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Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="Shoes Donated to Afghan Children" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/tom-shoes-on-afghan-girl-refugeecamp-dec08.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I stumbled across <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/12572433499840.xml&coll=1&thispage=3">this story</a> that was published on The Huntsville Times about the difference <span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1">Maj. Ken Arnold and the people of Hunstville, Alabama made in Afghanistan, simply by donating shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Maj. Arnold wrote a blog called “A Soldier’s Diary” from Afghanistan that was published weekly by the Times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He recently returned home and made a visit to the offices of The Times.</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-themecolor: text1"><br><br></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Arnold wrote about the boys who needed shoes. Soon, shoes began pouring into The Huntsville Times. <span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"><br><br></span>"After that, both of us wondered what their lives will be like in the future," Arnold said. "Will they think about the two Americans who threw them shoes over the fence? Will they remember? Did we make a difference?" <span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"><br><br></span>Did they make a difference? The answer was waiting for Arnold on Monday when he walked into lobby of The Times, boxes of shoes everywhere. <span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"><br><br></span>"I guarantee you, these shoes are better than any shoes I saw there," said Arnold, plucking a pair of inexpensive tennis shoes from a donation box. "They'll touch a lot of people, and they're coming from the people of Huntsville, Alabama."</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></b>That photo above isn’t Maj. Arnold, it’s actually a photo I found on <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://afghanistanchildren.org/?p=102">AfghanistanChildren.org</a>. A web blog run by </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-themecolor: text1">Bagram AFB hospital who accept shoe donations, then deliver the shoes to the children who need them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And they blog, upload photos and share the great stories about what they’re doing.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-themecolor: text1"><br><br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">You can read the entire Huntsville Times story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/local.ssf?/base/news/12572433499840.xml&coll=1&thispage=3">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091107-150942',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091107-150942&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091107-150942">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091107-150942&title=Shoes%3A++Military+Blogger+and+Readers+of+The+Huntsville+Times+Make+a+Difference+in+Afghanistan+and+So+Do+Many+Others">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091107-150942&title=Shoes%3A++Military+Blogger+and+Readers+of+The+Huntsville+Times+Make+a+Difference+in+Afghanistan+and+So+Do+Many+Others">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">News: "What Military Blogs Say About Fort Hood Shootings"</div> <div class="blog_date">Saturday, November 7, 2009, 06:26 AM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/What-Military-Blogs-Say-About-Fort-Hood-Shootings-1525">The Atlantic Wire</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a title="Everyone is pontificating" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/Why-Did-Major-Hasan-Kill-13-at-Fort-Hood-1520"><font color="#0000ff">Everyone is pontificating</font></a> 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 <a id="mp8z" title="troubles of the military" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/How-Military-Could-Change-After-Fort-Hood-Shootings-1523" sb_id="ms__id324"><font color="#0000ff">troubles of the military</font></a>. But what do present and former members of the military think about the shooting? The Wire surveys a sampling of military bloggers--some writing on official military sites, some at personal blogs--and their coverage of the shooting. <br sb_id="ms__id325"><br>The discussion is unabashedly frank. Many bloggers vehemently reject media speculation that post-traumatic stress may have played a role. Hasan's religion and race are by far the most-discussed topic. A Muslim of Palestinian heritage and American nationality, Hasan's identity--and any role it might have played in yesterday's events--is of great interest and controversy.<br></i><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/opinions/view/opinion/What-Military-Blogs-Say-About-Fort-Hood-Shootings-1525">here</a>.</span><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091107-062623',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091107-062623&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091107-062623">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091107-062623&title=News%3A++%22What+Military+Blogs+Say+About+Fort+Hood+Shootings%22">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091107-062623&title=News%3A++%22What+Military+Blogs+Say+About+Fort+Hood+Shootings%22">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">News: 'Leicester soldier's letters from First World War available online'</div> <div class="blog_date">Friday, November 6, 2009, 07:56 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.learnwithmuseums.org.uk/JourneySelector.asp?Mode=topic&id=6"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="World War 1" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/world-war-1.jpg"></a></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-soldier-s-letters-World-War-available-online/article-1489709-detail/article.html">Leicester Mercury</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">They tell of the harsh life in the trenches, coping with tough conditions while under fire and thoughts for family back home.<br><br>Now letters, diary entries and postcards revealing a Leicester soldier's experiences in the First World War are available to see online.<br><br>The powerful memories of Private Arthur Trolley are being used by teachers and museums to bring history to life for youngsters.<br><br></i></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi">Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-soldier-s-letters-World-War-available-online/article-1489709-detail/article.html">here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Visit the following URL to see the documents:<br><br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.learnwithmuseums.org.uk/">www.learnwithmuseums.org.uk</a></span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091106-195624',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091106-195624&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091106-195624">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091106-195624&title=News%3A+%27Leicester+soldier%27s+letters+from+First+World+War+available+online%27">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091106-195624&title=News%3A+%27Leicester+soldier%27s+letters+from+First+World+War+available+online%27">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Harding Distinguished Lecture Features Milblogger Colby Buzzell</div> <div class="blog_date">Thursday, November 5, 2009, 08:45 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/colbybuzzell_warguest.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://media.www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2009/11/04/News/Army-Soldier.Speaks.On.ShutDown.Blog-3822700.shtml">The Collegian</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">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 U.S Army machine-gunner Colby Buzzell. <br><br>The book My War: Killing Time in Iraq is a compilation of Buzzell's blog posts while in Iraq. <br><br>"Buzzell brings a diverse perspective on the war," said Laura Wight, assistant professor in Briggs Library and chair of the Harding Lecture committee. "Students don't always hear a person with his experience from the war."<br></i><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://media.www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2009/11/04/News/Army-Soldier.Speaks.On.ShutDown.Blog-3822700.shtml">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091105-204511',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091105-204511&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091105-204511">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091105-204511&title=Harding+Distinguished+Lecture+Features+Milblogger+Colby+Buzzell">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091105-204511&title=Harding+Distinguished+Lecture+Features+Milblogger+Colby+Buzzell">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">An Open Letter to Milbloggers from an Aspiring Author</div> <div class="blog_date">Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 07:34 PM</div> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Over the last few months, I’ve received repeated emails from Kate Schapira an aspiring author who is hoping to publish a book with stories by military bloggers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I don't know much about all her plans and only know her by email, but it's worth checking out if the letter below interests you.  </span>And yeah, while I usually don’t post “Open Letters” on Milblogging.com I guess I can mention Kate's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Long story short, she’s persistent – sending me email after email over the last few months. She doesn’t give up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br><br>That reminds me, when is the DoD gonna publish the “DoD Policy on Social Media” already? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Just putting that out there.<br><br>Kate writes:<br><br><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Dear milbloggers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I’m writing a book about the urge we humans have to idolize and demonize other humans. Part of it is about what it’s like to be in the military, whose members (I don’t have to tell you) are often idolized AND demonized—sometimes by the same people at different times, and often by the people in whose name they’re fighting. Because these one-sided portraits are usually second-hand and often inaccurate, I want this part of the book to mostly consist of quotes from current or former servicemembers on how they see themselves and what they do. No one person’s voice will dominate, and a number of views and positions will, I hope, come through.<br><br>Milblogs are ideal for this, because you’ve already chosen to make these views and positions public. You’re already speaking for yourselves—what I want to do is bring those selves together to create a kind of chorus. Reading your blogs has been an eye-opener for me and I would like to pass that experience on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The milblogs I’ve been following, and whose text I know I’d like to include, are:<br><br>Boots on the Ground, Armed and Curious, Captain Kj, Soldiergrrl, Craig Cox, Eighty Deuce on the Loose, Fun With Hand Grenades, Just a Decurion, Notes from Tommie, PFC Pleyte, Apache 6<br><br>Some of those writers have already agreed to contribute their words to this project, and others have agreed to consider it once they see the final draft. Others I’m still waiting to hear from, and hope they will see this and respond. If you’re not one of those people, and you’re interested in the project, please get in touch as well, at heroes.monsters AT gmail DOT com. I won’t include anything without the writer’s permission. <br><br>If you choose to let me include your words, you can be as anonymous or as credited as you would like to be in my list of sources, and you can look over the parts of the project that include stuff you’ve written before I submit the book for publication. If it’s ever published, I’ll be donating my share of the profits, if any, to the Wounded Warrior Project. <br><br>Please write to me at the above address if you’re interested, have questions or would like to see a sample piece of the book.</i></span><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091104-193438',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091104-193438&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091104-193438">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091104-193438&title=An+Open+Letter+to+Milbloggers+from+an+Aspiring+Author">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091104-193438&title=An+Open+Letter+to+Milbloggers+from+an+Aspiring+Author">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">In the News: "British troops are told: Don’t Tweet war secrets"</div> <div class="blog_date">Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 08:55 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a>, <a href="index.php?category=12" title="View all posts in Policy category">Policy</a>, <a href="index.php?category=16" title="View all posts in Twitter category">Twitter</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/british-troops.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224363/British-troops-told-Don-t-Tweet-war-secrets.html">Daily Mail</a> 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. <br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">British troops have been given new rules about what they can and cannot post on the internet – after being warned that careless Tweets cost lives.<br><br>Military chiefs have issued 13 pages of guidelines about the use of websites such as Facebook and Twitter – where messages are known as Tweets – amid fears that service personnel could accidentally reveal sensitive operational secrets online.<br><br>The Ministry of Defence also fears they could be embarrassed by troops posting racist or other offensive opinions on such websites. <br><br>The new guidelines relax earlier rules that banned troops from posting anything related to their job on the internet without permission.<br></b><br>If you’d like to read the 13-page guidelines published by the Ministry of Defence you can go <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D2AC8314-3B15-4DEB-A769-6C85AF4BDA80/0/20090805UMODOnlineEngagementGuidelinesVersion10.pdf">here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The date stamp on the guidelines is August 5th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for the new Social Media policy formulated by the DoD to be published to the Public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The rumor is the DoD policy should be here any day now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I’m NOT holding my breath though, even though I’m pretty good at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Like David Blaine good.<br><br>I tried it for hiccups once and nearly passed out.<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br>Screw it, I’ll try anything twice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>*<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">1, 2....exhale.*</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Shew! <br><br>Anything on the Policy, yet?<br><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224363/British-troops-told-Don-t-Tweet-war-secrets.html">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091103-205551',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091103-205551&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091103-205551">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091103-205551&title=In+the+News%3A+%22British+troops+are+told%3A+Don%E2%80%99t+Tweet+war+secrets%22">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091103-205551&title=In+the+News%3A+%22British+troops+are+told%3A+Don%E2%80%99t+Tweet+war+secrets%22">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Military Blogger Michael Yon in the News: Claims The New York Times lied about not paying ransom for Reporter David Rohde</div> <div class="blog_date">Monday, November 2, 2009, 07:45 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a>, <a href="index.php?category=13" title="View all posts in Milbloggers in the News category">Milbloggers in the News</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/michael-yon.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://rawstory.com/2009/11/war-journo-says-nyt-lied/">Raw Story</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1">The </span></i><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1">New York Times</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"> lied when it said it had not paid a ransom for the release of report David Rohde, a freelance war correspondent is alleging.<br><br>In a series of Twitter statements, blogger Michael Yon asserted that the </span></i><em><span style="FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1">Times</span></em><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1"> "paid millions to get Rohde released," and suggested the paper was being hypocritical by having kept Rohde's kidnapping a secret while publishing details of the kidnapping of a British couple by Somali pirates.<br><br></span></i><span style="COLOR: black; mso-themecolor: text1">Read the entire <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://rawstory.com/2009/11/war-journo-says-nyt-lied/">story</a>.</span></span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091102-194532',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091102-194532&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091102-194532">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091102-194532&title=Military+Blogger+Michael+Yon+in+the+News%3A+Claims+The+New+York+Times+lied+about+not+paying+ransom+for+Reporter+David+Rohde">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091102-194532&title=Military+Blogger+Michael+Yon+in+the+News%3A+Claims+The+New+York+Times+lied+about+not+paying+ransom+for+Reporter+David+Rohde">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Pediatric Surgeon and Military Blogger Dr. Chris Coppola who Deployed to Iraq, Publishes Book: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq</div> <div class="blog_date">Sunday, November 1, 2009, 09:53 AM</div> <p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/coppola-book-cover.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Dr. Chris Coppola, a Military surgeon and blogger who deployed to Iraq in 2005 and 2007 has published a book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Dr. Coppola blogged about his deployment over at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.madeadifference.blogspot.com/">Made a Difference for That One</a> and now has a <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://coppolathebook.blogspot.com/">blog</a> about his book.<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq is the fierce, true-life account of Dr. Chris Coppola’s two deployments in Operation Iraqi Freedom as an Air Force pediatric surgeon. Twice stationed at Balad Air Base, fifty miles north of Baghdad, in what was first a rude M*A*S*H*-style tent hospital and later became one of the largest U.S. military installations on foreign soil, Dr. Coppola works feverishly to save the lives of soldiers and civilians as word spreads among Iraqi families that, no matter what the infirmity, he can save their children.</b><br><br>Dr. Coppola also has a website to learn more information about the book <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.coppolathebook.com/index.php">here</a> which includes photos, reviews and much more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>With all the military bloggers writing books, makes me interested to do the same, but then, I have a hard enough time writing a tweet.<br><br>Fun fact: The last time I tried writing anything close to a book was an essay I had written in high school for a college application.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I shared it online while I was deployed to Iraq in 2008.<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Please write an essay about an activity or interest that has been particularly meaningful to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>We ask that you limit your response to the space below <br><br>In the locker room I could feel the vibrations in the stadium as the crowd roared my name, "JP, JP, JP!" I took my time as any fine virtuoso must. The game would never begin without me, it never had and it never will. Of course after having my beauty sleep I would finally decide to go up on field to stand ominously before the crowd. The doors I would pass through would automatically open, not electrically but out of sheer  intimidation. As I walked onto the field with a nonchalant gait, the crowd "ooooohhhhhed" and "aaaaaahhhhed" after each of my heavy steps.<br><br>The shoes I had on were specifically designed to fit my feet, and of course they had the logo "JP" on the soles. Every step left a deep impression in the soil with my name on it; so someday people could return to this stadium and erect a shrine honoring where I had once walked the earth. I would turn to one of my thousands of loyal young fans and say in a deep cool voice, "Here’s looking at you kid." After those few incredible words, the young women in the stands would faint.<br></b><br>If you feel like it, you can read the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry080108-060817">full essay here</a>. It’s over fifteen years old.<br><br>Thanks to my <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://kasee60.blogspot.com/">pal Kathi</a> for the tip on Dr. Coppola.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091101-095326',600,600,true)">[ 1 comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091101-095326&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091101-095326">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091101-095326&title=Pediatric+Surgeon+and+Military+Blogger+Dr.+Chris+Coppola+who+Deployed+to+Iraq%2C+Publishes+Book%3A++A+Pediatric+Surgeon+in+Iraq">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091101-095326&title=Pediatric+Surgeon+and+Military+Blogger+Dr.+Chris+Coppola+who+Deployed+to+Iraq%2C+Publishes+Book%3A++A+Pediatric+Surgeon+in+Iraq">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Blogger Dena Yllescas Recalls Tragic Day She Learned Her Husband Cpt. Robert Yllescas was Injured (He later succumbed to his Injuries)</div> <div class="blog_date">Sunday, November 1, 2009, 06:01 AM</div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/captain-robert-yllescas.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">On October 28th 2009, Dena Yllescas recalled the day she learned her husband Captain Robert Yllescas was seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </span>Dena had started the blog shortly after he was injured to share the story of his fight to live, but sadly Captain Yllescas lost the fight and succumbed to his serious injuries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Over the last year, Dena has kept up her blog, writing about her children and sharing personal stories and memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>In her most<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://yllescasfamily.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-year-since-it-all-began.html"> recent post</a>, Dena shares the journey she has taken since learning of her husband’s injuries:<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="COLOR: #2f1a0b">There was a purpose he gave Rob to me for the short amount of time he did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Although I may never know the complete reason, I have figured out a few things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Before I met Rob, there is no way I could have handled a situation like this the way I have.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He taught me how to live independently and gave me the confidence in living life without him through his 3 deployments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He taught me to “suck it up and drive on”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He showed me that through hard work and determination, anything was possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He made an impression on everyone he crossed paths with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>He would fill a room up with his presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And to this day, I still feel his presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I have no doubt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>he is up in heaven, guiding me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span></b><span style="COLOR: #2f1a0b"><br><br>To read the entire post, please visit <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://yllescasfamily.blogspot.com/">The Yllescas Family blog</a>.</span></span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091101-060145',600,600,true)">[ 1 comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091101-060145&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091101-060145">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091101-060145&title=Blogger+Dena+Yllescas+Recalls+Tragic+Day+She+Learned+Her+Husband+Cpt.+Robert+Yllescas+was+Injured+%28He+later+succumbed+to+his+Injuries%29">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091101-060145&title=Blogger+Dena+Yllescas+Recalls+Tragic+Day+She+Learned+Her+Husband+Cpt.+Robert+Yllescas+was+Injured+%28He+later+succumbed+to+his+Injuries%29">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">In the News: Teenage Gallipoli veteran Hubert Anthony, kept a diary of his horrendous experiences </div> <div class="blog_date">Saturday, October 31, 2009, 06:58 AM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26279014-31477,00.html">The Australian</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span><strong><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold" lang="EN">Here he writes home from London after being evacuated seriously ill</span></i></strong><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN">No3 General Hospital <br>Wandsworth London SW <br>August 30, 1915 <br>Dearest Mother <br><br>You will be getting anxious about me I am sure and you will also be surprised no doubt to see my new address. I hardly in my wildest dreams a short while ago, ever thought that so soon I should be in England -- and in London.<br><br>But I suppose you would sooner hear my story in proper sequence, then. To begin you saw in the papers of the new landing at Suvla Bay on August 7 -- my! it was awful -- everything else was a picnic to it. Even the first day in April last.<br><br>The shells we poured into them and the shells they poured into us made such a deafening row that it's a marvel the fallen in their graves did not rise. There were awful scenes -- piles of dead, streams of wounded -- groans incessant -- dead Indians -- dead mules -- dead Turks and visions of men dodging hither and thither, or scuttling for their lives along the gullys and valleys to escape the tornado of shot and shell. And what they failed to get with their artillery, they tried to get with a couple of German aeroplanes which flew and circled over us dropping heavy bombs and steel darts. <br><br></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26279014-31477,00.html">here</a>.</span> <br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091031-065810',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091031-065810&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091031-065810">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091031-065810&title=In+the+News%3A+Teenage+Gallipoli+veteran+Hubert+Anthony%2C+kept+a+diary+of+his+horrendous+experiences+">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091031-065810&title=In+the+News%3A+Teenage+Gallipoli+veteran+Hubert+Anthony%2C+kept+a+diary+of+his+horrendous+experiences+">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">More Social Media by the Military: Army to launch technology blog</div> <div class="blog_date">Thursday, October 29, 2009, 07:21 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/army-technology-live2.jpg"></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The military continues to launch new blogs and connect on more social media sites.  From the Army.mil website:<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Army is launching a new blog to help Soldiers and the public discover a little-known side of the Army: the research, development, engineering, testing and evaluation that goes into the technologies that make Soldiers safer and more effective.<br><br>The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command will launch Army Technology Live Nov. 2. It will join the growing family of Army blogs hosted by the Department of Defense's DODLive blog hosting service. The Web address will be armytechnology.armylive.dodlive.mil<br><br>RDECOM and its eight subordinate elements create a wide range of technologies used by Soldiers every day, and it's but one of a number of Army organizations that focus on technology, according to RDECOM Public Affairs Officer Robert DiMichele.<br><br></b>Is anyone else seeing a trend here?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Seriously, the social media policy by the Pentagon hasn’t been made public, but the Army and other services continue to get connected. This (and the 4,563 other Official DoD Blogs/Social Media sites) is probably the BIGGEST clue to the Public that the Pentagon is going to fully support social media (without actually saying it).<br><br>Perhaps the Pentagon will offer more clues about their seemingly undecided stance on social media, by hosting a Tweetup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Or maybe by writing Official press releases using hashtags.  Under 140 characters.<br><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/10/28/29433-army-to-launch-technology-blog/?ref=home-headline-title3">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091029-192159',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091029-192159&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091029-192159">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091029-192159&title=More+Social+Media+by+the+Military%3A+Army+to+launch+technology+blog">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091029-192159&title=More+Social+Media+by+the+Military%3A+Army+to+launch+technology+blog">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">World War I Diary Discovered: Describes British Soldier's experiences on the front line between 1915 and 1917 </div> <div class="blog_date">Thursday, October 29, 2009, 04:33 AM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/diary.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223549/WWI-soldiers-diary-reveals-trench-truce-day-calling-mans-land.html">The Daily Mail</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">With shells screaming overhead and German snipers only 75 yards away, just staying alive was a remarkable achievement. <br><br>Yet huddled in the mud-filled trenches, Sapper John T French found the time to compile a remarkable diary. <br><br>Its pencil-written pages, in immaculate copperplate, give an astonishing insight into life on the front line between 1915 and 1917.<br><br></i>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223549/WWI-soldiers-diary-reveals-trench-truce-day-calling-mans-land.html">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091029-043355',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091029-043355&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091029-043355">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091029-043355&title=World+War+I+Diary+Discovered%3A++Describes+British+Soldier%27s+experiences+on+the+front+line+between+1915+and+1917+">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091029-043355&title=World+War+I+Diary+Discovered%3A++Describes+British+Soldier%27s+experiences+on+the+front+line+between+1915+and+1917+">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">See the Frontlines through the lens of The National Guard</div> <div class="blog_date">Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 07:33 PM</div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/nationalguardphotographers.jpg"></span></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It’s not really blog related, but photos tell stories too and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>I found an <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.ng.mil/features/photographers/default.aspx">awesome list</a> of National Guard photographers while surfing the net which led me to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Afghanistan Today: A Photo Essay by U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  The photos are truly amazing.<br><br></span>As an added bonus, turn up the volume on your computer while you flip through the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/2009/0209_afghanistantoday/">Photo Essay</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091028-193311',600,600,true)">[ 1 comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091028-193311&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091028-193311">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091028-193311&title=See+the+Frontlines+through+the+lens+of+The+National+Guard">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091028-193311&title=See+the+Frontlines+through+the+lens+of+The+National+Guard">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">The U.S. Army War College Releases New Workshop Report: "Bullets and Blogs: New Media and the Warfighter"</div> <div class="blog_date">Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 11:45 PM</div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/bulletsandblogs.jpg"></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://usacac.army.mil/blog/blogs/ipo/archive/2009/10/23/bullets-and-blogs-new-media-and-the-warfighter.aspx">Combined Arms Center</a>) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The workshop, held in January 2008, brought together experts from the Department of Defense, Department of State, Intelligence Community and academia. </i></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br><br><span style="COLOR: black">According to the USAWC DIME Web site, this report is a synthesis of workshop discussions in terms of key takeaways addressing what is required to "win" in today's operational environment, where cyberspace and new media capabilities are significant components of the battlespace.<br><br></span></span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">You can download the report <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.carlisle.army.mil/DIME/documents/Bullets__Blogs_new_Media__warfighter-Web(20%20Oct%2009).pdf">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091027-234510',600,600,true)">[ 1 comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091027-234510&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091027-234510">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091027-234510&title=The+U.S.+Army+War+College+Releases+New+Workshop+Report%3A+%22Bullets+and+Blogs%3A+New+Media+and+the+Warfighter%22">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091027-234510&title=The+U.S.+Army+War+College+Releases+New+Workshop+Report%3A+%22Bullets+and+Blogs%3A+New+Media+and+the+Warfighter%22">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">In the News: Army sees benefits in social-media presence</div> <div class="blog_date">Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 04:29 PM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/27/army-see-benefits-in-social-media-presence.aspx"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Government Computer News</span></a>) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>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, director of the U.S. Army’s Online and Social Media Division. <br><br>Those security risks continue to be the subject of considerable debate within the Defense Department, but the U.S. Army nevertheless is seeing important benefits in using social-media applications such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Arata said.<br><br></i></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/27/army-see-benefits-in-social-media-presence.aspx">here</a>.</span> <br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091027-162915',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091027-162915&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091027-162915">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091027-162915&title=In+the+News%3A+Army+sees+benefits+in+social-media+presence">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091027-162915&title=In+the+News%3A+Army+sees+benefits+in+social-media+presence">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT Fundraiser Kicks Off, Runs through Nov. 11: Raises money for technology that reconnects Wounded Warriors</div> <div class="blog_date">Monday, October 26, 2009, 07:58 PM</div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN"><strong></strong></span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000705.html"><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/valour-it.gif"></a></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN"><strong>It was the first time I felt whole since I’d woken up wounded in Landstuhl.<br></strong></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN"><em>–Major Charles "Chuck" Ziegenfuss, on using a voice-controlled laptop.<br></em><br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Learn everything you need to know about Project Valour-IT from the history to joining a Team, to Sponsoring and more, by clicking <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091026-195823',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091026-195823&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091026-195823">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091026-195823&title=Soldiers%27+Angels+Valour-IT+Fundraiser+Kicks+Off%2C+Runs+through+Nov.+11%3A+Raises+money+for+technology+that+reconnects+Wounded+Warriors">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091026-195823&title=Soldiers%27+Angels+Valour-IT+Fundraiser+Kicks+Off%2C+Runs+through+Nov.+11%3A+Raises+money+for+technology+that+reconnects+Wounded+Warriors">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">In the News: Berkeley blogger Whose Goal in Life was "To Send George Bush to Jail" settles lawsuit against Department of Defense</div> <div class="blog_date">Sunday, October 25, 2009, 08:28 AM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/jane-stillwater.jpg"></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">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.<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Berkeley blogger Jane Stillwater has settled a lawsuit against the federal government for $1,362, the cost of an airplane ticket to Kuwait and the price of 15 mocha lattes at the airport Starbucks, where she spent two sleepless days because her previously approved embed with the Army suddenly was canceled.<br><br>"They claim they bought me off, but still it's kind of a win for me," Stillwater said. "I thought they'd fight this to the absolute bitter end.”<br><br>The government clearly doesn't see it her way.<br><br></b>I wrote about this story back in January when Jane <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry081206-123623">made news</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And I’ll be honest, I don’t see it her way either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>According to her own website, her </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">"</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">goal in life for now is to send George Bush to jail"</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>That’s up to you to have goals like that, but most people have goals like: to be happy, raise a </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">family, be financially secure.<br><br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I mean, if you look close enough at her computer screen in the picture above, you might be able to make out the rest of her goals</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> in life..</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>*<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Squinting eyes</i>* </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I think it says:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"># 2 Goal: To Make a Complete Jerk of Myself</span></i><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">.<br><br></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Check.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.insidebayarea.com/top-stories/ci_13629661">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091025-082851',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091025-082851&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091025-082851">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091025-082851&title=In+the+News%3A+Berkeley+blogger+Whose+Goal+in+Life+was+%22To+Send+George+Bush+to+Jail%22+settles+lawsuit+against+Department+of+Defense">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091025-082851&title=In+the+News%3A+Berkeley+blogger+Whose+Goal+in+Life+was+%22To+Send+George+Bush+to+Jail%22+settles+lawsuit+against+Department+of+Defense">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">The U.S. Army is Trying: Share Your "Unfiltered" Stories, Become an Army Strong Stories Military Blogger</div> <div class="blog_date">Saturday, October 24, 2009, 10:33 AM</div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/armystrongstories.jpg"></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">I missed this year’s Blog World Expo, but found a great story by Digital Podcast which highlights the Army’s progress in social media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>With blogging in particular, the Army has been making strides.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It always makes me a little teary eyed when I read about the Military getting more connected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Digital Podcast <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2009/10/20/the-us-army-gets-social-bwe09/">reports</a>:<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The star of the Army’s social media efforts on display at BlogWorld was ArmyStrongStories.com, a blogging system that lets anyone in the Army post to the blog. It can be used to help recruits see what it’s like from firsthand accounts by people like themselves and to bring the soldiers’ voice to life for all of us.</b><br><br>You can check out the Army Strong Stories site and see if it’s for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>The site already features dozens of bloggers with fresh posts on a daily basis ranging from enlisted to Officers and all sorts of different jobs in the Military. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>So head over to the site and give it a go, especially if you’re thinking of giving blogging a shot. According to the About page:<br><br><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">ArmyStrongStories.com (www.ArmyStrongStories.com) is an innovative U.S. Army Accessions Command program that provides the opportunity for Soldiers – every rank, every MOS, every background – to share their unfiltered perspective on daily life in the military through blog entries, photos and video. Everyone is invited to join the conversation by leaving a comment and sharing compelling posts with others. If you are a Soldier and interested in blogging on Army Strong Stories, Sign up.</b><br><br>Of course, I have to wonder if you can really post “unfiltered” stories on the site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>After all, it is an official Army site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And it has to stay in line with OPSEC regulations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Which leads me to the question are stories about Oral Pathology and Car Shows really unfiltered stories?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Now I’m not saying pictures and stories about “root canals” aren’t the most exciting and riveting thing, but when I think of unfiltered stories I imagine something a little different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>That said, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://armystrongstories.com/blogger/kendall-mower/clinic-update-and-oral-pathology/">newest story</a> titled Clinic Update and Oral Pathology has some pretty graphic pictures of what MAJOR Kendall Mower sees on a regular basis.<br><br>I’ll be sleeping with the night light on tonight.<br><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><br>Read the entire Digital Podcast story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.digitalpodcast.com/podcastnews/2009/10/20/the-us-army-gets-social-bwe09/">here</a>, and check out the Army’s latest innovation over at <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://armystrongstories.com/">ArmyStrongStories.com</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091024-103308',600,600,true)">[ 1 comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091024-103308&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091024-103308">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091024-103308&title=The+U.S.+Army+is+Trying%3A++Share+Your+%22Unfiltered%22+Stories%2C+Become+an+Army+Strong+Stories+Military+Blogger">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091024-103308&title=The+U.S.+Army+is+Trying%3A++Share+Your+%22Unfiltered%22+Stories%2C+Become+an+Army+Strong+Stories+Military+Blogger">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">In the News: Army Major Brian Nomi Who Returned Home Recently, Gave Personal Look at Army Life in Iraq with a Military Blog</div> <div class="blog_date">Friday, October 23, 2009, 08:31 AM - <a href="index.php?category=11" title="View all posts in News Stories category">News Stories</a></div> <p align="center"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <img border="0" hspace="0" alt="" align="baseline" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630im_/http://milblogging.com/popups/images/briannomi.jpg"></p><br/><p><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2009-10-23/Neighbors/">Camarillo Acorn</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Web log features photographs, videos and posts from a country many Americans still know very little about. <br><br>The blog has attracted loyal followers—many of them soldiers who are headed to the base and grateful for a glimpse into their future—and has garnered the attention of Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper, who calls Nomi’s blog “fascinating.” <br><br>“His blog helped a lot,” said Ray Calef, a sergeant first class from Iowa who will deploy next year to Balad. “I think it gives an informative view of what life on (the base) is like, and I have filled my wife in about it. It helps her to understand what life will be like for me when we deploy.” <br><br>Nomi, a graduate of Rio Mesa High School and a Camarillo attorney, returned last month from Iraq, where he provided legal services to soldiers dealing with personal issues back home. <br><br>Since U.S. forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq two years later, tech-savvy soldiers like Nomi have taken advantage of digital photos, video and the ubiquity of the Internet to offer a personal look inside the trenches and command centers of a 21stcentury battlefield.<br><br>For Nomi, like many who post their daily activities online, the blog was also an easy way to correspond with friends and family interested in what’s happening overseas.<br></i><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.thecamarilloacorn.com/news/2009-10-23/Neighbors/">here</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>And to visit Brian Nomi’s blog, go <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.briannomi.wordpress.com/">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091023-083144',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091023-083144&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091023-083144">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091023-083144&title=In+the+News%3A++Army+Major+Brian+Nomi+Who+Returned+Home+Recently%2C+Gave+Personal+Look+at+Army+Life+in+Iraq+with+a+Military+Blog">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091023-083144&title=In+the+News%3A++Army+Major+Brian+Nomi+Who+Returned+Home+Recently%2C+Gave+Personal+Look+at+Army+Life+in+Iraq+with+a+Military+Blog">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9">  <div class="blog_subject">Michigan Story Festival Shares the Stories of Three Soldiers from the Civil War, World War I, and Present-Day Iraq</div> <div class="blog_date">Thursday, October 22, 2009, 03:45 PM - <a href="index.php?category=10" title="View all posts in Milblog Research category">Milblog Research</a></div> <p align="left"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span> <span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">(<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/10/22/entertainment/srv0000006664829.txt">The Morning Sun</a>)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Stories for young, old and all ages in-between will come alive Friday and Saturday via the spoken word, music, dance and visual arts at the annual event on the campus of Central Michigan University.<br><br>There's no admission charge for the majority of activities and presentations planned for Saturday. Many of them feature "child-friendly" performances and hands-on workshops.<br><br>"One of the stories I most likely will include in the final, closing performance on Saturday is a piece called Silver Spurs that's part of a trilogy about wartime experiences called Three Soldiers. Silver Spurs is based on excepts from my great-great-grandfather's diary during the Civil War, and recollections from my great-grandmother."<br><br>The trilogy also includes recollections from a World War I veteran, and present-day letters and e-mails between a soldier in Iraq and his wife.<br></i><br>Read the entire story <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.themorningsun.com/articles/2009/10/22/entertainment/srv0000006664829.txt">here</a>.</span></p><br clear="all"/> <br/><a href="javascript:openpopup('comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091022-154548',600,600,true)">[ Add comment ]</a>   |  <a href="javascript:openpopup('trackback.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091022-154548&__mode=html',600,600,true)">[ 0 trackbacks ]</a>   |  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091022-154548">permalink</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://www.milblogging.com/forum.php?sid=">Discussion</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://milblogging.com/index.php?entry=entry091022-154548&title=Michigan+Story+Festival+Shares+the+Stories+of+Three+Soldiers+from+the+Civil+War%2C+World+War+I%2C+and+Present-Day+Iraq">Digg this</a>  |  <a target="_blank" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmilblogging.com%2Findex.php%3Fentry%3Dentry091022-154548&title=Michigan+Story+Festival+Shares+the+Stories+of+Three+Soldiers+from+the+Civil+War%2C+World+War+I%2C+and+Present-Day+Iraq">Add to del.icio.us</a><hr class="divider" noshade size="1" color="#D9D9D9"> <br/><center><b><span>| 1 | <a href="index.php?m=10&y=09&d=21&entry=entry091021-170340">2</a> | <a href="index.php?m=10&y=09&d=02&entry=entry091002-202525">3</a> | <a href="index.php?m=09&y=09&d=10&entry=entry090910-202501">4</a> | <a href="index.php?m=08&y=09&d=25&entry=entry090825-225053">5</a> | <a href="index.php?m=08&y=09&d=13&entry=entry090813-041122">6</a> | <a href="index.php?m=08&y=09&d=02&entry=entry090802-210024">7</a> | <a href="index.php?m=07&y=09&d=21&entry=entry090721-165011">8</a> | <a href="index.php?m=07&y=09&d=08&entry=entry090708-163251">9</a> | <a href="index.php?m=06&y=09&d=23&entry=entry090623-051945">10</a> | </span> <span><a href="index.php?m=10&y=09&d=21&entry=entry091021-170340">Next>  </a></span> <span><a href="index.php?m=11&y=05&d=21&entry=entry051101-050657">  >></a></span></center></b><br/> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <br/> </body> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p></p></td> <td width="200" valign="top"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="200" border="0"> <tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="lr_bgHeader">Premier Sponsor</td> </tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"> <tbody> <tr valign="top" class="lr_premiersponsor"> <td width="175"> <script src="http://web.archive.org/web/20091108110630js_/http://widgets.twimg.com/j/2/widget.js"></script> <script> new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 6, interval: 5000, width: 200, height: 275, theme: { shell: { background: '#dbd8db', color: '#000000' }, tweets: { background: '#ffffff', color: '#000000', links: '#0d0de0' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: true, hashtags: true, timestamp: false, avatars: false, behavior: 'default' } }).render().setUser('milblogging').start(); 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