Military Responds to Milblogger "Silence"; a Message from the Army, 12/23/09
Several Military blogs Go Silent for the Day in Support of CJ Grisham, 12/16/09
Milbloggers In the News: "The rise and fall of a military blogger", 12/09/09
It's Official: The "Fifth Annual Milblog Conference and Party" Scheduled for April 9 and 10, 2010, Going to Be the Best Yet!, 12/06/09
A little milestone for Milblogging.com: 2,500+ Military Blogs Indexed, 11/30/09
Not even a Month Old, The Department of Defense Launches the DoD Social Media Hub, 11/22/09
Prayers for MilBlogger "Concrete Bob", Suffers Serious Heart Attack, 11/20/09
Military Twitter Users Make CNN Tech's Weekly Feature, 11/14/09
Long-Standing Military Blog "A Soldier's Perspective" Shuts Down, 11/09/09
My 10 Favorite Experiences as a Military Blogger, 11/09/09
Harding Distinguished Lecture Features Milblogger Colby Buzzell, 11/05/09
Getting Jiggy With It: The National Guard is Now on Twitter, 10/21/09
What the Media is saying about the Pentagon's Policy on Social Networking, Price Floyd Says a Few More Weeks Before it's Released, 09/30/09
Four years of Milblogging.com, a lot has changed, now there's Twitter, 09/13/09
The Sweet Embrace of Social Media: Federal Computer Week Lists 5 Reasons Why the DoD Should and Shouldn't Embrace Social Media, 09/04/09
Military Blogger Michael Yon Has Embed Cancelled by British Ministry of Defence after Writing Dispatch Titled 'Bad Medicine', 08/24/09
World's Oldest Known Military Blogger, Normandy D Day Vet Solomon Fein Still Blogging Away, 08/08/09
Stars and Stripes Calls the DoD's Policy Towards Sites Like Facebook, Twitter "Social networking schizophrenia" , 08/05/09
Twitter News: U.S. Army Astronaut Col. Tim Kopra First "Soldier" to Tweet from Outer space (and first person from the Space Station), 08/04/09
Danger Room Churns out Updates on Military Social Networking Ban: 'Pentagon Social Media Czar Pushes Web 2.0, Despite Ban Threat', 08/03/09
Breaking News Story from Wired.com's Danger Room: 'Military May Ban Twitter, Facebook as Security Headaches', 07/30/09
Is the Highest Ranking Military Officer on Twitter, Still Actively Tweeting? You Better Believe He Is!, 07/29/09
Roger That: MilitaryTimes.com Writer Jon Anderson Writes Another Social Media Article 'Front-line tweeting tells war's story, in brief', 07/22/09
In the News: Military blocking of Web sites not uniform , 07/16/09
My Favorite Military Support Commercial is Made by Anheuser-Busch, 07/07/09
What's in Store for Military Blog Kaboom?, 06/21/09
No Strings Attached: Navy Hosts 16 Bloggers on USS Nimitz This Past May - VatorNews Has a Great Recap, 06/16/09
U.S. Army Issues Official Press Release Regarding Social Media Standards in CONUS; Twitter, Facebook, and More, 06/12/09
Anonymous Blogger Who Used a Fictitious Name Online is Revealed: Not a Military Blogger, 06/08/09
Carson Daly Deserves Kudos for Supporting the Troops; Plugs #MilitaryMon on His Late Late Night/Early Morning Show, 06/03/09
The Rise of Military Tweeters on the Frontlines, 05/21/09
More Army Twitter Coverage in the News: Army jumps on Twitter bandwagon, tells some personnel to tweet off, 05/13/09
Say Whaaaa? Carson Daly Taking Credit for Starting #MilitaryMonday on Twitter?, 05/11/09
Military Blogger Major General Oates Calls In from Iraq During the 2009 Official Milblog Conference, 04/27/09
Awesome "Stand By Me" Video Being Retweeted in Military Twitter Community (via @SoldiersAngels), 04/21/09
U.S. Army Issues Press Release Officially Announcing Launch of Blog, Facebook page, 04/18/09
Interview with the 'Online and Social Media Division' about the Launch of the Official Blog of the U.S. Army, 04/15/09
Honoring a Fallen Soldier and Military Blogger, PV2 Bryce E. Gautier, 04/14/09
Twitter Poll Calls It: Navy Seals Kill Pirates, Rescue American Hostage, 04/12/09
Honoring a Fallen Soldier, Avid Writer and Military Blogger, Sgt. Christopher P. Abeyta, 03/23/09
SGT Danger Shares Why He's a Military Blogger, 03/21/09
Odd News: Military Blocks Its Own 'YouTube' Knockoff called TroopTube at Several Military Bases (Hilarious), 03/17/09
If You Have a Military Blog, Then You Have a Brand (You Should Register Your Brand On Other Social Media Websites Like Twitter), 03/12/09
Online Interview with Normandy D-Day Veteran and Oldest Known Military Blogger, 86-Year Old Solomon Fein, 02/24/09
Vice Admiral John C. Harvey, Jr. Loves Military Blogs... Not Really. Claims Military Blogs Don't Have Much Value, Lack Facts, 01/29/09
Blogging General Reaches Out to Troops, Blows Off Security Fears, 01/16/09
Milblogger Michael Yon Considers Suing Michael Moore , 01/15/09
Michael Yon, Winner of 'Best Military Blog' at the 2008 Weblog Awards, 01/14/09
Military Blog Conference Moves Back to Washington, D.C. Area, 1/10/09
An Army Wife's Blog Heartbreakingly becomes an Army Widow's Blog, 01/08/09
Israeli army tells foreign journos to blog off
01/02/09
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Military.com's Twitter page recently got a makeover. The new Twitter background includes images of men and women in the Military and uses a refreshing blue color throughout the page. I threw in a shot of their new Twitter page above, in case you’re not on Twitter. In the past year, a lot of members of the military community have jumped online with Twitter including high-ranking members of the DOD and everyone has their own "look and feel".
Some might say this isn’t news, but I’m a huge fan of Twitter and I enjoy watching more and more individuals and organizations engage others through the microblogging platform. Plus, I think Military.com's new design is HOT. If I ever get around to updating my Twitter page background, I’d probably go with a similar awesome design – except with super-real Unicorns flying over those clouds in the background (top right).
Unicorns are just smart marketing, folks. And terrorists hate them much more than A-10s.
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In the full bright light of morning its sprawling vastness is almost overwhelming. This is a camp that houses 14,500 plus personnel, with air movements that can exceed traffic at Gatwick.
The average daily postal delivery is 300 bags, while the 150 generator sets produce enough power to run a small town. The camp fuel usage per day is enough to drive a Ford Mondeo around the world 35 times.
There seems no end to its impressive dimensions, yet it is surprisingly easy to get used to its extraordinary sights. You walk along the roads passed by convoys of heavily armoured vehicles. Helicopters swirl above you in constant activity. There is a permanent whirr of goings-on – life never stops in the camp that doesn’t sleep.
Read the entire story here.
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When I saw this story pop up on DoD Live, the blog of the Department of Defense that discusses emerging media, I just couldn’t help myself. It's apparent the DoD has no plans to release their official stance on Social Media anytime soon (or do they?), despite all the hinting and literally dozens if not hundreds of DoD social media sites launched over the last several months. In the meantime, there are constant reminders and notes being published on how to use social media, most of which seem to explain the best way to use social media is by using “common sense”. Often, analogies are used to illustrate a point – but yet, nothing in writing which spells out the exact “do’s and don’ts” is online specifically for Social Media.
In the latest DoD Live Emerging Media story posted last week, the writer Ian Graham quotes Dr. Mark Drapeu (an adjunct professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University):
“Street smarts are more important than book smarts,” he said. “Just do it.”
There’s no better way to say it. While people scramble to find the next big thing or discover the secret key to social media, they ignore the entire point: to be social. Like going to an office mixer or a happy hour, the point is to mingle, to chat with people, to make connections.
As one blog I read recently joked, social media is like starting at a new school – you find the popular kids, start hanging out around them, and try to mimic what they do while adding your two cents – after a while, you’re either a part of the cool crowd, with lots of friends, or you’ve learned you want something different.
The idea, of course, is to create a discussion, to share ideas and to be a part of the network. Many people and organizations have joined social media only to try to deter commenters and stay “above the fray” of web discussion.
“Don’t be stupid. Join the conversation. Provide value. Sharing is caring,” Drapeau said.
I’m not exactly sure what the DoD’s stance on social media is, but apparently it’s “like a box of chocolates” and “you never know what you’re gonna get”. And sometimes it can be “yummy”. Or something. True story.
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Those are sentiments of somber reflection for Black, whose four-year slog through the Civil War as a soldier, then officer, and finally surgeon with his Illinois regiment is meticulously cataloged in a handwritten diary recently acquired by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. The tattered, cloth-bound diary, one of 122 from Illinois soldiers and officers available to the public in the library's archives, provides a stark firsthand account of war without romance or sentimentality for the era.
Read the entire story here.
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I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Milblogging.com! The Fort Scott Tribune published a story today called “Battlefield Dispatches: Remember Christmas Past”, which contains excerpts of messages from Civil War soldiers dating back to 1861.
Major / Surgeon John H. Brinton, U. S. Vol. Wrote: "during the days preceding Christmas, I received some boxes from home, full of nice comfortable thins & the letter, which came tome at that time, you maybe sure, made me feel HOMESICK! On Christmas night, I left for St. Louis as my teeth were troubling me & [I was] greatly in need of the services of a dentist. I was fortunate in finding a good one & in a day or two the necessary repairs were made." [Note: it must have been a painful Christmas for the Major."
Corporal J. C. Williams, Co. B, 14th Vermont Infantry, December 25, 1862: "This is Christmas & my mind wanders back to that home made lonesome by my absence, while far away from the peace & quietude of civil life to undergo the hardships of the camp & may be the battlefield. I think of the many lives that are endangered & hope that the time will soon come when peace, with its innumerable blessings, shall once more restore our country to happiness & prosperity.'
Capt. Charles w. Porter, Co. A, 3rd Wisconsin Cav., near Cane Hill, Arkansas. "As today is Christmas, our thoughts was naturally turned homeward to our mothers good CHRISTMAS DINNERS of ROAST TURKEY & other nice eatables too numerous to mention here. But we tried to substitute a dinner in my mess by getting up a chicken potpie & warm biscuits & butter and for supper apple dumplings which was sent up to use by our cook William A. Hawes. I think we praised the cook & done our repasts justice. Some of the boys was card playing & other amusements. I spent apportion of the day writing in my journal. Today rainy."
You can read the entire story here. On a sidenote, I’ll be offline for the next day or two unless I’m able to jump on Twitter.
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As a huge fan of milblogs – personally and professionally – I do my best to keep up with issues in the milblogosphere. And to be honest, I have to say I wasn’t aware of huge issues among our bloggers. There has been at least one high profile case, but I haven’t been on the grapevine of information about widespread shut downs of military blogs. From my foxhole, I meet new commanders and leaders in our Army every day who openly embrace milblogging in the ranks. Gone are the days when LTG William Caldwell was one of the few champions of engaging the blogosphere. These days everyone from the Secretary of the Army to battalion and brigade commanders across the field aren’t just supportive of blogging – many of them are blogging themselves.
I absolutely admit that there are still areas, and leaders, where blogging in the ranks is not met with open arms. And most of the issues milbloggers have are with their local command, not a headquarters Army action item. We consider our left and right boundaries when it comes to social media engagement and blogging to be the Uniform Code of Justice and Operations Security. Contrary to some opinion, you don’t avoid UCMJ responsibility when you log into the Internet – you’re responsible for maintaining military standards and decorum even online.
Surprisingly, in all my years of blogging and even when I participated in a Film in Iraq (Bad Voodoo's War), I’ve never been censored by the military. Frankly, I never write about anything controversial. I’m just too lazy. Typically when someone starts talking to me about Politics or the news or the economy or other literally hundreds of other topics you could choose from, I start daydreaming and just nod my head in between the pauses.
Hold on a minute, my wife is talking to me *nodding head*
Read the entire message here.
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This son who has grown up on e-mail and text messages now has no computer or cellphone, so he puts pen to paper, the only letters he has written to her since he was a boy at summer camp. The letters are short, a few paragraphs about rifle training and a 10-kilometer march up a hill called Agony. The envelopes holding his words travel an achingly slow path from Kentucky’s Fort Knox to Needham.
She loves his letters and she is proud of her son, proud that he has found the strength to get through these grueling months, proud that he has stuck with his choice. But she is a mother, so she worries.
She worries that he does not get enough to eat. She worries because he has been sick. But mostly, she worries about what will happen after he finishes basic training, and medic training, and gets deployed.
This blog helps Laurie Tishler Mindlin understand her son’s new world. She named the blog after her son, who enlisted two years after he graduated from Needham High School. It is called Corey Mindlin US Army.
Honestly, this is a nice story and all, but this would've been totally un-COOL if my Mom had written a blog for me. Seriously, folks. It's basically impossible for my Mom to go five minutes without calling me a nickname like "Chipperdinkle" or reminding me to eat my vegetables. If she had written a blog for me, it would be just like a Military Blog, except susbtitute "Military" for "My Baby Photo Album"...and I'd imagine her entries would be something like this:
"And here's my Chipperdinkle in Afghanistan...Wh-where's his hat?!! Sweet Jesus! HE'S GONNA CATCH A COLD!!!"
...Followed up with an email to my Commanding Officer.
You can check out the blog here and you can read the entire new story here on The Boston Globe. And if you’re a Mom or Dad, you can search through the Milblogging.com database and view 70 other military blogs written by parents.
Thanks to CJ for the tip.
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A Chief Scientist at Twitter recently posted the Top Twitter Trends of 2009 on the Twitter Blog. Despite all the efforts of the dedicated military community and all the supporters on Twitter, #MilitaryMon didn’t make the 2009 chart. Of course most don’t tweet the hashtag #MilitaryMon with the goal of seeing it trend, but since I enjoy writing about the Military and Social Media, I was hoping to see the hashtag started by my friend Greta Perry of Kiss My Gumbo somehow crack the chart. Some theorize that #MilitaryMon hashtag can’t trend due to blocked characters, but trying to get a response from Twitter is near impossible.
Either way, #MilitaryMon has been riding a huge wave of support in 2009. Already widely used among the Military Community on Twitter, it’s certain to continue expanding across the Twitter universe. Here’s an excerpt from the Twitter blog, written by Abdur, who is part of Twitter’s Research Team:
In 2009, Twitter’s Trending Topics helped us understand what was happening around the world showing us that people everywhere can be united in concern around important events; excited about a new movie; or geek-out about a major new technology.
Among all the keywords, hashtags, and phrases that proliferated throughout the year, one topic surfaced repeatedly. Twitter users found the Iranian elections the most engaging topic of the year. The terms #iranelection, Iran and Tehran were all in the top-21 of Trending Topics, and #iranelection finished in a close second behind the regular weekly favorite #musicmonday.
I glanced at the Twitter chart, but didn’t see any U.S. Military trends listed anywhere. What’s that, G.I. Joe, you say? That’s a tough call. Then again, it did showcase the Military’s Accelerator Suit.
I mean, uh, Op Sec.
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I guess I can see why some in the military might have a problem with that. Perhaps they fear that one of our enemies could use Grisham’s dissent against the government as propaganda in their own region of the world. Sort of a, “Look, even an American soldier disagrees with his own government. So why should we listen to America?”
However, the PTA dispute is of a completely different nature.
Read the entire story here.
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The National Guard website has a new design. From the standpoint of a visitor interested in the National Guard, it makes it easy to find information. Of course, the best aspect of the site is that it has a section called Soldier Journals - which publishes first-hand accounts from National Guard Soldiers, online. And I’m not just saying that because I love blogs, but it’s helpful for people curious about the Guard to read stories written by Guard members. The National Guard web site is also tightly integrated with social networking tools like Facebook, YouTube, MySpace, and Twitter. It’s so interactive you can even live chat online with a soldier.
I talked to a recruiter in-person when I joined the Guard, but I highly recommend you visit NationalGuard.com to get the 411 beforehand if you’re just searching for information. The website has tons of info and the Live chat is a really neat feature.
I’m a big fan of Chat. When I first met my wife of almost 10 years, we would chat online and I would try impressing her with made up stories of me being a rocket pilot or a professional Salsa dancer. I always told her the truth a minute or so later, but I was able to do it with a straight-face over messenger.
Once she asked me about a scar on my forehead, and I told her I was bit by a lion at the zoo during a summer internship where I nursed baby lion cubs back to health. It might have been a mosquito, I dunno. I have very sensitive skin. I mean, I still don’t remember. It all happened so fast.
Check out the Citizen-Soldier Journals here.
Thanks to my good pal Keith for the tip.
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If you’ve ever wondered if the person you’re following on Twitter is authentic or just an impersonator, Twitter’s Verified feature helps you know. Admiral Mike Mullen, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is one of the latest public figures to have their account verified on Twitter – a feature that works to establish authenticity. If a Twitter account has a blue checkmark above their name, they are the “real deal”. According to Twitter:
With this feature, you can easily see which accounts we know are 'real' and authentic. That means we've been in contact with the person or entity the account is representing and verified that it is approved. (This does not mean we have verified who, exactly, is writing the tweets.)
We're starting with well-known accounts that have had problems with impersonation or identity confusion. (For example, well-known artists, athletes, actors, public officials, and public agencies). We may verify more accounts in the future, but because of the cost and time required, we're only testing this feature with a small set of folks for the time being. As the test progresses we may be able to expand this test to more accounts over the next several months.
The Verified feature has been available for some time, but I’m glad Twitter actually takes the time to verify accounts. I was almost 90% certain that @Michael_Mullen was the “real” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, until he tweeted: “Feel like I'm getting man flu. Hot whiskey I think”.
You can follow the “real” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff here @TheJointStaff.
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Dozens of military bloggers and their allies declared Dec. 16 a blogging blackout to protest the treatment of Army Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham.
“Readers will have the chance to imagine a world without milblogs, and to do something about it,” reads a post echoed on many of the sites participating in the grassroots campaign. “Those participating are urging their readers to contact their elected representatives in Congress, and to let their opinions be known to them and to other leaders in Washington.”
Many of those pledging support have said they’ll run silent through the end of the week.
Read the entire story here.
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Being a war correspondent could be considered the most dangerous area of journalism, and the war correspondents of World War II put themselves right in the very heart of that danger.
Read the entire story here.
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VatorNews published their list of Top 10 Biggest Social Media Stories of the Year, and you guessed it, the DoD made the list. Among the top stories are: Twitter being valued at $1 billion, Facebook buying FriendFeed, Electronic Arts acquiring Playfish for $275, the rise of Citizen Journalism and even the US Government which includes the confusion over the social networking policies within the DoD.
Similarly, the US Army has gone to great lengths setting up multiple accounts across all the most popular social networking sites in order to get the most direct access with possible recruits. On the other hand, troops have had to deal with mixed and confused orders over the use of social networking while serving, as policies teetered constantly between full access and an all-out ban. Still, the government's embrace of social media is just one more sign (as if we needed more) of the massively growing influence of online networking.
What’s crazy is the Military has (as VatorNews points out) launched a ton of social media sites since the debate over the social media reached an all-time high earlier this year. With many of their newly launched social media efforts going online even before the official DoD Social Media policy has been published.
It’s been just over 10 minutes since I started writing this post, and I’m pretty sure a dozen more new DoD Social Media sites went online during that time.
Just saying.
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There are many ways you, or your organization can sponsor the 2010 Milblog Conference and Party. Sponsorships include:
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Cat5 Commerce, an online retailer that focuses on the military and owns properties like BDU.com and Tactical.com, has officially issued a press release announcing the acquisition of A Soldier’s Perspective. While the announcement was made on the Soldier’s Perspective blog last week, the press release was published today. CJ Grisham, a good friend and long time military blogger, had decided to shutdown the website in early November after it became more trouble to operate. Marcus, another great writer on the site, has a recap of what caused CJ to shutdown the site. Military Times even ran a story about CJ earlier this week about his blogging and the controversy it was causing in the military.
With the ownership change, Cat5 has committed to keeping the site online and CJ and his band of contributing authors will continue to write. Congratulations to Cat5, Soldier’s Perspective, CJ, and all of the authors who have contributed to the success of the website over the years.
You can read the press release below:
After being shuttered due to censorship threats, A Soldier's Perspective returns as a leading blog for candid military commentary.
Chesterfield, MO (PRWEB) December 11, 2009 -- Cat5 Commerce, a niche online retailer, has acquired A Soldier's Perspective, a top military blog currently at the epicenter of a controversial free-speech battle.
Master Sgt. C.J. Grisham, one of the first and most prominent military bloggers, has sold the rights and domain name for A Soldier's Perspective to Cat5 Commerce in an attempt to keep the blog running under new ownership. Grisham, an active-duty U.S. Army non-commissioned officer, has candidly shared personal opinions and stories on the blog since its launch in December 2004.
“I'm pretty happy with the fact that Cat5 Commerce is going to continue to maintain the integrity and traditions of A Soldier's Perspective. It's encouraging to have the backing from a company like Cat5, which will help to move the site forward and possibly reach an even wider audience.”
After a dispute involving Grisham and his children's school PTA, which he documented on the blog, and an investigation from the U.S. Army's Office of the Inspector General, Grisham announced that he was shutting down A Soldier's Perspective.
“As a firm believer in first amendment rights, I found C.J.'s situation to be compelling and astonishing said Chad Weinman, Cat5 Commerce President. “We will do everything in our power to preserve this tremendous outlet he created.”
Grisham and other blog contributors have vowed to return to A Soldier's Perspective and continue to share personal experiences, adding to the ongoing online conversation about military developments. With no major changes planned, Cat5 Commerce will maintain and support A Soldier's Perspective as an uncensored platform where active-duty soldiers and veterans alike can voice their opinions.
You can read the full press release here.
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