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News Story: "Military Blogs React To Obama\'s Afghanistan Speech"
(The Atlantic Wire) It's no secret what mainstream pundits think of President Obama's just-unveiled Afghanistan war strategy: the blogosphere is enraged while a contingent of newspaper columnists is receptive but still divided. But what do mili...
Twitter, YouTube, Social Media Join Israel\'s Arsenal of Weapons
On Monday, Israel announced that they would be forming a new unit in their military – the Internet and New Media Department whose mission is simple: “create a direct link with international audiences rather than addressing them thr...
Cell Phones, Social Networking, Messenger, Web Cameras: It\'s Becoming Easier for Troops to Stay Connected with Family, Friends
In just the last few years, it’s becoming easier to stay connected, especially with all the different options ranging from Web chat and cameras, to Facebook and Twitter, even cell phones. Trib (a Wyoming online news source) has a story a...
News: Forgotten Diary Kept by American Soldier who Fought for British in 1755, Goes on Public Display
(Brandon Sun Online) HALIFAX, N.S. - Transcripts from a diary kept by a young American soldier fighting for the British is giving historians a new twist on the deportation of Acadians from the Maritimes in the 18th century. In 1755, 30-year-old...
Huntsville Times: Soldiers\' letters home hold heart, soul - then and now
(al.com) Merrimack Hall this weekend presents "Letters Home," a drama about soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan told through their letters home. The Times asked Soldier's Diary columnist Maj. Ken Arnold, recently returned from Afghanistan,...
RIP: Fallen TA Soldier Andrew Fentiman also wrote from Frontlines
The BBC and other news organizations as well as fellow bloggers like Daniel Bennett have more information on Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, a Territorial Army Soldier who was killed earlier this week in Afghanistan. A blog that Andrew wrote on Novem...
Fort Hood at the Center of the "Citizen Journalism" Debate
Many news stories have been written in the past week arguing over citizen journalism – with the tragic day at Fort Hood as the center of the debate. TechCrunch’s Paul Carr wrote about Tearah Moore, a soldier based in Fort Hood who...
Military Twitter Users Make CNN Tech\'s Weekly Feature
It’s always fun to get some Press, even when it’s CNN. In this week’s Tech Weekly Feature, CNN recommends Twitter feeds about hot topics in the news.With Veterans Day, the continuing investigation into the shootings at Fort...
Australian Chief of Army Lt. Gen. Ken Gillespie - Provide soldiers access to social networking sites like Twitter (My Favorite)
The Leavenworth Lamp is reporting a story about Australian Chief of Army Lt. Gen. Ken Gillespie speaking to the "Command and General Staff College" students at Fort Leavenworth. The topic: Building an Adaptive Army. Among the topics discu...
News Story: "Fort Hood soldiers turn to social media"
(Fierce GovernmentIT) It comes at an ironic time because DoD has not decided whether to buy into the idea that social networking is a good way to communicate. Although the Pentagon has given the green light to some social media sites, it is sti...
News Story: "WWII soldiers reflect on experiences"
(StandardNET) It may be that Bill Allen, 81, was the youngest World War II vet in Saturday's Veterans Day parade, because he was almost certainly the youngest of every-one there when he enlisted in 1942 at the ripe old age of 14.How did he do i...
Shoes: Military Blogger and Readers of The Huntsville Times Make a Difference in Afghanistan and So Do Many Others
I stumbled across this story that was published on The Huntsville Times about the difference Maj. Ken Arnold and the people of Hunstville, Alabama made in Afghanistan, simply by donating shoes. Maj. Arnold wrote a blog called “A Soldierâ...
News: "What Military Blogs Say About Fort Hood Shootings"
(The Atlantic Wire) Everyone is pontificating on Thursday's horrific shooting at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old military psychiatrist who was facing his deployment to Afghanistan. Much discussion focuses on the troubles of ...
News: \'Leicester soldier\'s letters from First World War available online\'
(Leicester Mercury) They tell of the harsh life in the trenches, coping with tough conditions while under fire and thoughts for family back home.Now letters, diary entries and postcards revealing a Leicester soldier's experiences in the First W...
Harding Distinguished Lecture Features Milblogger Colby Buzzell
(The Collegian) Echoes of contemporary war tales and first-hand accounts of experiences in Iraq filled the air in the Performing Arts Center on Oct. 27, as the Harding Distinguished Lecture Series and the South Dakota Humanites Council featured...
In the News: "British troops are told: Don’t Tweet war secrets"
The Daily Mail has a story online about the Online Engagement Guidelines published by the Ministry of Defense, although the MoD published the guidelines way back in early August so the Daily Mail is a little behind. British troops have been given new...
Military Blogger Michael Yon in the News: Claims The New York Times lied about not paying ransom for Reporter David Rohde
(Raw Story) The New York Times lied when it said it had not paid a ransom for the release of report David Rohde, a freelance war correspondent is alleging.In a series of Twitter statements, blogger Michael Yon asserted that the Times "paid mill...
In the News: Teenage Gallipoli veteran Hubert Anthony, kept a diary of his horrendous experiences
(The Australian) Here he writes home from London after being evacuated seriously illNo3 General Hospital Wandsworth London SW August 30, 1915 Dearest Mother You will be getting anxious about me I am sure and you will also be surprised no doubt ...
More Social Media by the Military: Army to launch technology blog
The military continues to launch new blogs and connect on more social media sites. From the Army.mil website:The Army is launching a new blog to help Soldiers and the public discover a little-known side of the Army: the research, developm...
World War I Diary Discovered: Describes British Soldier\'s experiences on the front line between 1915 and 1917
(The Daily Mail) With shells screaming overhead and German snipers only 75 yards away, just staying alive was a remarkable achievement. Yet huddled in the mud-filled trenches, Sapper John T French found the time to compile a remarkable diary. I...
In the News: Army sees benefits in social-media presence
(Government Computer News) Social-networking tools are playing an increasingly important part of the U.S. Army’s strategy for communicating with the public, despite the inherent security risks, according to Lt. Col. Kevin Arata, dir...
In the News: Berkeley blogger Whose Goal in Life was "To Send George Bush to Jail" settles lawsuit against Department of Defense
Inside Bay Area has an update on the Berkley blogger, Jane Stillwater, who filed a lawsuit against the DoD after her embed with the U.S. Army was cancelled.Berkeley blogger Jane Stillwater has settled a lawsuit against the federal government fo...
In the News: Army Major Brian Nomi Who Returned Home Recently, Gave Personal Look at Army Life in Iraq with a Military Blog
(Camarillo Acorn) The Web log features photographs, videos and posts from a country many Americans still know very little about. The blog has attracted loyal followers—many of them soldiers who are headed to the base and grateful f...
In the News: "Turning Swords to Pens, and Warriors to Writers"
(NYTimes) In a bare-walled room at the main library here, Kris Rodriguez, a military veteran, was struggling to explain his confusion as a new writer.A first step, Jenny Lumet suggested, might be to choose a format. Writing a novel might be dif...
This just in: Military Blogfather Colby Buzzell Making Appearance
Nice, almost 5 years later after writing a blog and a book, the "Military Blogfather" Colby Buzzell is still making the news.Buzzell will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Performing Arts Center on campus. Copies of his book will be avai...
3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team embraced the world of social media by jumping on the YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and blog bandwagons
(Ledger-Enquirer) Last winter, the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team embraced the world of social media by jumping on the YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and blog bandwagons.Since the unit launched its Web sites in February and March, interest has...
Making the Big Time: Twitter Hashtag #MilitaryMon Hits the News!
In a story about the launch of a website that focuses on veterans, The Spectrum mentioned the popular Twitter hashtag #MilitaryMon:The Web site is sponsored by Ted and Vivian Spilsbury, of Spilsbury Mortuary, and features six local veterans eac...
In the News: Oregonian writer heads to Iraq to cover Oregon Army National Guard's 41st Brigade, plans to blog and tweet
A writer for The Oregonian Editors will be writing about the Oregon Army National Guardâs 41st Brigade over a period of four to five weeks while he's in Iraq with the Unit. The paper reports:Oregonian writer Mike Francis left Oregon ...
U.S. Air Force: Rare find focuses on Scottish-American history, Red Cross/USO Club Sign-in Roster dating back to 1943
A Red Cross/USO servicemembers' club sign-in roster has been discovered dating back to 1943. The U.S. Air Force reports:Dr. Nina Baker, a Glasgow city councillor for Ward 10, was indexing the old books in the city chambers' library when s...
In the News: While the Military Wrestles with Web 2.0, the State Department Pins down one of their own bloggers...
Nathan Hodge over at the The Danger Room reports:For several years, the military has been wrestling with the rules of Web 2.0. And while its efforts to regulate online behavior have at times been ham-fisted, the Pentagon has made at least a gen...
