Milblogging was founded by Jean-Paul Borda in 2005. Prior to Milblogging, Borda ran a military blog from Afghanistan while deployed with the
Army National Guard during
Operation Enduring Freedom. His original military blog "The National Guard Experience" was written as a means to stay in touch with family, friends and supporters while on deployment. Frustrated by a lack of media coverage on the positive accomplishments of the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan and wanting an easy way to find military blogs, Borda decided during his deployment to create an
aggregator site of military-related blogs from around the world when he returned to the United States. The website was launched in October 2005 and quickly garnered attention from media and blogs. By the end of December 2005, the website had been featured in several major media publications, including the
Army Times,
Newsweek, and the
Washington Post. In September 2007, U.S. President
George W. Bush met with military bloggers, including two from milblogging.com. Milblogging was acquired in January 2006 by
Military.com, which is owned by
Monster.com. ==References==