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Blogs by soldiers, also called milblogs, are being shut down almost as fast as they're established, according to this article in Bloggers Blog. The military has attempted to establish milblog registration through the chain of command, which has resulted in a bunch of squeaky-clean, patriotic bullshit blogs that don't actually provide any insight into the true soldier's experiences in Iraq and elsewhere.
Freedom of speech issues abound, but as usual with this administration, they're trumped by so-called "National Security." Luckily many soldiers are still finding ways to get their personal thoughts online, though. This Wired.com story about milblogs has more details, and this Yahoo directory page also lists several milblogs.
Three other milblog directories were also listed by the Bloggers Blog entry I referenced at the top of this post: Blogs of War, Milblogging.com, and Blog Catalog. And of course, my favourite means to find stuff remains through Google: here's a Google blogsearch for milblogs + one more on Military Blogs.
Blogs by soldiers, also called milblogs, are being shut down almost as fast as they're established, according to this article in Bloggers Blog. The military has attempted to establish milblog registration through the chain of command, which has resulted in a bunch of squeaky-clean, patriotic bullshit blogs that don't actually provide any insight into the true soldier's experiences in Iraq and elsewhere.
Freedom of speech issues abound, but as usual with this administration, they're trumped by so-called "National Security." Luckily many soldiers are still finding ways to get their personal thoughts online, though. This Wired.com story about milblogs has more details, and this Yahoo directory page also lists several milblogs.
Three other milblog directories were also listed by the Bloggers Blog entry I referenced at the top of this post: Blogs of War, Milblogging.com, and Blog Catalog. And of course, my favourite means to find stuff remains through Google: here's a Google blogsearch for milblogs + one more on Military Blogs.
