U.S. military 'shuts down' soldiers' blogs by repost Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2006 at 1:24 PM
Troops are detailing their experiences in online journals, but military says some are revealing too much
BY JOSEPH MALLIA STAFF WRITER
January 2, 2006
Letters home filled with tales of death and danger, bravery and boredom are a wartime certainty.
And now, as hundreds of soldiers overseas have started keeping Internet journals about the heat, the homesickness, the bloodshed, word speeds from the battlefront faster than ever.
More and more, though, U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan are clamping down on these military Web logs, known as milblogs.
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U.S. military 'shuts down' soldiers' blogs
by repost Wednesday, Jan. 04, 2006 at 1:24 PM
Troops are detailing their experiences in online journals, but military says some are revealing too much
BY JOSEPH MALLIA
STAFF WRITER
January 2, 2006
Letters home filled with tales of death and danger, bravery and boredom are a wartime certainty.
And now, as hundreds of soldiers overseas have started keeping Internet journals about the heat, the homesickness, the bloodshed, word speeds from the battlefront faster than ever.
More and more, though, U.S. military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan are clamping down on these military Web logs, known as milblogs.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/1723627.php
Hang in there, "Tom".
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