From Milblogging.com:

Congratulations to the 2006 Milbloggie Winners!
Tuesday, February 27, 2007, 07:47 PM
Remember, the Milbloggies are NOT a popularity contest. The purpose each year is to recognize military bloggers for their contribution to blogging, news and information, and to the military over the past year. Make sure to check out each winning milblog below, and you’ll see why they won this year’s Milbloggie Award.

Now, I’d normally write up an eloquent piece about the Milbloggies and each of the winners (which I will get around to), but I’ve been online all day monitoring the website and at this point, I’m not really making sense. Earlier this evening I took a quick break to rock my 10-month old son to sleep, and it turns out I was holding a Mr. Potato Head. Congratulations again to all the 2006 nominees and winners! I will post the final standings as of 8 PM shortly. I did take a snapshot of each Branch chart exactly at 8 PM EST with the current count of votes. You would think it would be as easy as turning off the Voting feature, but apparently I can't. Damn you website problems. Damn you straight to he$$.

And now, without further ado, the 2006 Milbloggie Winners:
U.S. Army
Acute Politics

U.S. Air Force
Afghanistan Without a Clue

U.S. Navy
Doc in the Box

U.S. Marine Corps
SandGram

U.S. Military (Veteran)
Blackfive - The Paratrooper of Love

U.S. Civilian
Soldiers' Angels Germany

U.S. Military (Spouse)
Andi

U.S. Military (Parent)
Some Soldier's Mom

U.S. Military (Supporter)
Fuzzilicious Thinking


Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who nominated and/or voted for this blog.

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From Milblogging.com:

Milbloggie Voting is Now Open
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 10:47 AMCongratulations again to all the nominees that placed in the Top 5. You can now vote for one milblog in each category. This is the final phase so please participate. Click the links below to view the current standings and also to vote for a blog. Keep in mind, you must be signed in to vote.

U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Military (Veteran)
U.S. Civilian
U.S. Military (Spouse)
U.S. Military (Parent)
U.S. Military Supporter

The charts also include the results from the Nomination phase. As of now, the charts are sorted by the number of nominations, but there is a column called “Votes” that displays the current number of votes. The Voting will close on February 27th at 8 PM EST. To view the current standings at any time, click here.

Winners will be announced next week. And each winner who does attend this year's Milblog Conference, will be presented an award.

I do appreciate everyone’s patience with all the problems we’ve had with the website this past week. This was the first time I tried using an actual voting system, instead of the Favorites feature that we used for last year’s Milbloggies. And leave it to me to make things more complicated. The only explanation I have is I’m a Virgo. As a kid, I used to organize things in file cabinets...for fun...rather than playing with the kids outside. True story.




So make sure you stop by and pick the best blogger in each of the categories.


Of course, I'm hoping that in the U.S. Civilian catgegory, that will have you voting for me! I'm going to the Milbog Conference this year anyway, but picking up a Milbloggie is another great reason to be there!

In any case, make sure to go and vote!

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From Milblogging.com:

Nominations are now Open for the 2006 Milbloggies
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 11:59 AM
The Milbloggies Award recognizes military bloggers for their contribution to blogging, news and information, and to the military over the past year.

Overview

1. A military blog can be nominated ONLY once by the same registered user. However, a user can nominate as many military blogs as they wish. All nominations must be submitted online through Milblogging.com by 5:00 pm EST on February 21, 2007.

2. The top five nominees in each branch and country category will be announced on February 22nd and those nominees will move into the Voting Phase beginning February 22, 2007. The Voting Phase will close on February February 26, 2007. Instructions on voting will appear on the website on February 22, 2007.

3. Nominees may be military blogs that belong to the following branch categories and countries in the Milblogging.com database:

Branch Categories:
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Civilian
U.S. Civilian Contractor
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Military (Parent)
U.S. Military (Spouse)
U.S. Military (Veteran)
U.S. Military Supporter
U.S. Navy
U.S. Reporter
Foreign National (Civilian)
Foreign National (Military)

Countries:
Afghanistan
Germany
Canada
Iraq
United States

4. To nominate a military blog, you must be signed in or a registered user (just like last year). Registration is quick and free and you will not receive any SPAM. This helps maintain the integrity of voting. To place you nomination, simply click on the listing in the Milblogging.com database, and click the Nominate button at the top of the blog profile. You can reivew the milblogs you nominated at any time, by signing in and clicking Manage Favorites.

Click the link that says View Milblogs Nominated by You.

5. Winners will be presented awards at the 2007 Milblog Conference on May 5, 2007. Winners are not required to attend the conference in order to receive their awards.

6. You can track the Nomination Standings any time by viewing the Charts:
Branch Nomination Standings
Country Nomination Standings

(note: We are currently fixing the standings, so that you do not have to be signed in or a registered user to view the current standings)

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to leave your comments below or send an email to milblogging-AT-gmail.com

You can also discuss and chat about this year's Milbloggies with other members in the Discussion Boards.


Just in case you wanted to know - ahem - this blog is currently listed in the U.S. Civilian category.

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