Saturday, September 26, 2009 A great Offer, and I need your help to make it work

Via Chuck Z:

That's right folks, yours truly is a featured speaker at the Blogworld and New Media Expo in Las Vegas from 15-17 October. I will be moderating and Participating in the Panel on "The Best MilBlogs You've never read" representing the Combined Arms Center and Command and General Staff Colleges' blog, as well as conducting many interviews with industry leaders to find ways the Army can better use Social Media and Web 2.0 applications for my Master's Thesis.

Additionally, I will be hanging out at the Army and Soldier's Angels booth, giving demonstrations of the VALOUR-IT Laptop and telling people all about the many programs Soldier's Angels has going on around the world.

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 5 October

Via Castle Argghhh!!!, The Armorer:

Today is a busy day for the Medal, with 16 being awarded. Two in the Civil War, eleven during the Indian Campaigns, two in WWI and one in WWII. The award most out of the ordinary today is the last one earned that is credited to the Indian Campaigns. I think you'll find the date is rather later than you'd expect.

Blog World: Some Updates and Invitations

Via Laughing_Wolf @ BlackFive:

It is hard to believe, but Blog World is just a bit over a week away. Yeep!

That said, I hope that you can and will join us on Thursday 15 October for the milblog track. This is our chance not to talk to ourselves, but to reach out to new audiences and new markets. If you want to attend, drop me a line at blake at blakepowers dot n and I can set you up with a free membership to the milblog track. This gets you in to the milblog panels and to the exhibit hall for the entire conference. If you want to see a schedule for the conference, go here.

I also want to invite you to a planning session for next year. At 1300 on Friday, we will be meeting at the Army Milblog Lounge in the exhibit hall to find out what you and others attending Blog World would like to see in the way of milblog panels next year, and get your ideas on new ways to reach out. Also, I hope we can start getting others interested in having milbloggers on their panels in other tracks. Come on by and let us know your thoughts.

Marine gets Silver Star 43 years after battle

Via This Ain't Hell...:

A really good story from the LA Times about a band of brothers who came together to get the recognition that one one of them deserved:

[Marine Pfc. Daniel] Hernandez was 20 when he served as a machine gunner with M Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. The company, which was among the hardest hit during the Vietnam War, lost 17 men on March 5, 1966, during Operation Utah in Quang Ngai province.

That day...Hernandez dived through enemy fire to pick up a wounded Marine and carry him to safety. A bullet grazed his back. Still, he refused to be evacuated, and, moments later, when he saw an enemy soldier firing at a group of wounded Marines, he ran through oncoming bullets to kill the soldier and save his comrades. Another bullet later grazed his head, sending him to a hospital in Guam.

But the real story is how a former lieutenant discovered one of his troops had never got the recognition he'd deserved and spent three years rectifying the deficiency.

More here

"America's Navy: A Global Force For Good"

Via BubbleHead:

It appears that the Navy has a new advertising slogan, replacing the "Accelerate Your Life" campaign they had been running the last few years. Here's the first commercial using the "America's Navy: A Global Force For Good" tagline