Not the best known, but certainly one of the best of the milblogs is Grim's Hall. Grim is easily among the five most insightful of all the milbloggers, a severely competitive group. Having admired him since Bill told me to check him out (and you could do far worse than take that same advice after departing here) I sent him an invitation to visit our kennel.

I see he has responded at Grim's Hall with the following post (I make an exception in giving a full quote):

I've had the honor of guest-blogging alongside Bill Faith, at Mudville back when Greyhawk went off to war. Bill's opened a new blog for older veterans, called Old War Dogs. "Rurik," a Grim's Hall reader and friend of the blog, is one of Bill's new co-bloggers. It's a pretty impressive crew, in fact, as George writes:

Bill Faith of Small Town Veteran, Steve Gardner, "the Tenth Brother" (ask John "Magic Hat" Kerry if you don't remember what that means), Russ Vaughn the Poetrooper, and several other angry hounds, including 1st Cav Page, Gene "Blood-n-Fire" Harrison, John Werntz, proven bloggers Zero Ponsdorf and Jim Bartimus, and myself, Rurik.

Each of us is a military veteran, each with opinions founded on experience. Between us I believe we have 3 CIBs, 2 Navy Combat Action Awards, 1 Purple Heart, 2 Bronze Stars, an Air Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, 2 Croix de Guerres with palms, and lots of other awards. One is an emeritus Ivy League professor, and another a published commercial author. Not too bad for nine old dudes. Enough to justify an opinion or two?

Just having Russ Vaughn on board is a coup. I'd be glad to have him blog here, even if it were just to post his poems (which I always mean to do, but only sometimes get around to doing). They've got him, and several other good writers and thinkers besides.

You might want to check them out.

Thank you Grim for your support as well as for your blog. I know we will live up to your expectations, if not myself, then cerainly my team members. And know that you and all who dwell at Grim's Hall will always be welcome and honored guests at our kennel.

Contributed by George Mellinger on July 8, 2006 at 02:42 PM in George Mellinger, Site Notes, Thank you | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Grim

I didn't realize there was a competition. :) We've got some great people in the MilBlogs, and I'd have to say I was one of the least worth bothering to heed. The ones we ought to draw attention to are the young men out in theater right now. They're the ones who deserve both the largest share of honor, and whatever glory there is to be had.

What remains of the honor that isn't for those young men is, I think, deservingly bestowed upon the older veterans. I wish you all the best here, and hope that you can teach those youngsters a thing or two.

Posted by: Grim | Jul 8, 2006 4:23:42 PM