Military blogs added to Milblogging (Jun

Military blogs added to Milblogging (June 13) – Here’s a quick look at the blogs added to the Milblogging.com database in June. There are a lot of good blogs in the list, but what’s noticeably missing and has been for some time, are new military blogs written from the frontlines of Afghanistan. If anyone has a tip on a blog written from Afghanistan that’s not already listed in the database, please feel free to submit it or drop me a line (by email milblogging –a… http://ow.ly/2xYTX5

Facebook helps reunite Daddy doll with s

Facebook helps reunite Daddy doll with son – Image via FacebookThere has been a lot of news lately about Facebook and the military.While some of the headlines have to do with not-so-good things, this piece of news is heartwarming and reminds us how powerful social media can be.According to NBC New York, a toddler, Judah Gossett, lost his military “Daddy doll” at Target while shopping. If you’re not familiar with “Daddy dolls”, they help children cope with deployme… http://ow.ly/2xXCME

Facebook page calls for beheadings, stil

Facebook page calls for beheadings, still online – Image via FacebookA Facebook page called Behead Those Who Disrespect Our Prophet P.B.U.H was discovered by JihadWatch.org, a website run by author Robert Spencer.Examiner.com has been following the story and wrote the page was reported to Facebook by a number of users. Youmay or may not bebe surprised by the outcome…The page is still online and apparently doesn’t violate Facebook’s TOS.Examiner Joe Newby writes:  http://ow.ly/2xU7Bl

News: 10 soldiers to be punished over Fa

News: 10 soldiers to be punished over Facebook – Ten soldiers to face disciplinary action. A group of Australian Army soldiers will face disciplinary action over offensive comments made on two Facebook pages. A Defence spokesperson confirmed 10 serving members of the Australian Army were linked to the pages, which contained demeaning comments about Townsville women… (SBS World News)Chuck Kunellis, Son Of WWII Soldier, Receives Father’s Letters 69 Years Later (VIDEO). … http://ow.ly/2xSpEX

The Pakistan Army officially joins Faceb

The Pakistan Army officially joins Facebook – That’sright, thePakistan Army is officially on Facebook.According to The Express Tribune, the Pakistan Army announced it joined the social networking site on Saturday. By the time of this posting, nearly 14,000 people have liked the page.“The announcement was followed by a post on the sister page of the Army’s official public relations department, the Inter Services Public Relations.The ISPR already has its own social me… http://ow.ly/2xQDS3

Viral: Baby bunnies rescued by Navy Corp

Viral: Baby bunnies rescued by Navy Corpsman – Image via RedditA Navy Corpsman serving with the United States Marine Corps is creating quite a buzz online after images and video of him bottle feeding baby bunnies that he rescued were posted to Reddit.Joshua Bisnar, who goes by Tokyomaneater69 on Reddit, posted the story earlier in the week along with photos, video and a message that read:“I live in Camp Pendleton, Ca. And as I was taking the volleyball court at the ba… http://ow.ly/2xP1Ek

U.S. Navy reaches 900,000 likes on Faceb

U.S. Navy reaches 900,000 likes on Facebook – The official Facebook page of the United States Navy reached 900,000 Likes this week, inching its way closer to the 1 million mark.The Marines, Army, Air Force, and National Guard have all passed 1 million likes. Only the Navy and Coast Guard have yet to reach the 1 million like Facebook club, yet both government organizations have impressive numbers.As of today, the Navy has over 903,000 likes on Facebook, while the Coast G… http://ow.ly/2xMDhD

Cap’n Crunch not really a Navy Captain?

Cap’n Crunch not really a Navy Captain? – I’m pretty sure this isn’t newsworthy, but plenty of news sites and blogs are running with the story anyway.NPR reports:“The Cap’n was unmasked on June 14 by a food blogger, who noticed the uniform he wears on cereal boxes had the stripes of a commander, not a captain. That is: A captain has four stripes on his sleeve, while a commander has three.As the story spread, the Navy confirmed what you might be fearing: Cap’n Crunch i… http://ow.ly/2xKVMv

How Facebook looked for a French WWI sol

How Facebook looked for a French WWI soldier – Digiday has an interesting story about Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux, a museum in France devoted to World War I, and howthe museum isusing Facebook to educate people about the war.You might be familiar with Twitter accounts that reenact historical events as they happened, like that of the Civil War or WWII. There are plenty of them online. One of the more recent accounts to pop up online is a Twitter account r… http://ow.ly/2xJ7Gk

Facebook “slut” pages linked to ADF no

Facebook “slut” pages linked to ADF now offline – Image source: Facebook via SBCThe Australian Defence Force (ADF) is being rocked by a separate online scandal this week.Male soldiers in the Australian Army are already being investigated for allegedly filming themselves having sex with military and civilian women, then circulating the images and video through email.The latest scandal involves two Facebook pages that demeaned women.According to SBS World News, “The Aus… http://ow.ly/2xHi8o