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Milblogs censored. Going silent. Support them.

By: Cargosquid (Diary)  |  December 16th, 2009 at 11:03 AM  | 

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Blackfive Blackout: MilBloggers Supporting CJ Grisham
Posted: 15 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST
FOR TODAY, Wednesday 16 December 2009, many if not most, fellow milblogs — including This Ain’t Hell, From My Position, Miss Ladybug, Boston Maggie, Grim’s Hall, and those participating in the Wednesday Hero program — are going silent for the day. Some are choosing to go silent for a longer period of time.
The reason for this is two-fold. First, milblogs are facing an increasingly hostile environment from within the military. While senior leadership has embraced blogging and social media, many field grade officers and senior NCOs do not embrace the concept. From general apathy in not wanting to deal with the issue to outright hostility to it, many commands are not only failing to support such activities, but are aggressively acting against active duty milbloggers, milspouses, and others. The number of such incidents appears to be growing, with milbloggers receiving reprimands, verbal and written, not only for their activities but those of spouses and supporters.

Read the rest at Blackfive.

Update by Cargosquid: Aaaand we’re done for the day. Good luck CJ.

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  • http://www.veronicaestrada.com/ Veronica Estrada

    however, I think your title needs to be more direct to call attention to this outrage!

    The military is CENSORING MILITARY BLOGGERS.

    That’s a free speech issue!!

    Please, please, please consider a different title to run this home:
    Military bloggers censored, going silent in protest — please support them.
    First Amendment Danger to the Military Blogger – please support them.

    This is complete, absolute BS.

    Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

    • nessa

      The US Military is losing its IO campaign, among the citizens of Iraq and Afghanistan as well as here at home. Information Operations is “telling the Army Story” or the Army’s side of the story. These blogs are invaluable in keeping Americans informed of what is actually going on. The Command should be embracing them and figuring out how to incorporate blogs and “the new media” into their IO campaign.