Overall, I had a real good time at the Conference. Our reputation as the “Susan Lucci of the Milbloogie Awards” remains intact since we were nominated four years in a row and still haven’t won. Here are the winners by category;<\/p>\n
Best U.S. Army Blog; The Rhino Den<\/a> We compete in a very tough category so I wasn’t really surprised that we got beat. But heartfelt congratulations to CJ, Marcus and Troy at YouServed. And thanks to all of the folks who expressed their disbelief that we didn’t win. I don’t really ever expect to win because we piss everyone off eventually. It’s the nature of this blog and the reason we blog with disregard to the conventions. I also don’t read other blogs, nor do I know what they’re doing, because I want to remain independent. I urge you to read them all, though. They all provide an important dimension to the conversation.<\/p>\n And, of course, I’m a pariah at the conference, now, because I did what I said I was going to do – I called out Rick Maze of Military Times, Brandon “Beeker” Friedman, and that Tarantino guy from IAVA. Rick Maze told the absolutely fabricated story about how I made his dead mother cry because we wrote “vile” things about him. Here’s the link to the “vile” things<\/a> we said. The only thing that I can figure he considers vile is the truth about him manufacturing quotes. If the truth is vile at the Military Times, I don’t think I’ll be reading it anymore.<\/p>\n StrikeFO took this video of the whole encounter;
\nBest U.S. Military Spouse Blog; **Wife [Widow] of a Wounded Marine**<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Military Parent Blog; Semper Fi Parents<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Military Supporter Blog; Character Does Matter<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Marine Corps Blog; One Marine’s View<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Navy Blog; USNI Blog<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Coast Guard Blog; Ryan Erickson<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Air Force Blog; Aim High Erin<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Military Veteran Blog; You Served<\/a>
\nBest U.S. Reporter Blog; The Unknown Soldiers<\/a><\/p>\n
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