Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Aug 23, 2012 11:44:20 GMT -5
Not trying to send you all to the competition here, but you might like to check out this site for a laugh and some insight into the military today....
Former Marine Paul Szoldra first posted a fictional story about an Air Force colonel who banned all chairs on his installation to gain attention for another website he had created to help veterans use their education benefits.
The post intended to poke fun at a common nickname other services have for the Air Force – the Chair Force – the satirical article quickly spread throughout the military ranks. There was soon an outcry for more comic posts by Szoldra, which inspired him to create The Duffel Blog – what many consider a military version of The Onion.
The site has existed for only 5 months and already has over 10,000 fans on Facebook. Recent news coverage crashed their site twice because of increased traffic. The stories are gaining attention, some even mistaken by mainstream websites as real.
Click here for a link to the rest of the article and a link to the blog itself
Former Marine Paul Szoldra first posted a fictional story about an Air Force colonel who banned all chairs on his installation to gain attention for another website he had created to help veterans use their education benefits.
The post intended to poke fun at a common nickname other services have for the Air Force – the Chair Force – the satirical article quickly spread throughout the military ranks. There was soon an outcry for more comic posts by Szoldra, which inspired him to create The Duffel Blog – what many consider a military version of The Onion.
The site has existed for only 5 months and already has over 10,000 fans on Facebook. Recent news coverage crashed their site twice because of increased traffic. The stories are gaining attention, some even mistaken by mainstream websites as real.
Click here for a link to the rest of the article and a link to the blog itself
