{"id":38689,"date":"2013-12-02T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38689"},"modified":"2013-12-02T10:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:38:00","slug":"the-duffel-blog-in-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38689","title":{"rendered":"The Duffel Blog in the Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/duffel-blog-makes-fun-of-military-absurdities--and-has-the-pentagon-laughing-too\/2013\/12\/01\/ab5e817c-514e-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html?hpid=z4\">The Washington Post<\/a> has noticed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.duffelblog.com\/\">Duffel Blog<\/a>, but more importantly, I&#8217;m sure, to it&#8217;s founder, Paul Szoldra, Marine General Mattis has noticed, too;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDuffel Blog is a beautifully crafted response to an increasingly stuffy environment in today\u2019s America,\u201d said retired Gen. James Mattis, a former head of U.S. Central Command who has been parodied in several items. \u201cDuffel Blog reminds us of much of what we in the military fight for \u2014 the freedom to think our own way and to laugh about the absurdities without being mean-spirited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul Szoldra, a former Marine sergeant, came up with the concept almost by accident. While developing a Web site designed to help veterans succeed in college, he penned a couple of satirical posts that got far more attention than his tips for student vets.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I had lunch with Paul last year in Tampa and he&#8217;d heard that General Mattis had said of The Duffel Blog that former Marines had too much time on their hands if they were spending it writing satirical pieces about the retired commander. Paul used to write here as StrikeFO back when he had time, but, his family, his creation The Duffel Blog and his new career at Business Insider takes him away from us now. Regardless, we wish him continued success, not that he needs our blessings.<\/p>\n<p>I love it when veterans make it on their own and Paul is a shining example for all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post has noticed the Duffel Blog, but more importantly, I&#8217;m sure, to it&#8217;s founder, &hellip; <a title=\"The Duffel Blog in the Washington Post\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38689\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Duffel Blog in the Washington Post<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggers-and-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}