Daily Election Blog

Military.com has the Daily Election Blog that is comprised of military vets and military wives speaking on issues around the election. If you haven't been there yet, there's some very interesting stuff, although it does seem to be filled with a few fainting Obama fans. Author "Air Force Wife" is trying to fit in as a new contributor there, I say we support her with some comments.

Her latest post spawned some down right hateful comments.

We're Getting a Visitor!

I also found these post by other contributors interesting:

Technically, Obama IS a Muslim?

When Reality TV Goes to Washington

A Place for the Military Parent

Speaking of military family blogging, a new site is being developed for parents of service members. It's called Parent's Zone. I see that Some Soldiers Mom will be a contributing author over there. I believe they're in the initial stages of set-up, but I'm sure they'll be off and running very soon.

Good to see a place where parents can hang out and share experiences.

Military Officers Association of America Review MilSpouse blogs

I'm a Little behind in posting this:
MOAA

Virtual community

Welcome to the military spouse blogosphere, where “milspouse bloggers,” as they are known, share experiences and opinions, rally support, seek resources, and find friendship in the virtual world. In many ways military spouse blogs are a fusion of the unit newsletter, holiday greeting card, snail-mail letter, and journal entry.

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Blogs differ from Web sites because they are interactive. They first appeared on the Internet in the early-to-mid-1990s and became mainstream in 2002. Blogging became popular with the military at the start of the Iraq war as a way for troops to document their experiences and provide a combat perspective outside the media’s. Soon after, military spouses started their own blogs. Today, these blogs provide a venue for spouses to connect to the military community-at-large beyond unit coffee groups, spouse clubs, and family readiness groups.

“Many of us find that we’re constantly juggling extra responsibilities when our spouses are away for training, TDY, or deployments, and that can get stressful,” says the pseudonymous Mrs. Greyhawk, a milspouse blogger who, with her husband, runs the popular Mudville Gazette. She was among a select group of milbloggers who met with President George W. Bush at the White House in 2007. “Blogging is a way for us to stay in touch with our servicemember and to share experiences, vent, and offer support to others spouses in similar situations,” she says.

“Our readers feel like they have a community they can turn to for support 24-7,” says milspouse blogger and Army wife Andi Hurley, who partnered with Military.com in 2006 to create SpouseBUZZ, written by and for military spouses. “The goal of SpouseBUZZ is to celebrate the things that unite us. We exist to provide a supportive environment for all military spouses, regardless of rank, branch, gender, or political affiliation.”

Being a seasoned military spouse, I'm always humbled, humored, and enlightened by the mil-spouse blogs I read.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Spouse Buzz
Villianous Co.
Soldier's Mom (both a milspouse and milmom)
Hooah Wife and Friends
Trying to Grok
Army Wife Toddler Mom (AWTM)
Butterfly Wife
Homefront Six
Knee Deep in the Hooah!
My Life
Learning to Live (Gold Star Wife)
Proud Infantry Wife
My Life As A Military Spouse
Oh! That's gonna leave a mark
She Who Waits

There are so many more but I only have so much time in the day. ;)

Uhhh, what?

Oooookay...

Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader, Rep. Steny Hoyer and Reps. Adam Putnam, Howard Berman, Jan Harman, Gary Ackerman, Alcee Hastings and John Larson visited Sather Air Base [Baghdad, Iraq] to visit with deployed members, May 17.

Airmen and Soldiers from around the country, from California to Connecticut, gathered to meet the visiting representatives.
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"It was great to see the representatives take time out of their busy schedules to show support for the Airmen and Soldiers of Sather Air Base," said Col. Fred Cheney, 447th Air Expeditionary Group commander. "We took the opportunity to showcase our integrated team and gave a great "Tuskegee Airmen" reception to our distinguished visitors."