Milblogging: Exposing sensitive information
The worry about military blogging is the fact that many military officials want to control the information being disseminated over the Internet. Sensitive information could accidentally become available to the enemy. But, milbloggers intially just want to communicate with family back home.
Blogs offer taste of war in Iraq
By Kevin Anderson
BBC News
The war in Vietnam is often referred to as the first war on television, and the wars in Afghanistan and now in Iraq will be known as the first wars to be blogged.
A new generation of soldier bloggers in the US, known as milbloggers, are both fighting in the field and writing about their experiences.
It is opening up a new window on modern warfare and is creating a new genre of war-time writing.
However, some of these pioneering frontline bloggers fear that the golden age of milblogging has already passed as military officials begin to clamp down on the unfettered online writing.
And here’s another article: US Military Finds Soldiers’ Blogs Too Close For Comfort
