2005 Weblog Awards Archives

Blog Name: 365 and a Wake Up
http://thunder6.typepad.com/365_arabian_nights/
Feed: http://thunder6.typepad.com/365_arabian_nights/index.rdf

This is an easy choice for me. I've read this blog off and on and am always impressed by the depth, talent, and humanity he brings to the subject as a soldier in Iraq. His tender tributes to those who've fallen, his loving portraits of the good people in Iraq, and his honesty in facing fears and doubts make this blog a winner.

Michael Yon, hands down.

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Sgt. Missick, A Line in the Sand
http://www.missick.com/warblog
http://missick.blogs.com/warblog/index.rdf

Mudville Gazette
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/

Andi's World
http://andisworld.typepad.com/

Sgt. Hook
http://sgthook.com/index.php

Neptunus Lex
http://www.neptunuslex.com/

Froggy.

Site: Froggy Ruminations
URL: http://froggyruminations.blogspot.com/
Feed: Not sure - couldn't find it.

Argghhh!

http://www.thedonovan.com/

American Soldier
http://www.soldierlife.com/
http://www.soldierlife.com/?feed=rss2

Blackfive
http://www.blackfive.net/main/
http://www.blackfive.net/main/index.rdf (It's a downloadable file.)

Blackfive

http://www.blackfive.net/main/
http://www.blackfive.net/main/index.rdf

Countercolumn
http://iraqnow.blogspot.com/

http://www.soldierlife.com/

Bill Roggio at The Fourth Rail

http://billroggio.com/
http://billroggio.com/index.xml

Murdoc Online

http://www.murdoconline.net/

http://froggyruminations.blogspot.com/

Go Froggy, Go!!!

The Fourth Rail

http://billroggio.com/

My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy

http://bamapachyderm.com

Blackfive

http://www.blackfive.net/main/

Black Five

http://www.blackfive.net

Not only the "boots on the ground" view, but a very talented writer.

One Marine's View

Erik Holtan

A Long Strange Trip

The Iraq Page is a list of Coalition soldiers killed in the Iraq War

http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/
http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/backend/geeklog.rdf

Murdoc Online

http://www.murdoconline.net/

Murdoc is the best. Clearly. And not just because he links me.

The GunnNutt

http://gunnnutt.blogspot.com/

Michael Yon

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

Officers' Club, without doubt. Has quickly become one of the most respected milblogs in the blogosphere.

Good enough for guys like Cliff May and Glenn Reynolds, it is good enough for me.

http://officersclub.blogspot.com

One Marine's View

http://shepherdaway.blogspot.com/

Conservative Thinking
http://www.conservativethinking.com/
http://www.conservativethinking.com/atom.xml

My old favorite: Neptunus Lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/

and my new favorite, The Officers' Club: http://officersclub.blogspot.com

A Soldier’s Perspective
http://www.soldiersperspective.us
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/wp-rss2.php

From My Position... On the way!
http://tcoverride.blogspot.com/
http://tcoverride.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Jack Army
http://gojackarmy.blogspot.com/
http://gojackarmy.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Major K

http://strengthandhonor.typepad.com/captaink/

Camp Katrina

http://www.campkatrina.typepad.com/

Michael Yon
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com

Is the best choice because he has such an impact outside of the blog-o-sphere. And a very close 2d is:

356 And a Wakeup
http://thunder6.typepad.com

for his outstanding observations that SHOULD have more impact outside of the cyber world. Honorable mention to

ARMOR GEDDON
http://avengerredsix.blogspot.com

For and outstanding book in the making.

The Mudville Gazette www.mudvillegazette.com

The portal of the MilBlogs.

Tough choice, but I have to go with:

365 and a Wakeup
http://thunder6.typepad.com/

Danjel's writing just takes you there. Lots of good writers out there, but this one tells the facts in such rich wording, it's like a good novel, not reality.

SGT HOOK

http://www.sgthook.com/

I haven't met or read to many great writers in my time. He is truly one of the best. Honest, true and virtuous man...this is Sgt Hook! A true defender/protector of our great nation.

I can't get enough of this soldiers writing!

Even though he is a Jets fan... he never let's you down. You can always count on a great read.

Enough said....

Michael is Army infantry IN IRAQ and still manages to have an incredible sense of humor...He hasn't posted in a bit, but hopefully that means he's on his way home...
So, I nominate one of the best Milblogs that gets the least recognition:

P.S. Don't you have to be IN the military to have a Milblog? ...just sayin'.

Michael Yon
http://michaelyon.blogspot.com

ALA, to join the Milblogs ring one must be either currently serving or have once served. Not sure if you have a question regarding a nominee, but Greyhawk can easily verify who is or isn't a Milblog. We're registered.

This is tough as there are so many good ones. Yet One Marine's View is the best! Go Captain B!

Any woman that can serve her country in Iraq as a medic and manage to maintain a site saluting fallen soldiers while dealing with an onslaught of vicious and malicious trolls and hackers deserves some recognition, doggone it!

I nominate

Grey Eagle

http://www.afemalesoldier2.com/

RSS Feed unknown, sorry.

God bless you and good luck!

Black Five - www.blackfive.net

Ultraquiet No More

http://makeyourdepth.blogspot.com

Jack Army

http://gojackarmy.blogspot.com

Bill Roggio writing at ThreatsWatch.org

http://inbrief.threatswatch.org/

Cheers,

Officers' Club http://officersclub.blogspot.com

Euphoric Reality

http://euphoricreality.net
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EuphoricReality

Euphoric Reality

http://euphoricreality.net
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EuphoricReality

Vodkapundit turned me on to this new one: Officer's Club

http://officersclub.blogspot.com

I don't have a good pitch line for it. I just like the fact that they are all military officers and they are so casual and expert in their topics.

Also I think they're Glenn Reynolds and Jonah Goldberg's new favorite. I like celebrity endorsements lol.

www.euphoricreality.net

Froggy

http://froggyruminations.blogspot.com/

'Dude, Where's The Beach?'

http://tmmkkt22.blogspot.com/

BlackFive
http://www.blackfive.net/main/

Michael Yon

There are many excellent blogs listed here, including (the now off-line) Armorgeddon. However, to the best of my knowledge there's only one among them that deserves the equivalent of a blog Pulitzer: Yon's renowned "Gates of Fire", covering the firefight involving LTC Kurilla [http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/2005/08/gates-of-fire.html]. Plenty of deserving bloggers have written consistently excellent military pieces, but in this case Yon's provided citizen reporting at its best.

http://michaelyon.blogspot.com/

http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/atom.xml

This is a tough category there are so many great milblogs.

I like murdoc, but I'm going to nominate the Officers' Club. I just like the way they went the whole Army, Navy, Air Force officer route.

http://officersclub.blogspot.com

This is a civilian blog devoted to the Military.

http://rightfielder.blogspot.com

Mudville Gazette is my favorite military site - love their stories, and the links; also found out through them about "Soldiers Angels," so we could participate in that program.

Favorite history and current events: Gates of Vienna, great insight there, and good links.

The Stupid Shall be Punished

http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/

I just saw his book, in the "Current Events" section, when I went to Barnes & Noble earlier this evening:

My War
(Colby Buzzell)

And from looking at what I commented last year, I want to nominate El Cid's "Southern Loyalist" as well. I just saw that it has been on hiatus since June, though.

One more thing, before I resume (or perhaps start? ;-) working on my paper... I wanted to say, for the same reasons as last year, that I hope that the weblog of "Operation Truth" is chosen this time around. I think that its inclusion in this balloting, or the inclusion of another like-minded blog, such as that of Spc. Colby Buzzell (though due to its more-frequent updates, the Op Truth blog may be more appropriate for this type of contest).

If the nominations are still open, I want to nominate a few other milibloggers...

Ken Talton (who is 35 years old and is currently in the military):

Brickmuppet Blog
http://brickmuppet.blogspot.com

Also, I just went over to his site, and I see that Andrew Olmsted is once again blogging (I had thought that he had gone on hiatus, but apparently his blogging didn't stop for long - if at all!). Andrew is an excellent and principled blogger, who has a military background, and frequently writes about those issues (I am not sure whether he is still in the military, or is retired).

http://www.andrewolmsted.com
http://andrewolmsted.com/index.rdf

Also, Jo Fish's well-designed site should be included here:
Democratic Veteran
http://www.usndemvet.com/blog
http://www.usndemvet.com/blog/index.xml

Ken is a conservative, Andrew is a libertarian, and Jo is a liberal.

And no listing of milibloggers would be complete without the inclusion of Captain Jason Van Steenwyk, who was actually blogging when he was abroad, serving in "Operation Iraqi Freedom"... I don't know where exactly he is right now, but I am glad that his superb weblog is still running. Captain Steenwyk's blog was the first one listed is the "Finding Blogs" box in the USA Today article on the milibloggers. (Though I disagree with him on some issues, I greatly admire this active-duty miliblogger for the principled honesty he maintains in his writing, and for the insightful analyses he provides.)
Countercolumn
http://iraqnow.blogspot.com

I thought I should give these fine current and retired servicemen a chance to be on the ballot, for this annual contest. (I don't think any of them have been, in previous years.) Thanks for conducting this Kevin, and I hope that you and yours are having a good Thanksgiving weekend.

One Marine's View

http://shepherdaway.blogspot.com/

Armchair Generalist
http://armchairgeneralist.typepad.com/