Soldiers' Angel - Holly Aho

Michelle is donating $25 to the Project Valour-IT fundraiser for each left-wing blogger that joins the fundraiser blogging competition (any team, I assume), up to $250. That seems simple enough - just join a team, and $25 will be donated! Any left-wing bloggers up to the challenge?

There are also a few nice auctions going on in the Project Valour-IT auction house. It'd be great to see the auctions filled up with great stuff! You don't have to necessarily post a product - why not offer a service? Bloggers, you could auction 2 week blogads, or guest post spots?

For those of you that can come up with some truly interesting and creative auctions, I'll feature them on the fundraising homepage at Soldiers' Angels. What say you?

And as for the Army being temporarily ahead of the Marine Corps team...

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.
Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918

We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing. What the hell is going on?
Gen. John W. Vessey Jr., USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff
during the assault on Grenada, 1983

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

They told (us) to open up the Embassy, or "we'll blow you away." And then they looked up and saw the Marines on the roof with these really big guns, and they said in Somali, "Igaralli ahow," which means "Excuse me, I didn't mean it, my mistake".
Karen Aquilar, in the U.S. Embassy; Mogadishu, Somalia, 1991

My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers... These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost.
2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard, Peleliu, World War II

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth- and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
Father Kevin Keaney
1st Marine Division Chaplain
Korean War

Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army.
Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War;
shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered
to not wear their khaki leggings.