If you are going to be at Marine West at Camp Pendleton, California at the end of this month, please consider participating in the the Young Marines Golf Tournament on 31 January.
The Gunny, R.Lee Ermey will be there and 100% of proceeds go to benefit the Young Marines which is a is a youth education and service program for boys and girls sponsored by the Marine Corps League.
Yesterday morning, out of the blue, we started to get congratulatory emails from our friends. It seems that the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement had recognized us as a Top Military Blog of 2011. We checked out IDGA’s website to see who made the list and we are in some very impressive company. It’s amazing to us, that a site with such a narrow focus would make the cut.
Our fellow honorees:
Small Wars Journal Blog
Danger Room from Wired.com
The Best Defense from ForeignPolicy.com
Blackfive.net
After further investigation, it turns out that the blogs were selected via online vote and we weren’t even on the ballot. We were write-in candidates. This makes the honor even greater and tells us how far our reach goes. Sure, we see the numbers but its always nice to see the evidence of our efforts.
IDGA is a great organization and we are extremely honored to be recognized in such a way. We’d also like to congratulate our fellow awardees. And finally, a big “Thank You” to all of our readers and advertisers. We wouldn’t be here without your support.
Make sure you read the whole story at www.idga.org
We’ve seen a lot of Intellectual Property litigation lately. Frugal Dad did some research and prepared an infographic.
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Contest winners, please understand that organizing all of the prizes is a major task, and in the face of SHOT Show. Most of the prizes are being shipped by the vendors and once we collect everyone’s shipping data, which is still ongoing, they will be in contact with you.
Until then, please show some patience as we sort this out. Much of the speed at which this is dealt with is dependent on all of the winners reporting their shipping information. Until then, we don’t have tracking numbers for anyone.
99% of you have been real troopers.
Thank You
Today, since it’s a day off for most of you, go to the store and purchase a box of Depends undergarments. Each morning, before you open SSD, put them on. We aren’t going to be responsible if you don’t.
Over the next week we are going to show you several things that are going to make you sh!t your pants. It’s that simple. The Soldier Systems industry needs to be prepared for several bowel shaking paradigm shifts. No hints or other teasers until each shocker is released.
Don’t forget to wear those undergarments and don’t read SSD while you’re driving, operating heavy machinery or in a meeting where sh!tting your pants will result in embarrassment or worse.
You’ve been warned.
As you know, we’ve never been big on bling. For us, it’s more about substance than symbolism. But, if you see us at SHOT Show, say “Hi” and score a sticker.
We don’t make or sell anything. We can’t give you a quote for a procurement, we can’t facilitate your return, we can’t answer questions about your order or various products that we don’t sell.
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SSD runs off of GMT and its 2012 at ZULU. Happy New Year to all of our readers!
