Brandon Bollom and Matt Payne, two communication researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are conducting a survey about the Army’s recent OPSEC (Operations Security) rules update as it impacts the milblogging community.

The researchers invite former and current Army-affiliated milbloggers to take a short and confidential online survey regarding their blogging practices.  To receive a link to the survey, please email your name and blog address (the URL) to these University of Texas researchers at: UTresearchers@gmail.com

The accuracy of this project depends on the participation of the Army’s milblogging community. The researchers thank you in advance for your time and assistance. Any questions about the survey or the project can be sent to UTresearchers@gmail.com

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(Fairer Globalization) I am at Brown University's Watson Institute today and tomorrow, attending a fantastic conference, "Front Line, First Person: Iraq War Stories," on soldiers blogging from the battlefield.

The first day's talks are just ending now. Here are a few of my notes from a very emotional and relevant discussion (I am paraphrasing what some of the panelists say below):

SFC Toby Nunn (author, Northern Disclosure, soldier currently serving in Iraq) - I have an ethical obligation to tell the story of my buddies. The result is to try to instill a betterment, a better faith of humanity. There is more to armed conflict than the actual violence. It’s not just the action you see, it is the impact you make—delivering school supplies, developing infrastructure, etc. I am from Canada and am trying to become an American citizen because I want to be part of something great and earn my place in society.

Deborah Scranton showed a clip from her film "The War Tapes," showing how U.S. soldiers tried to save Iraqis after a suicide bomb went off, contrasting with the media reports, which did not show these acts of heroism.

Read the entire story here.

Thanks to Deb of The War Tapes for the tip.

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(No Angst zone)  The Navy's unveiling of their new Maritime Strategy has really highlighted something I've been thinking about for awhile now. The USAF seems really underrepresented in the milblogging world, especially with regard to "thinking" sort of blogs. Let me try to explain what I mean. I'm aware that there are several USAF blogs out there, but most of these are either more personal oriented blogs that just happen to be written by an Airman, or are like Greyhawk and focus more on the general war. I can only think of two blogs that do anything remotely close to USAF strategic analysis: Spook86 at In From the Cold, and John over at Opfor. And even then, while both of these blogs offer up fine material, the USAF is definitely not the defining focus of the blog. Contrast this to the Navy, where there is a relative plethora of blogs that focus on the Navy and the specific strategic problems it faces. The CDR, SJS, Lex, Eagle1, Galrahn, heck, I'll even include Skippy and Springbored. While none of these blogs focuses exclusively on the Navy and strategic issues, that sort of discussion plays a large part in all of them. The really interesting thing is the interaction between these blogs, and, at least in the CDR's case, the large group of Navy-centric commenters. I'm sure you could make a network map of the Navy blogosphere, and I'm sure that the above mentioned blogs would appear as nodes in this network. A great example of this has been the discussion surrounding the release of the Maritime Strategy.

Read the entire story here.

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Here’s a link and excerpt from The Brown Daily Herald story about the forum that took place over the weekend (also mentioned in my previous entry).  Oh, and I don’t know when it happened, but this morning the Milblogging.com website went down temporarily for maintenance.  Something about: “routine network maintenance”.  If you ask me, I’m becoming more and more convinced that the website shuts down every time I login, because I’m just too super awesome. 

So, uh, sorry for the inconvenience. 

(The Brown Daily Herald) Nearly 40 journalists, soldiers, Marines, activists, authors, bloggers, filmmakers, professors and dedicated students gathered on campus this weekend to discuss coverage of the war in Iraq and the importance of first-hand accounts of war as keys to the public's understanding of the war.

"Front Lines, First Person: Iraq War Stories," a two-day conference sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies, brought together some of the world's most celebrated chroniclers of war and packed them into the Joukowsky Forum for hours of discussion and debate, hoping to create "bridges for conversation" across the fault lines between soldiers and civilians.

"Progress doesn't take place in the university, in the military or in political circles through blind consent," said Professor of International Studies James Der Derian, one of the conference's organizers. "It only happens through contestation - dissent with a willingness to listen to the other."

Six two-hour sessions Friday and Saturday allowed attendees to hear a wide range of perspectives from 20 panelists, including award-winning blogger and Iraq war veteran Colby Buzzell, military blogger Matthew Burden - aka "Blackfive" - and Deborah Scranton '84, whose recent film "The War Tapes" won the Tribeca Film Festival's "Best Documentary" honors and was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.

Read the entire story here.

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Watching and listening to the Brown University frontline media forum this past Friday from over here, got me thinking. What on earth are some bloggers who haven’t been in the military service in years, or bloggers who push politics, doing on a forum discussing and representing military blogs?  Personally, we need more active frontline bloggers in forums like these and in the media if we really want to know the perspective of military bloggers.  We don’t need just big names up on stage.

It’d be like me speaking as an expert on a forum for bodybuilding.  Sure, I’ve got chiseled good looks and I can benchpress 500 pounds, but I’ve never been to a gym.  It’s all genetics baby. 

Toby Nunn, an active frontline blogger, just wrote a great article on milbloggers that’s worth the read.  Check it out below.

Oh, and for the record, for a small fee I’d be happy to speak at a Medical Seminar.  I mean, I have watched a couple of episodes of ER.  So I feel pretty qualified...

(Northern Disclosure) For those of you that didn't know, I was invited to speak at Brown University for a Watson Institute forum involving frontline media, writers and filmakers. I was honored by the invitation but it was hard to attend since I am over here. I did participate via webcast and found that in itself very entertaining.

I was able to watch the panel before the one I spoke on which had Colby Buzzell, a kid that was a specialist in the same unit I was in the first time over, and also Matt from "Blackfive". They spoke of military blogs and how they have changed. I believe there has been a change in material, the change reflects the new battlefield. I also believe that the bloggers that are on the frontlines are being more responsible with information and being respectful of the families back home since the media has portrayed such a misleading image. I take the time when it permits to read these other "milbloggers" and have found some great material and insight that holds a fellowship but I have also found many are not even in the military. I do appreciate their past military experience and in many cases I respect the things that they have accomplished since I have not yet had the chance for some of these. I do get confused when people use the military genre to promote their personal political opinions. Does that not make one a "poliblogger"? When I take my uniform off I will be able to speak of things political but when I am in it I have an obligation whether I agree or disagree to be supportive of my entire chain of command. I am also held responsible for things that I might say "out of line." (<--military term) so responsible handling of information and opinions for the actual, factual ground truth was the intent of milblogging…

Read the entire story here.

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(Dallas Morning News) FRISCO – Three years ago, Alex Horton joined the Army knowing he would go to war and hoping he'd find adventure. He did. The high-school kid from Frisco who quoted dialogue from Patton verbatim learned quickly that it was nothing like the movies.

During his 15 months in Iraq with the 3rd Stryker Brigade, Spc. Horton, 21, faced sniper attacks, improvised explosive devices, moments of horror and the age-old tedium and Catch-22 absurdities of military life. He chronicled what he saw in his blog, Army of Dude, a Web-based journal that, in simple, eloquent prose, depicts the war as seen from a front-row seat.

The blog also is a road map of a young man's transformation in the crucible of war. He learned that soldiers fight for each other, not for policy or politics. That life changes in a flash. That friends die. And he came to believe that war, this war, is a waste of time, money and blood.

"I am not a spokesman for my generation or all soldiers or anyone else. I volunteered and I knew what I was getting into," he said in an interview at his parents' home while on leave. "But when I got to Iraq, I saw that our efforts were contrary to why we were told we went there and what we hoped to accomplish. I am not anti-war; I'm anti-Iraq-war.”

Read the entire story here.

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(Entropic Memes) Is there anything the blogosphere likes reading about more than, well, the blogosphere? Probably, but let’s pretend for a moment that reading blog posts about blogs and blogging is more than just narcissistic navel-gazing, and actually a, you know, legitimate and respectable hobby. That will, ideally, allow you to enjoy a recent Naval War College paper entitled “Live From the Front: Operational Ramifications of Military Web Logs in Combat Zones”.

Published in May, just after the military went bonkers and started cracking down on milbloggers and their blogs as OPSEC threats, the 25-page paper (107KB PDF) takes a surprisingly level-headed view of the blogosphere; after looking at the various issues - OPSEC risks, military regulations, the First Amendment, and the positive effects of milblogs - it finishes up with some recommendations and conclusions that suggest the author, Lieutenant Commander Paul R. Keyes, actually gets the whole blogging thing…

Read the entire story here.

Download the full abstract and paper here.

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There's nothing more awesome than seeing military blogs get so much attention in the news, especially with the help of Garry Trudeau.  It's kind of an odd pair, cartoonist and military bloggers, but the formula works. One time, I tried mixing two entirely different things to see if I could get more attention on my blog. I uploaded photos of my biceps...  Only, instead of the desired results (which was to get more readers), my website just kept shutting down.

Something about: Photos are too AWESOME! Server crashing!!!

(NBC6.net) Garry Trudeau, creator of the satirical comic strip "Doonesbury," has collaborated with hundreds of U.S. troops to create "In The Sandbox," a compilation of about 90 online journal entries penned by scores military scribes.

"In fascinating and compelling posts, soldiers write passionately, eloquently and movingly of their day-to-day lives, of their mission, and of the drama that unfolds daily around them," Trudeau said in a statement released by the Pentagon.

"In the military they call it 'hotwash,' I understand; this kind of downloading, debriefing of experiences right after they happen," he said. "It's the kind of first-person journalism that you really can't find anyplace else."

Read the entire story here.

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(The Military Family Network) War can inspire great writing, like a series of superlative dispatches from servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan compiled in a new book that offers an arresting glimpse of life on the front lines.

Conceived by Garry Trudeau, creator of the long-running, satirical comic strip Doonesbury, “The Sandbox” is a 309-page compilation of roughly 90 online journal entries penned by scores of the military’s most talented scribes.

“In fascinating and compelling posts, soldiers write passionately, eloquently and movingly of their day-to-day lives, of their mission, and of the drama that unfolds daily around them,” Trudeau said during an interview at the Pentagon yesterday.

“In the military they call it ‘hotwash,’ I understand; this kind of downloading, debriefing of experiences right after they happen,” he said. “It’s the kind of first-person journalism that you really can’t find anyplace else.”

Thousands of military bloggers, or milbloggers, in Afghanistan and Iraq use the Internet to tell an unfiltered version of war, sharing stories of compassion, hope, anguish and suspense to primarily niche audiences of family members and friends. Trudeau, who said he began reading milblogs as a source of inspiration and information at the wars’ outset, decided last year to help the authors tap into a wider readership.

Read the entire story here.

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As much as it pains me to be away from my kids during deployment, I always have MySpace.  My beautiful wife sends me regular MySpace videos of the boys so I don't have to wonder what's going on back home.  Below is a video of my 1-year old Joseph using his manners.

Yes, it's a slow news day here in Iraq.



More videos of the Care Bear
My 1 year old doing Karaoke back in the States
My 1 year old rocking to iPod music - Part 2
My 1 year old rocking to iPod music back home
My son's Soldier Prayer for me captured on hidden camera

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(The Buffalo News)  Growing up, New York Army National Guard member Troy Steward dreamed of becoming a well-known photojournalist and writer.

The Amherst resident instead found a home in the high-tech world as a computer geek who prevents identity theft with an international company when he is not serving in the Guard.

But today and Wednesday, Steward will be at center stage in the glamour of the publishing world, sitting beside “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau autographing copies of a just-released book, “The Sandbox,” a collection of blogs from soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan that first appeared on Trudeau’s “milblog” of the same name.

Three of the 90 blog stories are written by Steward, who gained wide attention with his gut-wrenching and practical stories posted on his family’s Web site, www.bouhammer.com, as well as militaryoriented sites on the Internet. He wrote those blogs while serving a year in Afghanistan, where he saw death on a regular basis, childhood innocence destroyed by the horror of war and, on various occasions, fired his weapon to save his life.

Read the entire story here.

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(Washington Post)  First Sgt. Troy Steward becomes fascinated with Garry Trudeau's pen. It writes so richly, it rolls so well! For this mission, the New York Army National Guardsman feels not as well-armed as the creator of "Doonesbury."

"If you want to know about killing people, I can tell you that," Steward says. "When it comes to signing books . . ."

Trudeau holds his pen aloft and offers a tribute. "This is called the Uni-ball Vision Elite," he says. "And it's mightier than anything you got!"

Everyone at the lunch table in the Department of Veterans Affairs cracks up. Yes, indeed, Steward and the big guy at his elbow, Sgt. Owen Powell, probably do have more recent experience with assault rifles than with pens. But they also happen to know their way around a laptop, and they can make the English language sing almost as sharply and sweetly as one of cartoon warrior B.D.'s thought balloons.

Which is how the paths of all three have crossed behind a big pile of books in the canteen of VA headquarters downtown, where yesterday about 100 employees lined up to get their $14.95 copies signed, discounted from the regular retail price of $16.95. The work is called "The Sandbox," a new collection of blog entries that men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan posted to the milblog of the same name that Trudeau created at the comic strip's Web site.

Read the entire story here.

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My fellow Milblogger and longtime family friend Troy Steward of Bouhammer will be on the book signing tour for The Sandbox Book.  Someday, who knows, maybe I’ll write a book and go on a cross-country book signing tour.  Hey, it’s fun to dream, but let’s face it, I’m not a writer.  I probably have a better chance of running for President of the United States.  And winning.  Two terms.  I’m just saying.

Congrats to Troy and his most excellent military blog Bouhammer!

(Bouhammer) So I have been talking about this announcement for a while, but I hope I have not built up too much hype and I hope that I do not let you down. For me this is a big deal and I am completely honored and flattered by the opportunity that I have been given. By the time you read this I will have already departed for Washington D.C. to start the journey.

A couple of weeks ago David Stanford, who is the editor of The Sandbox website, called me and extended an invitation to me to join him, Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau, and the Iraq Blogger Roy Batty in Washington D.C. this week for a couple of days. When he told me what the itinerary would be, I immediately said YES, and could not believe they asked me. The Sandbox Book comes out today, so they wanted to perform a book signing tour in the city that is the capital of our country and the heart of our military. We will be visiting many sites over a couple of days and performing multiple interviews.

We will be performing book signings at the main VA medical center in the D.C. area and at the Pentagon. We will also be visiting some of the wounded heroes of our military who are currently recovering at Walter Reed Medical Center. From what I understand we will be visiting the new Amputee Center to see what good work our medical technology is doing in order to help restore lives that have been shattered by violent amputations in combat.

Since all of the proceeds from the sale of the book will be go towards my favorite charity, The Fisher House, we will be having dinner with the President of the Fisher House organization at one of the Fisher House locations. In addition to the visits and book signings we will also be performing interviews with NPR, Armed Forces Network and Stars & Stripes Newspaper. In addition there may be other media outlets there to perform interviews. I am not sure when the NPR interview will air.

On top of all of this, on Tuesday my local newspaper, The Buffalo News, will be running a story about me and about the book and book signing. You can read it on Tuesday at www.buffnews.com. On Wednesday they will be running a story about me having just returned from Afghanistan and my son now getting ready to go to Afghanistan. The reporter was up here at Ft. Drum the other day to interview us both and called me today to tell me that story will run on Wednesday.

So as you can see this is like Media week for me. I have a lot going on and once I am done in D.C. I will be returning to NY and putting my uniform back on and back to training the soldiers that are soon headed over to Afghanistan themselves.

One last note, the book signings in D.C. this week are not open to the public. They are only meant for those that are working at the Pentagon and the VA or for those that are patients there. I am not sure if there will be any public book signings, but if there are by any of the authors whom are featured in the book I will be sure and post the information right here. 

Keep up to date on the signing tour right here.

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Should I blog about what I’m doing on deployment? Will my family and friends worry more? Will they worry less?  

It’s not a simple answer.  It’s a dilemma faced by many milbloggers who are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, including myself.   Many readers who visit milblogs, read them for a variety of reasons.  For firsthand accounts of what’s really going on.  For support.  For therapy.  To keep in touch.  The list goes on and on.

Readers who have never met a blogger in person, in some cases, become connected to the milblogger and worry just like family when the milblogger hasn’t posted an entry in several days.  My day usually isn’t complete without one or two readers asking me how I’m doing, or why haven’t I written. Regardless of my situation, I usually answer with something like, “I’ve been off riding unicorns”.  Then I throw in a couple shots of my biceps, and they’re relieved to know I’m ok.

The dilemma I face as a milblogger, is how much I share.  Not because of Op Sec, because Op Sec doesn’t prevent any military blogger from writing.  I’m actually sensitive to the feelings of readers.  Yes, me.  The same person who tells readers, “Anybody who sends a party invitation to a deployed soldier is clearly retarded.

One thing that I’ve tried as a milblogger, is to keep things lighthearted in my entries.  It’s something I’ve done since 2004.  I like to write about simple topics such as my kids or Care Packages.   You know? The do’s and don’ts.  During my first deployment, after seeing so many care packages end up in the trash or traded, I had a chat with my battle buddies for some ideas on improving the contents.  Then I posted an entry called the Golden Rules of Care Packages.  However, I took the satirical approach telling readers, “Sending generic brand goods is worse than taking a dump in a cardboard box and shipping it over.” A novel idea, but probably not one of my best.  When you’re a deployed soldier requesting care packages, telling supporters “If it's not electronic, it's not worth sending”, doesn’t mean anything is going to improve.

Why do I really blog? I’m asked that question all of the time.  Honestly, I blog for friends and family, and for my longtime readers.  And chances are, my experiences here will probably always stay private.  So I will continue my satirical approach to military blogging while deployed. 

Telling readers, “Don't ever send school supplies unless we ask. Most soldiers don't like to criticize care packages, but you could send over a box of deadly scorpions or feces, and that would be the best package you've ever sent.” 

Plus, most of you know I can’t write anything of substance.  So please don’t nominate this blog for the Weblog Awards or the Nobel Prize in literature or anything. 

It would be totally unfair to the other nominees.

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(VAJoe.com)  We interviewed Jeff to find out more about his blog, Dadmanly.

What are 3 things your readers probably do not know about you?

I have a theater degree with a concentration in directing.

I spent the US Bicentennial (July 4, 1976) in the USSR, on a High School Russian Club class trip.

The Nudings in the US trace our origin to an ancestor who immigrated to the US in 1817. Genealogical records show the first Nuding, Georg, appearing in Geradstetten (outside Stuttgart, Germany) in 1600. His ethnic or geographic origin prior to 1600 is entirely unknown.

How long have you been blogging and why did you get into blogging?

I have always loved to write. Writing has always been a big part of my civilian employment as an Information Technology (IT) Consultant and Project Management Professional (PMP), as well as my military work as an Intelligence Analyst, military occupational specialty (MOS) 98C and 96B.

Prior to being activated with the 42nd Infantry (Rainbow) Division, NY Army National Guard, my unit, the 642nd Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion (BN), was due for a 6 month rotation to Bosnia as part on a UN Peacekeeping mission. As our mobilization approached, I discovered several well-known military web logs (blogs, or more specifically MILBLOGS.

I saw how milbloggers like Greyhawk , Citizen Smash, and Blackfive had an excellent opportunity to comment on all things military from their blogs. Most importantly, their perspectives, insights and commentary stood in sharp contrast to what passes for “Journalism” on the part of mainstream (news) media (MSM). They spoke of “reality on the ground,” and in preparing for deployment, I knew they would be could voices to listen to.

Shortly thereafter, our deployment mission changed, and we were going to Iraq. I was a strong supporter of our efforts against Saddam Hussein specifically as a supporter of terror against the US, and in his defiance in the face of repeated injunctions by the UN Security Council. I knew he had weapons of mass destruction, and a proven willingness to use them against ethnic minorities and opponents. I never expected to be part of that effort in the National Guard, but I was proud to be called upon to serve in this way. I made note of Blogger, and what looked like a manageable process to start the blog.

Once I had reliable internet at the mobilization site at Fort Drum, I started Dadmanly in August 2004.

Read the entire interview here.

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I guess I wouldn’t be doing my job as a military blogger if I didn’t give you an update once in awhile on what I’m actually doing on deployment.  A lot of readers have written me, asking me general questions about what I do on missions, where I go, and why don’t I write more often. 

Well, uh, I can tell you what I’m not doing because of Op Sec.  And on the contrary, I'm possibly more or less not definitely rejecting the idea that I undeniably do or do not know what I shouldn't probably be doing. If that indeed isn’t what I’m doing.

That should answer all your questions, right?  And yes, I just watched Shrek 3. 

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(via The 2007 Weblog Awards) Nominate your choice for Best Military Blog. Blogs by members of the armed forces, or blogs that primarily deal with military issues or militia issues are appropriate for this category.

To nominate a blog leave the name of the blog; the main URL for the blog; and the URL for a RSS/Atom feed (if possible) in the comment section. For example (Note that Wizbang is not eligible for nomination in any category):

Wizbang
http://wizbangblog.com/
http://feeds.wizbangblog.com/Wizbang

For rules and more, read here.

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