifth one. Twice in Iraq was bad enough. Now Kandahar awaits, again.
This time is different. Last time there wasn't ... |
Oke | 05/10/2012 | 42 | 63 | - | 250 |
| NFTT--A Challenge and a Chat with blue jersey dad This is the final diary in the NFTT blogathon series. I have been involved with NFTT since 2009 when I served as volunteer coordinator. I want to make this worth everyone's while, so I will offer a ... |
blue jersey mom | 02/24/2012 | 87 | 158 | - | 405 |
| NFTT--Camouflage Snuggies and Courage in Afghanistan "Please send more camouflage Snuggies!"
Josh, a dear young man whose parents are family friends, was deployed to Afghanistan as a medic several months ago. As a joke, his parent ... |
Ekaterin | 04/27/2011 | 20 | 32 | - | 98 |
| NFTT...The Friends and Family Connection I grew up in the shadow of an Air Force Base in an area with a large military presence and it has had a lasting effect on my life. Many of the kids I went to school with called themselves 'Air Force ... |
VL Baker | 02/23/2012 | 21 | 52 | - | 161 |
| NFTT: "It seems like you just got home" Those are the words I said when my son called me to say he was deploying for a second time. “This is what I signed up for, Mom,” he said.
In my mind, those six months stateside flew by so fast. |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/12/2011 | 35 | 34 | - | 148 |
| NFTT: Once a Marine, Always a Marine During the spring of 1945, there was a war on in the Pacific, as well as over Europe. At home young men were being called up to fight in what Studs Terkel called "The Good War."
Even though his ... |
Susan Grigsby | 05/06/2012 | 35 | 78 | - | 240 |
| NFTT: “All gave some….Some gave all” I have been acquainted with this saying for a long time. I grew up in the Vietnam era, graduated from high school in 1965 with a fairly large graduating class. Because of the draft at that time, ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/30/2011 | 104 | 179 | 2 | 564 |
| NFTT: A Soldier's Thank You I was 28 when I arrived in Afghanistan. I was a Private in the US Army. I was beginning my first and only 12 month tour as an Army Infantryman. At the time, I had no idea how much my life was about ... |
Showtime | 12/14/2011 | 30 | 65 | 1 | 265 |
| NFTT: A very special announcement Greetings from wet and cold Washington, DC. It's Opening Day here and the excitement is in the air... and I'm hoping that excitement will carry over to this diary, because I have a very special ... |
Spedwybabs | 04/01/2011 | 50 | 47 | - | 263 |
| NFTT: Back When I Was A Troop... I was surprised, honored, and daunted (in that order) when I was asked about writing a diary for the NFTT Blogathon – alas, I’m better known for rattling off obscure historical factiods than ... |
Unitary Moonbat | 05/11/2012 | 47 | 48 | - | 153 |
| NFTT: DK birthday edition Here we are, celebrating the 9th birthday of our beloved orange juggernaut, Daily Kos. And ... |
aravir | 05/04/2012 | 4 | 14 | - | 34 |
| NFTT: For Dan, Today is His 65th Birthday | Chacounne | 05/29/2011 | 82 | 115 | - | 326 |
| NFTT: Freedom Way On NC-24, about 30 miles from Camp Lejeune, a large sign in front of the turkey coops in a large field says "Thank You For our Freedom".
A few months ago I made a pit stop at a fast food joint in ... |
FishOutofWater | 02/24/2012 | 40 | 79 | - | 191 |
| NFTT: It's been a decade. Ten years is a long time.
Way back when, I was told that to serve, I needed to shop. Get out the credit cards. Pump that gas. Debauch and have fun. That was my patriotic duty.
Flag-draped coffins ... |
rb137 | 02/23/2012 | 42 | 93 | - | 327 |
| NFTT: It’s not goodbye – it’s “I’ll see you in 7 months” Those are the words my Marine son said to me when he left for his first deployment in early 2005. I will never forget them, and they were words I held onto for dear life.
As he walked through the ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/04/2011 | 47 | 62 | - | 255 |
| NFTT: Nice Day for a Czech Wedding You remember me from Netroots for the Troops 2010, right? Volunteer coordinator, the sober one at karaoke? SanDiegoDem has promised to help me ... |
CA Berkeley WV | 05/09/2011 | 45 | 33 | 2 | 159 |
| NFTT: Nurse Kelley shares a wartime love story ♥ On March 20, 1942, a young first lieutenant sat down at a table preparing to write a letter. His stationery was embossed with a seal and a heading in red, "Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma" |
KelleyRN2 | 02/23/2012 | 63 | 115 | 1 | 314 |
| NFTT: Since you're off to Heaven this evening... why not leave some cash behind to help us send some helpful items to the men and women who are serving this country overseas?
It would be virtuous and I have reliable word that donating to NFTT ... |
cskendrick | 05/21/2011 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 116 |
| NFTT: Sometimes Soldiers Live on our Care Packages (Plus $1,000 Matching Donor) (Photo by kayakbiker) After Bush first started the illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, I "adopted" several soldiers over the course of a few years, and sent care packages each month. We sent an ... |
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse | 02/24/2012 | 66 | 99 | - | 395 |
| NFTT: The Troops, and How I Got Here
My dad grew up in Michigan. He was interested in engineering, and he completed two years of what was then called "junior college," but he was feeling sort of rudderless and left school. The Korean ... |
belinda ridgewood | 02/23/2012 | 71 | 72 | - | 171 |
| NFTT: The “Anythings” After 3 Deployments This fundraiser for our military is one that is near and dear my heart. As I wrote about last year, I am the very proud mom of a U. S. Marine, who did three deployments in three years. I wrote ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 02/22/2012 | 35 | 56 | - | 177 |
| NFTT: “I just have to give you one last hug…” To give my Marine son that hug before his third deployment, I drove 2000 miles back to the Midwest. His emotional detachment for this third deployment was very extreme. He didn’t want to fly out ... |
Proud Mom and Grandma | 05/25/2011 | 65 | 45 | - | 184 |
| Nurse Kelley Sez: If you like this love story, donate to NFTT On March 20, 1942, a young first lieutenant sat down at a table preparing to write a letter. His stationery was embossed with a seal and a heading in red, "Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma" |
KelleyRN2 | 05/30/2011 | 38 | 66 | - | 194 |
| Obama with the Troops - White House Photo Diary (NFTT)
A special edition of my monthly diary showcasing the pictures taken by the White House Photography staff. I thought a diary of pictures taken since President Obama was elected interacting with the ... |
bsegel | 05/22/2012 | 44 | 102 | 1 | 402 |
| Obama with the Troops - White House Photo Diary (NFTT) '13
A special edition of my monthly diary showcasing the pictures taken by the White House Photography staff. This is a follow up diary to the one I did last year ... |
bsegel | 06/08/2013 | 45 | 57 | 1 | - |
| OK, now I'm begging: PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers needed at Netroots Nation 2013 PLEEEE-EEEASE!!!???
I got a tepid response to my last call for volunteers for the Netroots for the Troops CARE package assembly, staging and booth shifts in my last post so I'm doing another to see ... |
Eclectablog | 06/17/2013 | 82 | 277 | 1 | - |
| On This Day, of All Days - For our Troops and Their Families - Thank You Our goal for Netroots for the Troops TM 2011 is $100,000.0 (cash or in-kind donations) |
Onomastic | 05/02/2011 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 96 |
| On this Mothers' Day - A Decade of Deployment for Military Families - Does Anyone Care? There's been far too many goodbyes. |
Onomastic | 05/08/2011 | 43 | 38 | - | 159 |
| Our Undeclared War If you are attending Netroots Nation #12 this weekend in Providence, RI, you will have a plethora of sessions from which to choose, everything from Lizz Winstead to effective tweeting to carrying ... |
julimyers | 06/07/2012 | 16 | 37 | - | 270 |
| Our Women Suffer Too--Hearing Their Voices As we approach Memorial Day, I would like to take a moment to thank all of our women troops, both veterans and those currently serving. I would also like to honor the fallen, most recently USAF MSG ... |
joanbrooker | 05/27/2011 | 233 | 146 | 1 | 654 |
| Photos: Honoring Sgt. Samuel Nichols, USMC Please see photographs at the link below:
Sgt. Samuel Nichols, USMC
Sam’s Retirement from the Marines
August 11, 2012
Today was Sam’s retirement ceremony from the Marines. He is officially ... |
WakeUpNeo | 08/12/2012 | 13 | 17 | - | 96 |
| PLEASE REC! (UPDATED) - Now I'm begging! TONS of Netroots For the Troops shifts open at NN12 Okay, now I'm begging
I'm beginning to get a bit panicky because I have TONS of empty shifts at the booth and for staging at our Netroots for the Troops "33-Minute Miracle" CARE package assembly ... |
Eclectablog | 06/04/2012 | 142 | 243 | 5 | 617 |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers at Netroots Nation: It's time to pick your shifts! Hi, folks. As I have for the past two years, this year I am again coordinating the volunteers for the Netroots for the Troops (NFTT) effort in a couple of weeks at Netroots Nation in San Jose. If ... |
Eclectablog | 06/06/2013 | 23 | 90 | 1 | - |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! Hi, folks. As I wrote about last week, I am coordinating the volunteers for the Netroots for the Troops (NFTT) effort in a couple of weeks at Netroots Nation in Providence. If you are unfamiliar ... |
Eclectablog | 05/24/2012 | 31 | 81 | 1 | 203 |
| PLEASE REC! Netroots for the Troops volunteers: Now is the time to pick your shifts! I am reposting this so that as many people as possible see it. Please Rec it up and forgive the repost and the subsequent one I will do next week. We still have MANY unfilled slots and I need to get ... |
Eclectablog | 05/31/2012 | 14 | 44 | - | 93 |
| Poets and Propaganda in a Time of War: "The Old Lie: Dulce Et Decorum Est, Pro Patria Mori" The War to End All Wars? On September 1, 1939, the armed forces of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland with overwhelming force, lightning speed, and unprecedented ferocity. World War II had begun and the term "Blitzkrieg" would enter our... |
JekyllnHyde | 11/11/2019 | 32 | 30 | - | - |
| Procession It was late August, when leaves have turned their darkest green and hang heavy from the trees, spent, dusty, all but lifeless. Each year this island swells with oppressive salt air humidity and ... |
Yasuragi | 05/30/2011 | 91 | 68 | 2 | 338 |
| Protecting Military Service Dogs Just One Dog , written our own Noweasels along with Cas and DavidSeth told us this about Cpl. Megan Leavey and her partner Sgt. Rex. Cpl. Leavey received the Purple Heart, ... |
llbear | 03/19/2012 | 41 | 63 | 1 | 243 |
| Protecting Our Heroes on the Homefront President Barack Obama has taken the final major step in bringing our brave soldiers home from Afghanistan, and this is an exciting moment for military families across America. The President's ... |
cbrangel | 05/11/2012 | 28 | 65 | - | 229 |
| PTSD, and You, and Me, and All of Us. ** Warning: May Contain Some PTSD "Triggers" **
I am not the same person I was when I went to Iraq. I only know a few that didn't come back alive; almost everyone I know that went there returned ... |
Canis Aureus | 05/04/2012 | 90 | 80 | 8 | 367 |
| R&BLer NFTT challenge: let's take it up a notch As you may know, the Readers and Book Lovers group has accepted ... |
aravir | 04/26/2011 | 4 | 7 | - | 58 |